Comments on: mothers and motherboards http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:24:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: cece http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3381 cece Fri, 30 Sep 2005 02:39:31 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3381 *note to self look up chill mat* Kacey I LURVE My toshiba!!!!!!!! Michael Dell made the forbes list again (like it's some big surprise). I can't show that to my children--not when i'm encouraging college :LOL: *note to self look up chill mat*

Kacey I LURVE My toshiba!!!!!!!!
Michael Dell made the forbes list again (like it’s some big surprise). I can’t show that to my children–not when i’m encouraging college :LOL:

]]> By: Steph T. http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3374 Steph T. Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:21:13 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3374 Tori & Sasha - and the more you try and explain it, the worse it gets. I give... PJ - that would drive me crazy. My IT guy loaded a ton of games onto my laptop and I've never used them. If I'm in procrastination mode, I bloghop, because it usually ends up being research. Teresa - my contractor has met my mother, which helps a lot.:wink: He's also lived with his in-laws when his house was being done, so he understands all too well. Amy - the motherboard got replaced about an hour ago. Also, some heat coil thingy. The fan is working again. OMG - LOL Rene! I had to set up email accounts for my parents and they keep trying to log into gmail through yahoo. It's scary... *waves to Brenda* I use that word a lot.:thumbsup: Kacey - my mom bought a Toshiba - it was half the price of my Dell and it's a much better machine. But the chill matt is a good thing, because no matter how good the fan is, if you work with the laptop on your lap, it starts to get too hot. Michelle - 7 years is awesome for a computer these days. I had an old IBM laptop I loved. But, like you said, the replacement parts were going to cost too much to be worth it in the end. I needed a whole new battery pack or something. Tori & Sasha - and the more you try and explain it, the worse it gets. I give…

PJ - that would drive me crazy. My IT guy loaded a ton of games onto my laptop and I’ve never used them. If I’m in procrastination mode, I bloghop, because it usually ends up being research.

Teresa - my contractor has met my mother, which helps a lot.:wink: He’s also lived with his in-laws when his house was being done, so he understands all too well.

Amy - the motherboard got replaced about an hour ago. Also, some heat coil thingy. The fan is working again.

OMG - LOL Rene! I had to set up email accounts for my parents and they keep trying to log into gmail through yahoo. It’s scary…

*waves to Brenda* I use that word a lot.:thumbsup:

Kacey - my mom bought a Toshiba - it was half the price of my Dell and it’s a much better machine. But the chill matt is a good thing, because no matter how good the fan is, if you work with the laptop on your lap, it starts to get too hot.

Michelle - 7 years is awesome for a computer these days. I had an old IBM laptop I loved. But, like you said, the replacement parts were going to cost too much to be worth it in the end. I needed a whole new battery pack or something.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3372 Michelle Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:17:15 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3372 Oh, I've had quite a few words with mother in them when my laptop dies. Or my disk drive dies and there's no way to transfer my work because the stupid thing is too old for a flash drive. Argh! But at least yours is under warranty. After 7 years, it's time for me to get a new one. :frazzled: Oh, I’ve had quite a few words with mother in them when my laptop dies. Or my disk drive dies and there’s no way to transfer my work because the stupid thing is too old for a flash drive. Argh! But at least yours is under warranty. After 7 years, it’s time for me to get a new one. :frazzled:

]]> By: kacey http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3371 kacey Wed, 28 Sep 2005 01:26:59 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3371 hm, I mumble that mother word sometimes too... I doubt if my mom knows what a blog is...and I'm not telling her :biggrin: If my laptop heats up on me, I panic. I should look into one of those chill mats, shouldn't I? But I gave up on dell ones. Got a Toshiba...Love it. Hope it's good to me... hm, I mumble that mother word sometimes too…

I doubt if my mom knows what a blog is…and I’m not telling her :biggrin:

If my laptop heats up on me, I panic. I should look into one of those chill mats, shouldn’t I? But I gave up on dell ones. Got a Toshiba…Love it. Hope it’s good to me…

]]> By: Brenda Bradshaw http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3370 Brenda Bradshaw Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:17:32 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3370 "I immediately mumbled a word with the word mother in it." Love it. “I immediately mumbled a word with the word mother in it.”

Love it.

]]> By: Rene http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3369 Rene Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:23:31 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3369 I'm lucky, my mother isn't connected to the Internet. The World Wide Web is a scary place that she leaves to my father. He isn't much better. He actually bought "AOL for Dummies." :lol: She wouldn't know a blog if it jumped up and bit her on the nose. Thank goodness for that. I’m lucky, my mother isn’t connected to the Internet. The World Wide Web is a scary place that she leaves to my father. He isn’t much better. He actually bought “AOL for Dummies.” :lol:

She wouldn’t know a blog if it jumped up and bit her on the nose. Thank goodness for that.

]]> By: Amy K. http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3368 Amy K. Tue, 27 Sep 2005 02:55:49 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3368 I still don't think my mom gets blogging. "Your what?" Anyway, I found your motherboard story very interesting, as my Dell laptop has been running hot and the fan doesn't seem to work. I can't tell you how that makes me twitch. I cannot. Give up. My laptop. Not even to save its life. Do you have to send yours away to get a new motherboard? And how does he know it needs a motherboard without looking? I still don’t think my mom gets blogging. “Your what?”

Anyway, I found your motherboard story very interesting, as my Dell laptop has been running hot and the fan doesn’t seem to work. I can’t tell you how that makes me twitch. I cannot. Give up. My laptop. Not even to save its life.

Do you have to send yours away to get a new motherboard? And how does he know it needs a motherboard without looking?

]]> By: Teresa http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3367 Teresa Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:29:58 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3367 If I mention the word blog to my mom I get this look :frazzled:. And my husband does the same thing when I'm on the computer. He thinks I never work. And I'm curious, how did the mother conversation work with the constractor? If I mention the word blog to my mom I get this look :frazzled:. And my husband does the same thing when I’m on the computer. He thinks I never work. And I’m curious, how did the mother conversation work with the constractor?

]]> By: PJ http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3366 PJ Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:52:04 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3366 :frazzled: Why is it that people will always assume you're "playing" anytime you're on the computer? All my <em>work</em> is done on the computer: my writing, my tech writing, my assistance-to-my-hubby-who-works-in-the-computer-industry work. I can't even remember the last time I used my laptop to :shock: play a game. I think my mom would have understood, though (bless her); she was pretty "up on things" (her words). I miss her - her blog would've been hilarious. :biggrin: :frazzled: Why is it that people will always assume you’re “playing” anytime you’re on the computer? All my work is done on the computer: my writing, my tech writing, my assistance-to-my-hubby-who-works-in-the-computer-industry work. I can’t even remember the last time I used my laptop to :shock: play a game. I think my mom would have understood, though (bless her); she was pretty “up on things” (her words). I miss her - her blog would’ve been hilarious. :biggrin:

]]> By: Sasha http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3365 Sasha Mon, 26 Sep 2005 18:51:38 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3365 ARghhh!! You know, Mother's just don't get it. They're not writers! :yuck: ARghhh!!

You know, Mother’s just don’t get it. They’re not writers! :yuck:

]]> By: Tori http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3364 Tori Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:16:16 +0000 http://www.stephanietyler.com/blog/2005/09/26/mothers-and-motherboards/#comment-3364 Mothers are strange. And though they mean well, they can also be darn annoying! Mine always seems to think if I'm on the computer I'm online, too. And I'm never "working" on the computer. I'm "playing". *sigh* Yeah, Mom. Whatever. :whatever: Mothers are strange. And though they mean well, they can also be darn annoying! Mine always seems to think if I’m on the computer I’m online, too. And I’m never “working” on the computer. I’m “playing”. *sigh* Yeah, Mom. Whatever. :whatever:

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