Well.. I guess I've begun the weekend early.. here's ANOTHER interesting tidbit from the news today.. courtesy of MSNBC and Newsweek.. referring to todays generation as "generation tech support".. how kids are coming home from college for a helping of turkey and good dose of fixing their parents computers.. been there.. done that.. but then I'm the techie in the family.. so in actuality it's not just the 'rents puters that I get to be caretaker of, I've got 5 brothers and sisters, all with various levels of computers that eventually get 'sick'.. this was fine when I was a 'hobby' techie.. I didn't even mind the late nite phone call from Georgia (the STATE) where I was asked to troubleshoot the Mac (ick!) of a friend of a friend of my oldest sister - long distance.. but now that it's my bread and butter it's a little more annoying.. I do this ALL day, and apparently half the nite as well.. (yes.. I wake up with a jolt and a "THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH XYZ'S NETWORK!)..
Owning your own tech company has it's perks but unfortunately sending a bill for a virus removal to a sibling isn't one of them.. or a friend.. or a friend of a friend of a second cousin twice removed.. family.. love 'em.. but I swear I'm gonna have a t-shirt made up to wear to the family Christmas dinner that reads "Sure, I can fix your computer.. but I'm taking your Christmas present back!" Which would probably work.. if I gave them Christmas presents.. oh.. but then maybe I do.. their present is the late nite call "it crashed".. "it won't boot"... "I installed this screen saver and now all I get is porn!" Yeah.. they get gifts alright!
Later...
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