[Coco] [Color Computer] What happend to http://www.nitros9.org/

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 22 February 2007, Roger Merchberger wrote:
>Rumor has it that Gene Heskett may have mentioned these words:
>>On Thursday 22 February 2007, Jim Hickle wrote:
>> >My favorite is still being instructed to make sure the power cable is
>> > firmly plugged into the wall because the computer "might be getting
>> > bad current".
>
>One of my favorites is when a lady picked up her computer from our shop,
>and called frantically that we gave her the wrong machine. It was an
>elcheapo Dell, so it's not like we had 4 more of 'em in for repair.
>
>She brought the computer back, we hooked it up, booted it, and this is
> the conversation that follows:
>
>Me: Ma'am, this is your name on the login screen, right? It's your
> computer. Her: No it's not, it's totally different. How did those other
> people get my name on their computer???
>
>[[ I log in. ]]
>Me: Ma'am, do the icons look just like they do on your machine?
>Her: Yea... How the heck did those other people get my icons on their
> machine?
>
>[[ I open her email ]]
>Me: Ma'am, this is your email address, right? And these emails are from
>your friends and family?
>Her: Oh My Gosh! This is horrible! I'm calling the authorities! How did
>those people get my email on their computer???
>
>Me: Ma'am, this *is* your computer.
>Her: !No It's Not!!! See, that computer had the drive thingies on the
>bottom and mine were on the top... and the top of my computer was
> smooth, but there were bumps on the top of the other one. It's Not My
> Computer.
>
>[[ I push the eject buttons on the CD & DVD drives ]]
>Me: You mean these drives?
>Her: Yea, how'd they get back on the top again???
>
>[[ I pick up the computer and point the bottom at her ]]
>Me: Are these the bumps you spoke about that were on the top?
>Her: Yea... um.... uh....
>
>Me: Ma'am, this *is* your computer. You put the computer in the cubby
>upside down.
>Her: No... I... uh... Well... Uh... Well, you guys should've told me how
> to hook it up again. [She then takes her computer & storms out of the
> store, because it was our fault she had to bring the computer back.]
>
>That made the "broken drink holder" guys look positively cerebral...
>
>;-O
>

That does it Roger, you win. ROTFLMAO!

>> >  We didn't have bad current or even bad currants.
>>
>>Currants, isn't that some sort of a berry they make jelly from? :)
>
>Nah, flavored looseleaf tea.
>
Never heard of that.

>http://www.uptontea.com/shopcart/item.asp?itemID=TF21
>
>Very tasty, tho I still prefer the Cherry (as cherries are my favorite
>fruit) and the Raspberry is a great pickmeup with a shot of Chambord...
> ;-)
>
>If anyone likes _good_ tea, check out this place. I have no affiliation
>other than being a *very* satisfied customer; tho when you call you
> might still have to deal with some thick accents.
>
>I called up to place an order, and I could barely understand the
> individual on the other end of the line... until I realized that she
> spoke with something so far beyond what we lame Americans call an
> "English Accent" that it took "more than an couple heartbeats" to get
> my ear attuned to her accent. She was super-courteous, and as helpful
> as she could be. I had the website up (and a very fast net connect) so
> I found all the order numbers for her, and overall it was a very
> pleasant experience.
>
>I later emailed the support email address, and got a very human response
>from the support manager herself, so the company has always been
> fantastic WRT customer support.
>
>Laterz,
>Roger "Merch" Merchberger
>
>PS... Apologies for adding to the S/N ratio; I guess I'm [un]usually
> chatty today... ;-)

Thanks for the laugh, Roger, I needed that.

>--
>Roger "Merch" Merchberger   | "Profile, don't speculate."
>SysAdmin, Iceberg Computers |     Daniel J. Bernstein
>zmerch at 30below.com          |



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