[ale] [OT] this computer is killing me

[Scott Castaline]

On 10/13/2011 02:56 PM, Rich Faulkner wrote:
> We have a saying in our house.  It comes from my wife's days working 
> at 98-7 The Point in Greensboro and was coined by her old boss 
> (Program Director).
>
> "On and gone."
>
> Do what you need to do and be done with it...
>
> I got sick of dealing with the stupid stuff doing it the Microsoft way 
> (all the way from my DOS days!) - thus my reason for ditching that 
> entirely for Linux.  Linux oath now taken by my family we don't have 
> the issues we once had.  If it absolutely, positively has to run on 
> Windows it is offline and/or running as a VM.  Back-ups take care of 
> the rest and I don't spend my life babysitting machines.
>
> Keep it simple and sustainable.
>
> As for the aches and pains...that's ergonomics my friend.  There's 
> easy fixes for that as well...fixed many times by moving stuff around; 
> not you moving around your stuff.
It's called gittin' old. The warranty expires between 40 & 50. Welcome 
to my world, but keep in mind it's still a helluva lot better than 
pushing up daisies,,,,;-)
>
> Cheers!    Rich in Lilburn
>
> On Thu, 2011-10-13 at 14:38 -0400, Ron Frazier wrote:
>> I just decided I need to whine a bit.  Over the last few days, I've
>> spent a significant number of hours working on my laptop doing
>> configuration, research, and reading and writing emails.  I've spent
>> most of the time with the laptop on my lap (imagine that), sitting in a
>> lounge chair.  You would think that would be comfy and cool.  Well,
>> apparently, it's not.  In retribution for my continual abuse of the
>> computer, the computer is killing me slowly.  At this point, my back and
>> neck are complaining vigorously.  I think it's time for a break.  I may
>> even have to take ANOTHER trip to the chiropractor.  I think I'll have
>> to abandon the lounge chair and go back to my desk.  And I still have
>> tons of things to do.  AARGH!
>>
>> Ron
>>
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