a bad day
last last monday, i crawled out of bed early (not more than an hour past noon) with a screaming headache... i eventually found my kitchen, pushed aside some empty wine bottles and found the aspirina... after chewing up a couple, i looked in the living room and remembered what i had left to wait for me.
my laptop, my most expensive material possession, was upside down and still dripping Bailey's onto the couch cushions.
then i rushed into the bathroom to vomit, shower, and go back to bed for another four or five hours.
it was the worst start to a day that i've had in recent memory.
when i re-awoke, i took my computer completely apart and started the long process of trying to repair the damage. of all the things that i can imagine spilling into a notebook computer, i have to think that Bailey's is at least in the top 5. AND it's not something you'll find the folks at Bailey's advertising either. it's evidently a dirty secret over there, those sneaky muthas (they are on my list now, though I'm not yet willing to give up this delicious component of my afternoon coffee).
what saved my butt was the purchase of a Complete Care warranty from Dell, and the fact that one of their support people was willing to change my warranty over to an international one.
within a few days, technicians from Unisys, a company that does hardware support for Dell here in BsAs, arrived at my apartment with a new motherboard and graphics card. after that didn't solve all of my computer's woes, they ordered a new 17" LCD screen and keyboard for me, which they installed last monday (this past monday).
so anyway... i basically have a new computer now, except for the hard-drive, memory, and wireless cards--- and all that it cost me was a little self-respect.
my laptop, my most expensive material possession, was upside down and still dripping Bailey's onto the couch cushions.
then i rushed into the bathroom to vomit, shower, and go back to bed for another four or five hours.
it was the worst start to a day that i've had in recent memory.
when i re-awoke, i took my computer completely apart and started the long process of trying to repair the damage. of all the things that i can imagine spilling into a notebook computer, i have to think that Bailey's is at least in the top 5. AND it's not something you'll find the folks at Bailey's advertising either. it's evidently a dirty secret over there, those sneaky muthas (they are on my list now, though I'm not yet willing to give up this delicious component of my afternoon coffee).
what saved my butt was the purchase of a Complete Care warranty from Dell, and the fact that one of their support people was willing to change my warranty over to an international one.
within a few days, technicians from Unisys, a company that does hardware support for Dell here in BsAs, arrived at my apartment with a new motherboard and graphics card. after that didn't solve all of my computer's woes, they ordered a new 17" LCD screen and keyboard for me, which they installed last monday (this past monday).
so anyway... i basically have a new computer now, except for the hard-drive, memory, and wireless cards--- and all that it cost me was a little self-respect.
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