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effjayel Senior Member
since 2007-09-30
Posts 1474At the Crossroads of Infinity 
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. Here we go again It's another one of those Windows has encountered a problem And will have to close Apparently my hard drive Must be de-fragmented Is it any wonder I've Been rapidly going demented? I've got to contact my administrator If the problem should persist I think sooner rather than later This will send me 'round the twist Now my system needs to be re-set To one of these earlier dates Well I think a better bet Is to return it to Bill Gates.... . "Ignorance is the Enemy...." |
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SEA 
Moderator
Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
ROFL!!!  awesome...so frustrating when that happens! I want to open my window and throw it out... |
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effjayel Senior Member
since 2007-09-30
Posts 1474At the Crossroads of Infinity |
SEA, tell me about it! Now, if I can just figure out how to get this typewriter to connect to the 'net Thanks for posting John |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Whatever you need to do do it well and without delay Pip just can't do without you for you brighten up every day  love Margherita |
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Sunshine
Administrator
Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
John, I so enjoyed this frustration... Here's a little something just for you from the archives... /main/forumdisplay.cgi?action=displayarchive&number=2&topic=001664 |
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effjayel Senior Member
since 2007-09-30
Posts 1474At the Crossroads of Infinity |
Margherita Oh my Little Dolphin I do so enjoy your repartee’ Thanks for dropping in It means the world to me.....  John |
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effjayel Senior Member
since 2007-09-30
Posts 1474At the Crossroads of Infinity |
Sunshine Thanks for the link, that was really good! I never go anywhere without a pen & paper as I get ideas in the unlikliest of places..I also never sit at the 'puter to compose, I always write it our first & bash it around somewhat. Occasionally, I do fire of the first penning witout editing, as one can probably tell, sometimes you just gotta live dangerously.... Thanks for replying, it makes the toil all the more worthwhile. Regards John |
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TomMark Member Elite
since 2007-07-27
Posts 2133LA,CA |
where have you been to get all the virus? |
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effjayel Senior Member
since 2007-09-30
Posts 1474At the Crossroads of Infinity |
Sometimes it feels like Home Depot, they usually have a 2 for 1 sale on & I could never resist a bargain Tom! Really though, my Pc has not been the same since I checked out the costs of flights from Vegas to Long Beach with Jet Blue.... J |
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Falling rain
since 2008-01-31
Posts 2178Small town, Illinois |
ROTFL!!!!!!!! I hate it when my computer is like that. Hope things get better. Later bro, Zach |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
John, You've noticed that too. This is a good poem that I got a laugh out of. Computers are grand, and they are improving. Bobby [This message has been edited by Robert E. Jordan (02-22-2008 08:33 PM).] |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Cursors can make cursers out most of us! I've said my share of epithets and expletives ~ not deleted!  Somehow, hearing of similar problems from across the sea, makes the world seem so much closer. Cyber space ain't that big, afterall! Enjoyed the laugh ~ but I am also sending you a compassionate hug of understanding! Perhaps if you were to bless your puter with holy water, that would cast out the system demons!   Linda |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
 "rapidly going demented?" -- The computer does that to me on a regular basis. I love this one, it made me chuckle.Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Tell me about it...I think that Bill Gates should be required to personally respond to at least 1,000 personal house calls per year to fix his junk, as his punishment for all of the computer problems we the consumers experience on a regular bases...if cars had as many problems as computers, and some do, we would drive them over cliffs...the computer experts will tell you that your computer is obsolete and they don't have the parts to fix it, or the cost to fix it will be more than a new computer, so they will gladly sell you a new improved model...ha..ha..ha...James |
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simon Member
since 2008-01-14
Posts 440London, England |
Bill Gates is so rich If he fell off a pile of his own money It would be several minutes Before he hit the ground. Of course, he could halve the journey If he used our English pound. But of course, His pile of money Would keep growing as he falls, Sorry John, He's probably got the time But I doubt he's got the tools. |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
v. good 'write!' (and all-too-true!!)... In the 19th./early 20th. century, Bill Gates would have been one of those 'traveling show' snake oil salesmen. He and some others 'developed' his early software (D.O.S.; etc.) in a garage. His D.O.S. was garbage from the start. Later, they hung a software 'shell' on top of the same old crappy D.O.S. operating system to imitate (faking it) the Apple 'desktop' Many of the subsequent versions of the 'Windows' operating system platform still had the same old lousy D.O.S. at their 'core.' As far as I am concerned, the (highly publicized) 'Vista' operating system is still a 'user-UNfriendly' nightmare as well! It is hard to believe in the 21st. century, Microsoft still has the lion's share of the market and much of their software is still often highly unstable, non 'user friendly' and often incompatible even with other software from their own corporation! (it is all unconscionably outrageous!) |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
You are not on your own there John we all have those problems but always remember, things are never as bad as they seem. Lindsay |
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effjayel Senior Member
since 2007-09-30
Posts 1474At the Crossroads of Infinity |
Thanks Zach …Glad it is not me having a ‘senior’ moment & you youngsters get zapped too…John ......................... Bobby, I am smiling here thinking of you laughing ..you have no idea how good that feels, I was worried about you yesterday, take it easy & give Felix a hug for me, John ........................... Linda ~ Cyber space is a whole lot smaller thanks to the PC, I gladly suffer anything this electronic pandoras box can throw at me for without it I could not amuse my fellow Piplets….Thanks for the hug & laughter, Jayel ............................ Pilgrimage Chuckling is the first sign of the lift not stopping at all floors, followed by thinking your Pc is playing up… Thanks for the reply, John .............................. James M, Somewhere I have something very similar to what you refer, Apparently Bill Gates was having a clash with the CEO of Chrysler(?) and said that if cars had advanced at the cost & rate that the PC had, we would all be driving luxury cars with every conceivable feature for pennies. The reply went something like: If cars did what a computer did when you drove it, the following would happen….. Every time you performed an illegal manouver, you would have to shut down, close all the windows, open them up again & restart. When you went to hit the brakes, a message would pop up asking are you sure? I’ll try and find it for you. I so enjoyed your reply, thanks and have a great weekend in the islands, hope your Lady visits soon…..John ............................. Simon You got that so right, nice reply it brought a smile to my face, Thanks… John ............................. Bruce Absolutely spot on, thanks for reply I am still giggling as I write this…don’t suppose you would be interested in a job lot of snake oil? I can do you a real good deal…. Cheers John ............................ Lindsay Good to have you replying, hope the retirement plans are going well and you are quite right, things are never that bad John |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
LOL.... ok, breathe in with love and out with hate.. or is it in with hate and out with love?? LOL good write here John love RDB Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight......... |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Yep, all we can do is join hands in a unity of frustration .. and to keep ourselves from injuring ourselves bashing on our computer sometimes. You have me smiling here. Alison |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Cursors united! LOL, more than likely, anyone who ever touched a Windows operating system has let out a string of oaths and considered tossing the infernal 'puter out the window. Yet here we are, captives of the modern disease 'Gates dementia' and keeping our toes crossed the next version is user-friendly. Poets really are dreamers! |
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