Post by billmcdee on Oct 29, 2017 4:34:57 GMT -5
Hi all, this is regarding today and the foreseeable future
I'm going to copy and paste this thread in Game Show Announcements, as well as any active threads in which I am currently participating.
This morning once again, when I turned on my 9 year old computer, the desktop screen was blank, no icons there. This is the second time this has happened. After rebooting, my machine worked again.
I recognize this computer is ancient. I mean I first got it the day after Thanksgiving in 2008, when Bush 43 was still President!
I also recognize at this point even if I were to take it to Geek Squad, chances are they would say the machine is too old to even bother fixing at this point. When I took it last year they were pushing hard for me to get a newer computer, and that simply is NOT in my family's budget right now. Truth is, I would really miss having my "toy" to play on and relax with, and I do enjoy listening to certain youtube bloggers, however I have my son's old laptop as a backup if need be.
Anyway, if this old girl dies on me, I will make every effort to let you all know as soon as possible.
Because of these issues, and because all of my artwork is on this machine, I cannot see myself in a position to continue hosting on a regular basis at this time.
Also, usually we pick my son up on Thursday afternoons from college and take him back on Sunday afternoons. During that time, I am wanting to spend more time with him, especially now that he's 18 already. It is unreal just how the passage of time accelerates both as we get older, but most especially once you become a proud parent.
As for today, Sunday, October 29th, I will update on here as a player/panelist while I can. We're due to get a mess of rain and wind and maybe some thunderstorms even. For this reason we already took our son back to college yesterday.
I try to update any thread that I participate in from my office too while doing my data entry. Circumstances currently afford me that ability to do so, however, usually the 3rd week of the month as well as the first week of the month are deadline weeks, so it MAY prove a tad bit more difficult to do updates during those weeks, but so far it's been okay.
Thank you all,
Bill
I'm going to copy and paste this thread in Game Show Announcements, as well as any active threads in which I am currently participating.
This morning once again, when I turned on my 9 year old computer, the desktop screen was blank, no icons there. This is the second time this has happened. After rebooting, my machine worked again.
I recognize this computer is ancient. I mean I first got it the day after Thanksgiving in 2008, when Bush 43 was still President!
I also recognize at this point even if I were to take it to Geek Squad, chances are they would say the machine is too old to even bother fixing at this point. When I took it last year they were pushing hard for me to get a newer computer, and that simply is NOT in my family's budget right now. Truth is, I would really miss having my "toy" to play on and relax with, and I do enjoy listening to certain youtube bloggers, however I have my son's old laptop as a backup if need be.
Anyway, if this old girl dies on me, I will make every effort to let you all know as soon as possible.
Because of these issues, and because all of my artwork is on this machine, I cannot see myself in a position to continue hosting on a regular basis at this time.
Also, usually we pick my son up on Thursday afternoons from college and take him back on Sunday afternoons. During that time, I am wanting to spend more time with him, especially now that he's 18 already. It is unreal just how the passage of time accelerates both as we get older, but most especially once you become a proud parent.
As for today, Sunday, October 29th, I will update on here as a player/panelist while I can. We're due to get a mess of rain and wind and maybe some thunderstorms even. For this reason we already took our son back to college yesterday.
I try to update any thread that I participate in from my office too while doing my data entry. Circumstances currently afford me that ability to do so, however, usually the 3rd week of the month as well as the first week of the month are deadline weeks, so it MAY prove a tad bit more difficult to do updates during those weeks, but so far it's been okay.
Thank you all,
Bill