Now we play a game called "Why does my computer make that grinding noise?" It is closely related to the other game I play called "Why does my car make that hammering noise?" So far, I am losing both games. In fact, even if I win both games by discovering the mysterious source of these noises, I still lose because I will have to get them fixed.
My computer-repair expertise is usually limited to repairing whatever software issue I personally have created, and with cars to looking in need of adult assistance next to a car with the hood raised. In my own defense, I can change headlights, taillights, batteries, tires, etc., but the steaming-radiator-clunking-throttle-suspicious-piston-sound level of trouble is beyond me. I can also hard reset like nobody's business, but the Blue Screen loooves me.
The last time I witnessed a computer make an odd noise, it was followed by a puff of smoke (true story) and a very surprised look on the face of the Geek Squad woman holding it. Almost worth the cost of replacing a laptop, that time.
Now, because I am hemorrhaging money to my Well-Respected Nursing Program, I cannot replace either computer or car should either noise prove to be more than merely vaguely concerning, but am consoled by the image of the cosmic "why does my ____make that _____ noise" game as a giant exhibition of The Price is Right, some cheerful announcer spinning a wheel that lands on "car" and dropping a Plinko token that lands on "transmission" and then shouting,
"Come on doooown!...No, really lady, come away from that thing before it explodes."
My computer-repair expertise is usually limited to repairing whatever software issue I personally have created, and with cars to looking in need of adult assistance next to a car with the hood raised. In my own defense, I can change headlights, taillights, batteries, tires, etc., but the steaming-radiator-clunking-throttle-suspicious-piston-sound level of trouble is beyond me. I can also hard reset like nobody's business, but the Blue Screen loooves me.
The last time I witnessed a computer make an odd noise, it was followed by a puff of smoke (true story) and a very surprised look on the face of the Geek Squad woman holding it. Almost worth the cost of replacing a laptop, that time.
Now, because I am hemorrhaging money to my Well-Respected Nursing Program, I cannot replace either computer or car should either noise prove to be more than merely vaguely concerning, but am consoled by the image of the cosmic "why does my ____make that _____ noise" game as a giant exhibition of The Price is Right, some cheerful announcer spinning a wheel that lands on "car" and dropping a Plinko token that lands on "transmission" and then shouting,
"Come on doooown!...No, really lady, come away from that thing before it explodes."
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