far more serious tech help

[dave from knoxville]

Let's hope I don't have to turn to you again any time soon.

Ouch!

I bet any nerd for hire worth his salt could fix this in 3 minutes.

[Sarah]

You managed to take that entirely the wrong way, Dave.  I was merely expressing a wish for a placid stretch during which I would not require help of this sort. 

And, yeah, someone more ept than I could have dealt with this in a second, no doubt.  But the only such person in Lubec, and she wasn't answering her phone, and I don't feel like asking my sister to drive me thirty miles to the nearest repair joint.

[buffcoat]

You managed to take that entirely the wrong way, Dave.  I was merely expressing a wish for a placid stretch during which I would not require help of this sort. 

And, yeah, someone more ept than I could have dealt with this in a second, no doubt.  But the only such person in Lubec, and she wasn't answering her phone, and I don't feel like asking my sister to drive me thirty miles to the nearest repair joint.

Are you sure twasn't your pure Luddism killed the beast?

[dave from knoxville]

You managed to take that entirely the wrong way, Dave.  I was merely expressing a wish for a placid stretch during which I would not require help of this sort. 

And, yeah, someone more ept than I could have dealt with this in a second, no doubt.  But the only such person in Lubec, and she wasn't answering her phone, and I don't feel like asking my sister to drive me thirty miles to the nearest repair joint.

Oh, I know Sarah, you need never worry that I take anything you say with anger; you, and many others, have the dfk goodwill lifetime pass.

[Sarah]

Thank you, Dave.  That's a relief.

And, buff?  Of course that's a possibility.  Luckily for me, Newegg has a pretty much "no questions asked" replacement policy for the first thirty days after purchase.  As long as I return every bit of packaging, at least.  I figure they'll discover I left out a staple or something and reject the return in the end.

My setup is going to be pretty hilarious when it's done:  a razzle-dazzle 23" LED monitor that's barely over a half-inch thick, a minitower computer,and nifty wireless touchpad, all hooked up to a honking great beast of a ratty receiver, a crappy little twenty-or-so-year-old Radio Shack turntable, an ancient single cassette tape player, also from Radio Shack, and two monstrous hulks of speakers, also about twenty years old.

[Bryan]

My setup is going to be pretty hilarious when it's done:  a razzle-dazzle 23" LED monitor that's barely over a half-inch thick, a minitower computer,and nifty wireless touchpad, all hooked up to a honking great beast of a ratty receiver, a crappy little twenty-or-so-year-old Radio Shack turntable, an ancient single cassette tape player, also from Radio Shack, and two monstrous hulks of speakers, also about twenty years old.

This is the same general idea as what I have, too! I am similarly bemused by the combination of slick flatscreen-ness and wood-panelled 1970s-ness.