[ale] [OT] this computer is killing me

[Ron Frazier]

Yes.  I guess being able to do something is better than being able to do 
nothing.  I think I'm still going to fire the lounge chair for computer 
working purposes.

Ron

On 10/13/2011 3:51 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
> 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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