Date: 29 July 96
Leaf wrote:
Chuck the fucking pute out the window! Then cry a little, ring up the insurance
company and get a claim in for the damage. Alternatively, you could wipe the entire hard drive and start afresh. Duo-alternatively..........erm.........have another
drink. All becomes clearer then.
The scary bit is when you *don't* have insurance and you undertake a *hardware* upgrade:
[Noreen]: "Why are you so pale and sweaty Jim?"-Jim[Jim]: "I think I'm over my head. Our Mac doesn't boot up after I installed the extra RAM" [I'm quizically studying a motherboard and tearing at my hair. Cables, screws and logic boards are strewn everywhere]
[Noreen]: "But I've seen you rip unfamiliar machines down to nuts and bolts at work and you never looked a bit nervous about it or had one not right when you were finished."
[Jim]: "Yeah, but those were machines I wouldn't have to *pay* to set right if I irrevocably messed them up!"
[Noreen]: "Think you better have another drink then."