<p>Wow, that is really weird. Tonight we had a glass of wine with supper and then I put up decorations. THEN - get this…I used the computer. A Mac. A PowerMac with dual processors. And that was it - but I had this funny yearning for duct tape and new duo-core processors. Could I be going through menopause?</p>
<p>Nonsense aside - congratulations to you and your son! Yes, you need a new keyboard. ;)</p>
<p>NO. You are NOT going through menopause. You are too calm. Audiophile is going through menopause, thank you very much. [post</a> #4352](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=3120790&postcount=4352]post”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=3120790&postcount=4352)</p>
<p>weenie, Wino #1. I assume he is the primo wino. Quite an achievement. My congrats as well.</p>
<p>Cheers everyone. May I humbly suggest rocks glasses for the vino? Fewer spills. Carry on.</p>
<p>“weenie, Wino #1. I assume he is the primo wino. Quite an achievement. My congrats as well.”</p>
<p>Really, a chip off the old block. I am so PROUD.</p>
<p>PS Videogame free, chez moi. Never let even one of them through the door. (Trying to limit computer and tv had me streteched to the b*itching point already.) </p>
<p>My poor deprived kids-- hey, can write their college essays about it!</p>
<p>I have an ex-laptop courtesy of my son, from a few years ago.</p>
<p>He came up one morning and said he spilled orange juice on the laptop. I asked if he turned it off and shook it upside down.</p>
<p>His response was “no, but after I used it for a while longer it just started to smoke and turned off by itself.”</p>
<p>Surprisingly, a few months later I bought a used version of the same laptop on ebay. Took the drive out of th OJPC (“Free white Bronco with purchase” … insert your own joke here), slipped it into the new machine and all my files were there and everything worked as before.</p>
<p>How do I get added to the techie team? Built PCs from scratch. For fun. Does that count?</p>
<p>First of all, congrats weenie!! Pictures, with audio, please.</p>
<p>Second, I’ve been busily working on one of the laptops downstairs inventorying a bunch of work stuff on aan excel spread sheet. Given all of the above experiences, combines with my computer fiasco last week (still working to rebuild some stuff) , I kept fluids VERY FAR AWAY.
Side stury-- my s. dropped his laptop off the top bunk at school a few weeks ago. :eek: Not sure how much damage was caused to the machine, but he lost an external sound card and the monitor/screen. Like m&sdad, he ordered a used screen from ebay and rebult the laptop. Its about the 3rd reincarnation of that laptop. </p>
<p>As for Bhappymoms videogame cure… Whew. Not sure what to make of that one. I turn my “work” brain off when I leave the office. My videogame cure is a little more direct. I take all the controllers :)</p>
<p>You can buy a used screen for a laptop?? bye.</p>
<p>I could pour some wine on my head. Would that count? SBMom, no video games? OK. You don’t then qualify really for the mom of slacker boys club:)…I am so jealous. If you can avoid sports obsession I am even more jealous.</p>
<p>Replacing a laptop screen is not for the klutzy.</p>
<p>Treu-- rebuilding anything on a laptop in particular is no easy feat. Older s has become quite adept at building and fixing computers. He made a !@##$%% fortune doing that as a little side business when he was in HS. Bought himself a car with the $$ he made. And his repaired laptop , screen and all, is working fine.</p>
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<p>p2n…I <strong><em>SAW</em></strong> THAT!!!</p>
<p>I hope this doesn’t turn into the blank post thread… that’ll be too hard for those with hangovers to parse. ;)</p>
<p>So jmmom, inquiring minds want to know: did you stand in the cold this morning? Was your Wii trip a success??? :)</p>
<p>Did I say klutzy?</p>
<p>Sorry, I meant schmaltzy. :p</p>
<p>My wife sometimes can’t find her keys in her parse. Sometimes I have to hep her. :D</p>
<p>Alu, unfortunately what we lack in videogames we make up for in sports obsessions.</p>
<p>mootmom, That would be Yes followed by a No :(.</p>
<p>I donned my long silk underwear, layered on the warm clothes, wore an actual LLBean full length coat and headed over to Wal-Mart around 5:30 am.</p>
<p>I was #7 in the queue (we self-organized, us crazies - mostly parents, btw). We had been told 9 units were expected. There were only 3. The store manager did take our list, with phone #s, and said they will call us when more come in, but it was kind of hokey and I don’t know what will come of it. </p>
<p>I’ve got the marmots on the case.</p>
<p>BTW, I’m with you on the Invisible Ink thing. I am quite proud that I mastered the ability to post one of the dang things. But it’s way too much work to decipher them. In fact, I’m not at all sure I’ve hit on the right decoder ring (which involves clicking “Go Advanced” and then I can read the invisibles of the last few posts only - and not even all of those).</p>
<p>Here, girls just wanna have fun. Right?</p>
<p>It’s easy - just run your cursor over the post space and highlight whatever appears.</p>