I Have a Computer Again :-)

Well, I'm finally back to normal here. A couple of weeks ago I
spilled a few drops of wine into my keyboard and killed mine.
Unfortunately, the damage was severe -- took out the system board. It
would have cost as much to repair it as to replace it, so we bought a
new one (IBM Thinkpad) and kept the old one for parts. And DH took
out the old hard disk and RAM and put them in the new one, so it looks
and acts exactly the same (though it has the little fingerprint
recognition feature, which I didn't particularly want). Anyway, it's
nice! And I've started back in again today logging my food, now that
I can do my spreadsheets. I didn't gain any weight in the interim --
actually went down a couple of pounds (though a couple of wine events
yesterday may have made up for that :-) ).

Anyway, I'll be back to doing my old Food & Exercise posts!

(No news on the Mom front, by the way. She's still there physically,
not so much mentally.)



Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

On Mar 12, 3:49 pm, Chris Braun <b...@mill-creek-systems.com> wrote:
> Well, I'm finally back to normal here. A couple of weeks ago I
> spilled a few drops of wine into my keyboard and killed mine.
> Unfortunately, the damage was severe -- took out the system board. It
> would have cost as much to repair it as to replace it, so we bought a
> new one (IBM Thinkpad) and kept the old one for parts. And DH took
> out the old hard disk and RAM and put them in the new one, so it looks
> and acts exactly the same (though it has the little fingerprint
> recognition feature, which I didn't particularly want). Anyway, it's
> nice! And I've started back in again today logging my food, now that
> I can do my spreadsheets. I didn't gain any weight in the interim --
> actually went down a couple of pounds (though a couple of wine events
> yesterday may have made up for that :-) ).
>
> Anyway, I'll be back to doing my old Food & Exercise posts!
>
> (No news on the Mom front, by the way. She's still there physically,
> not so much mentally.)
>
> Chris
> 262/130s/130s
> started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004


Chris - -

Nice to see you back! Sorry about the computer hangover with the
wine.

And very, very sorry about your mother's continued problems.

Yours,

Caleb

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 22:49:31 GMT, Chris Braun
<braun@mill-creek-systems.com> wrote:

>Well, I'm finally back to normal here. A couple of weeks ago I
>spilled a few drops of wine into my keyboard and killed mine.
>Unfortunately, the damage was severe -- took out the system board. It
>would have cost as much to repair it as to replace it, so we bought a
>new one (IBM Thinkpad) and kept the old one for parts. And DH took
>out the old hard disk and RAM and put them in the new one, so it looks
>and acts exactly the same (though it has the little fingerprint
>recognition feature, which I didn't particularly want). Anyway, it's
>nice! And I've started back in again today logging my food, now that
>I can do my spreadsheets. I didn't gain any weight in the interim --
>actually went down a couple of pounds (though a couple of wine events
>yesterday may have made up for that :-) ).
>
>Anyway, I'll be back to doing my old Food & Exercise posts!
>
>(No news on the Mom front, by the way. She's still there physically,
>not so much mentally.)

I'm glad to see you back Chris.

After you were missing for a couple of days I thought it might be
something bad with your mother.

Jo Anne

"Chris Braun" <braun@mill-creek-systems.com> wrote in message
news:3ulbv29aip0g299gaffh3tvl72lf51nbgj@4ax.com...
> Well, I'm finally back to normal here. A couple of weeks ago I
> spilled a few drops of wine into my keyboard and killed mine.
> Unfortunately, the damage was severe -- took out the system board. It
> would have cost as much to repair it as to replace it, so we bought a
> new one (IBM Thinkpad) and kept the old one for parts. And DH took
> out the old hard disk and RAM and put them in the new one, so it looks
> and acts exactly the same (though it has the little fingerprint
> recognition feature, which I didn't particularly want). Anyway, it's
> nice! And I've started back in again today logging my food, now that
> I can do my spreadsheets. I didn't gain any weight in the interim --
> actually went down a couple of pounds (though a couple of wine events
> yesterday may have made up for that :-) ).
>
> Anyway, I'll be back to doing my old Food & Exercise posts!
>
> (No news on the Mom front, by the way. She's still there physically,
> not so much mentally.)
>
>
>
> Chris
> 262/130s/130s
> started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004


I just replaced my old laptop with a Thinkpad. I really like it, except
Vista doesn't want to play nice with any of my networks.
--
the volleyballchick

Nunya B. babbles:

> I just replaced my old laptop with a Thinkpad. I really like it, except
> Vista doesn't want to play nice with any of my networks.
>


Look on the bright side, dearie: it's not like any of us really cares...

:-)

--
Best
Greg

On Mar 12, 6:49 pm, Chris Braun <b...@mill-creek-systems.com> wrote:
> Well, I'm finally back to normal here. A couple of weeks ago I
> spilled a few drops of wine into my keyboard and killed mine.
> Unfortunately, the damage was severe -- took out the system board. It
> would have cost as much to repair it as to replace it, so we bought a
> new one (IBM Thinkpad) and kept the old one for parts. And DH took
> out the old hard disk and RAM and put them in the new one, so it looks
> and acts exactly the same (though it has the little fingerprint
> recognition feature, which I didn't particularly want). Anyway, it's
> nice! And I've started back in again today logging my food, now that
> I can do my spreadsheets. I didn't gain any weight in the interim --
> actually went down a couple of pounds (though a couple of wine events
> yesterday may have made up for that :-) ).
>
> Anyway, I'll be back to doing my old Food & Exercise posts!
>
> (No news on the Mom front, by the way. She's still there physically,
> not so much mentally.)
>
> Chris
> 262/130s/130s
> started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

Good to see you posting again. Like Jo Anne I thought your absence
might be related to your mom's health. I had forgotten about the wine
in the keyboard

Beverly

On 13 Mar 2007 08:08:49 -0700, "Beverly" <Beverly.Owens@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On Mar 12, 6:49 pm, Chris Braun <b...@mill-creek-systems.com> wrote:
>> Well, I'm finally back to normal here. A couple of weeks ago I
>> spilled a few drops of wine into my keyboard and killed mine.
>> Unfortunately, the damage was severe -- took out the system board. It
>> would have cost as much to repair it as to replace it, so we bought a
>> new one (IBM Thinkpad) and kept the old one for parts. And DH took
>> out the old hard disk and RAM and put them in the new one, so it looks
>> and acts exactly the same (though it has the little fingerprint
>> recognition feature, which I didn't particularly want). Anyway, it's
>> nice! And I've started back in again today logging my food, now that
>> I can do my spreadsheets. I didn't gain any weight in the interim --
>> actually went down a couple of pounds (though a couple of wine events
>> yesterday may have made up for that :-) ).
>>
>> Anyway, I'll be back to doing my old Food & Exercise posts!
>>
>> (No news on the Mom front, by the way. She's still there physically,
>> not so much mentally.)
>>
>> Chris
>> 262/130s/130s
>> started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004
>
>Good to see you posting again. Like Jo Anne I thought your absence
>might be related to your mom's health. I had forgotten about the wine
>in the keyboard
>
>Beverly

It's good to be back -- at least for the most part :-).

Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

Nunya wrote:

> I just replaced my old laptop with a Thinkpad. I really like it, except
> Vista doesn't want to play nice with any of my networks.

Because we replaced the new RAM with the old one, my Thinkpad still
runs Windows. At this point I just wanted it to work the way it used
to and not deal with any changes. Maybe sometime later...

Meanwhile, my Outlook calendar got messed up by the time change. All
my appointments between this past Sunday and April 1 were shifted an
hour later in the day!

Chris

In article <3ulbv29aip0g299gaffh3tvl72lf51nbgj@4ax.com>,
Chris Braun <braun@mill-creek-systems.com> wrote:

> Well, I'm finally back to normal here. A couple of weeks ago I
> spilled a few drops of wine into my keyboard and killed mine.
> Unfortunately, the damage was severe -- took out the system board. It
> would have cost as much to repair it as to replace it, so we bought a
> new one (IBM Thinkpad) and kept the old one for parts. And DH took
> out the old hard disk and RAM and put them in the new one, so it looks
> and acts exactly the same (though it has the little fingerprint
> recognition feature, which I didn't particularly want). Anyway, it's
> nice! And I've started back in again today logging my food, now that
> I can do my spreadsheets. I didn't gain any weight in the interim --
> actually went down a couple of pounds (though a couple of wine events
> yesterday may have made up for that :-) ).
>
> Anyway, I'll be back to doing my old Food & Exercise posts!
>
> (No news on the Mom front, by the way. She's still there physically,
> not so much mentally.)
>
>
>
> Chris
> 262/130s/130s
> started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

Welcome back, Chris.

I've been spending a lot of time at the hospital with my grandmother.
That woman is a piece-of-work! They'll send her home soon just to shut
her up.

It's been sad seeing so many seniors in conditions similar to your
mother's. I really feel for you.

Take care!

--
Check it out!
http://www.tcfitnesschallenge.com/index.html

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:43:09 -0400, A Ross <aroneeight@cornell.edu>
wrote:

>In article <3ulbv29aip0g299gaffh3tvl72lf51nbgj@4ax.com>,
> Chris Braun <braun@mill-creek-systems.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, I'm finally back to normal here. A couple of weeks ago I
>> spilled a few drops of wine into my keyboard and killed mine.
>> Unfortunately, the damage was severe -- took out the system board. It
>> would have cost as much to repair it as to replace it, so we bought a
>> new one (IBM Thinkpad) and kept the old one for parts. And DH took
>> out the old hard disk and RAM and put them in the new one, so it looks
>> and acts exactly the same (though it has the little fingerprint
>> recognition feature, which I didn't particularly want). Anyway, it's
>> nice! And I've started back in again today logging my food, now that
>> I can do my spreadsheets. I didn't gain any weight in the interim --
>> actually went down a couple of pounds (though a couple of wine events
>> yesterday may have made up for that :-) ).
>>
>> Anyway, I'll be back to doing my old Food & Exercise posts!
>>
>> (No news on the Mom front, by the way. She's still there physically,
>> not so much mentally.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris
>> 262/130s/130s
>> started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004
>
>Welcome back, Chris.
>
>I've been spending a lot of time at the hospital with my grandmother.
>That woman is a piece-of-work! They'll send her home soon just to shut
>her up.
>
>It's been sad seeing so many seniors in conditions similar to your
>mother's. I really feel for you.
>
>Take care!

Thanks, Amy. I just talked with the social worker at the nursing
home. Not much change in Mom's condition -- maybe a little more
gradual decline. She now doesn't make much attempt to feed herself,
so they do that. She's on total life-care -- bedpans and such (but no
artificial measures). She talks very little, and sleeps most of the
time. At least she doesn't seem to be particularly discontented -- is
too out of it to really know what's going on, and doesn't seem to be
in pain (they give her meds for that).

Chris

"Chris Braun" <braun@mill-creek-systems.com> wrote in message
news:sflgv29539ifldlui85149p35ijdlcqgac@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:43:09 -0400, A Ross <aroneeight@cornell.edu>
> wrote:
>
>>In article <3ulbv29aip0g299gaffh3tvl72lf51nbgj@4ax.com>,
>> Chris Braun <braun@mill-creek-systems.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I'm finally back to normal here. A couple of weeks ago I
>>> spilled a few drops of wine into my keyboard and killed mine.
>>> Unfortunately, the damage was severe -- took out the system board. It
>>> would have cost as much to repair it as to replace it, so we bought a
>>> new one (IBM Thinkpad) and kept the old one for parts. And DH took
>>> out the old hard disk and RAM and put them in the new one, so it looks
>>> and acts exactly the same (though it has the little fingerprint
>>> recognition feature, which I didn't particularly want). Anyway, it's
>>> nice! And I've started back in again today logging my food, now that
>>> I can do my spreadsheets. I didn't gain any weight in the interim --
>>> actually went down a couple of pounds (though a couple of wine events
>>> yesterday may have made up for that :-) ).
>>>
>>> Anyway, I'll be back to doing my old Food & Exercise posts!
>>>
>>> (No news on the Mom front, by the way. She's still there physically,
>>> not so much mentally.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> 262/130s/130s
>>> started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004
>>
>>Welcome back, Chris.
>>
>>I've been spending a lot of time at the hospital with my grandmother.
>>That woman is a piece-of-work! They'll send her home soon just to shut
>>her up.
>>
>>It's been sad seeing so many seniors in conditions similar to your
>>mother's. I really feel for you.
>>
>>Take care!
>
> Thanks, Amy. I just talked with the social worker at the nursing
> home. Not much change in Mom's condition -- maybe a little more
> gradual decline. She now doesn't make much attempt to feed herself,
> so they do that. She's on total life-care -- bedpans and such (but no
> artificial measures). She talks very little, and sleeps most of the
> time. At least she doesn't seem to be particularly discontented -- is
> too out of it to really know what's going on, and doesn't seem to be
> in pain (they give her meds for that).
>
> Chris

So sorry Chris, it's miserable knowing that the end is on it's way and
there is nothing you can do. It was like that with my Dad and we were told
it was best to just let him go but it's rotten to be the family there
watching. I empathise.

--
Rachael