Keeping On till Its Over

Setting all this down feels downright saintly.  Where were we?  Ahh yes..  trouble still abounded everywhere.  And then I met this guy.

Who probably helped with the demise of my desktop... or at least lent to it.  We are hanging out in my cave and he decides he's going to have a look see inside my tower.  Without asking, he pops the side and simultaneously a vein in my forehead exploded.

I never saw such a big guy move so quickly when I screamed:

WHATINTHE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING? YOU ARE NOT GROUNDED AND THE DAMN COMPUTER IS ON YOU IDIOT!

Word to the wise:

NEVER pop the hood on anyone's baby to see what's inside.  They might demasculate you on site.

Two days later:  my hard disks clattered and I hit the power button and prayed.

Backing up:  this guy, whom I still count as a friend... introduced me to:

PAID PROFESSIONAL.  and he said:

Did you know that your Vostro 1720 had Windows Ultimate?  [no]

I do believe your hard drive on your desktop was refurbished.  [what?]

No that hole should not be there.

It would be better if you just replaced the computer than tried to fix it.

I've never seen a laptop so screwed up like that Latitude.

The guy at Best Buy said smart phones don't get viruses? really?

You really take care of your computers, because your desktop just needs a new drive..so no, you are not stupid.. really...pat..pat..pat...

AND THEN

I watched him assemble my desktop, from parts we agreed on together.

Parts for my New Desktop

Hello Big Drive

Hi Graphics Card and Card Reader

OK, and I love Tiger Direct and my Professional that made this possible.