Anyway quit bitching. I have a "Fing wot don work" problem worth serious moaning time.
My computer has died (RIP - you little shit
)
What is so bad about that? you may well ask, well on Wednesday I was pondering whether to upgrade my computer or not, it's getting on a bit but works OK and is fully loaded with - now obsolete - expensive add-ons. I didn't really fancy starting over and I still had some expansion space left. Vista is still an expensive joke and nothing I possess works with it. So I decided to upgrade to the max with memory. I ordered an extra 1Gb that arrived the next day - but... That morning, the damn computer started to malfunction, rebooting at random. Late on Friday I eventually diagnosed a terminal problem in the motherboard and it would need replacing.
Everyone on the net claimed to have one but on closer examination it seemed they 'no longer stocked' this item, telling me basically that I have a pile of shite and should get a new one.
I had just decided not to do that and spent even more on it. Worse, I found an 'antiques' site that had the very one (and only one) that I needed, I could almost hear the laugh as they racked up the price to new +20% because 'I Needed it!' and penalty next day courier delivery (don't do Saturdays) "Why should I pay premium for next week delivery?" "Oh? I thought you said you
needed it Sir?" Bastards
So my computer is in tiny bits and waiting (I can de-fluff it now
) whilst I glower and growl and fret. I feel like my arm has been cut off. Yes, I still have the laptop, but it's just not the same, my room is quiet - lacking that powerful purring of multitudes of efficient machi------ Oh Stop it! It's only a computer, FFS.
I could be having fun - like for example - putting a new lock on my front door.
Or mowing a lawn with scissors or herding sheep or 'putting the beer away'
I wonder what
time day my new motherboard will arrive? Will it work? Can I contain my impatience?
Bang! silence.........
