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May 11, 2004
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- Household chores demand my attention at the moment, i.e., laundry, dishes, lawn, & etc., but sometime today I hope to work in a post that's been
fomentingfermentingrattling around in my head since I saw this morning's Cox & Forkum cartoon. - I also have to find time to go to my daughter's and attempt to remove the Sasser worm that we suspect is on her now dysfunctional computer. I could just smack her. After all the preaching about keeping updated and such we've done....*sigh*....we get this from her. "Did you keep the OS patched?"
*annoying cute giggle* "No. What's that?"
Us: "Did you keep the anti-virus updated?"
*another giggle* "Uhhh, I dunno. I think that stopped working when the subscription ran out a long time ago."
Aaargh! Kids. So Mike burned a CD with the patches & fixes, which I'm going to install, do the worm removal, get her updated & all that. I gave her the CD yesterday, thinking she could fix it herself since she broke it but after she said "So. I just pop the CD in & let it run?" (deep breath and count to ten) I decided that might be a little advanced for her.
- Speaking of daughter, I'm still trying to find a graduation gift for her....something she can use at work preferably. She & I spent a 4 hr. shopping marathon yesterday, and came up with nothing. She doesn't need a watch, or nurse's shoes, or scrubs. I know there's several of you among my readers that are in the medical profession, so any suggestions? What's something that you've found to be indispensible?
Your input will be greatly appreciated.
Great. Gotta run. I just heard the unmistakable sounds of the cat barfing.
Posted by Rita at May 11, 2004 08:04 AM
Comments
Welcome to the world of Tech Support. :-)
Posted by: Keith at May 11, 2004 04:02 PM
I know. Mike says I qualify as second-level tech support b/c I actually answer the phone when she calls. Heh.
I left her updating her anti-virus scanner. She wasn't infected with Sasser, and everything was working fine once I updated her OS. Or at least it was while I was there.
Posted by: rita at May 11, 2004 06:14 PM
Littman stethoscope, a foot massager, a huge bottle of Tyleonol, and regular massages
Posted by: Da Goddess at May 12, 2004 03:32 AM
Someone in the medical field that can't deal with viruses? Bad joke - you're allowed to groan.
Posted by: bogie at May 12, 2004 06:24 AM
Ooo, foot massager. I was just looking at one of those yesterday and wondering. Thanks Goddess!
Bogie I love bad jokes and puns. It's a good thing b/c so do my kids. My son's all-time favorite joke is:
A mushroom walks into a bar. The bartender says "Sorry. We don't serve mushrooms here"
"Why not?" asks the mushroom. "I'm a fun guy."
'Fun guy', 'fungi'. Get it? Yeah I know. It's really bad.
Posted by: rita at May 12, 2004 07:32 AM