My
computer fan had been struggling and making noise and I knew I needed to
replace it--it was too far gone for just a cleaning to be right. We had
recently got Morg's back after some work (it had lost its ability to charge)
and the guy did the work well for a reasonable price. I am a little
uncomfortable getting into this little netbook because my eyes are just not
working well and I had/have many other things on my plate to do so I decided to
have this same guy do the fan. Ron had been dealing with him so I told him to
call the guy and find out how long it will take to replace the fan. I should
have been much more specific but it was more of a reminder as we had covered it
once before. I have been babying it to keep it from getting too hot for about two
months and didn't want to be without it for any length of time--I thought when
I was told a couple of days to replace the fan that meant I would have it back
in a couple of days. He did not have the fan in and *that* is what I wanted Ron
to get the guy to do, order in the fan then have us drop off the 'puter. I think maybe Ron gave the guy the idea my
'puter was the same as Morg's (he has fans for that model) but I have an earlier model and it is not the
same; he didn't have a fan for mine. But after the phone call, Ron said he was
to take it in that evening and it would be a couple days. I asked if he had the
fan already and Ron told me had had lots of fans. A couple hours after the
'puter was dropped off, Ron was still in town, the guy calls and tells me that
he cleaned the fan up but the bearings were shot. Heck, I knew that without
taking the thing apart--it can't run with hair and dust wrapped around it for
long without tearing up the bearings and it ran long. He said he had to order
in the fan and so it would take a few more days. That was what I was trying to
avoid. He offered to let us take the 'puter back and he would call. But I had
no way to get hold of Ron in town and it was Thursday so the next time anyone
would be heading that way would be
Saturday and then when he got the fan it (on Monday or Tuesday) we would have
to just run it right back to him, making a special trip to do so. I was a tad
irked because this was the very thing I wanted to avoid, him having the 'puter
during fan shipping time, but saw no point in that. Well, a week and a half
later, the fan he ordered with a rush shipping never came; he ordered another
and it hadn't come in yet. I told Ron get my 'puter. Aside from the internet, I
use MS OneNote for a few things including my garden map--and I need that so I
am not lost; at this time of year it is too easy to confuse melon with
cucumber, some plants are new to me and I am not so familiar with the look of
it, and until there is fruit there is no easy way to tell variety; row
markers/garden tags always seem to fade. The garden maps, or should I say maps,
have been wonderful. We have two fenced gardens plus three unfenced and they
spread out a ways. Living in a holler we need to take advantage of full sun
where we have it, even if it is only a small spot of it. And then there *is* the internet part of it.
Granted, I have not been overly active but I do have email (I still haven't
caught up on) ad some other things I
don't like letting go for more than a couple /few days at a time. And, we use
Google voice a lot to save money on long distance. Considering that we can't
even call the police or fire dept. as a local call and sometimes a call needs
made when the 'puter isn't on, I will not cancel our long distance service but
since about the only local calls are pretty much our next door neighbors, the
bills can add up. Morg has it on her
computer but it is an imposition to be hitting her up all the time to call up
folks. I am glad my 'puter is home, I wish it had a new fan.
I
wanted to write about the movie we saw today but I think I ought to let my machine cool
a bit first.
