If you’ve sent me an email recently and I haven’t responded, it’s not because I don’t want to … My computer’s been all gummed up for no obvious reason, making navigating Gmail an awkward annoyance. I get too frustrated to reply to /initiate emails past the top of my inbox. I’ve had compugeeks look at it, fiddled with msconfig, run assorted virus scans, removed extraneous software, defragged, blah blah blah and still pages are super slow to load, keystrokes are slow to respond, and tabbing between windows is glacial. Laptop’s just turned two years old. Grrr.
So I’m going to keep trying to sort it out. Maybe it’s time to buy a Mac, loath as I am to spend that money right now.
If there’s something you really need from me in the meantime, please call me, even if it’s not phone hours. For now, it’s okay.
Miss Orleans,
So does this mean that I should stop checking my email every hour for a reply from last week and/or stop worrying that I’d finally managed to piss you off enough to be rid of me? Speaking of piss…great story. How about a chastity story next to keep some of us going until we are able to be back in touch with you? LOL!!
Don’t computers just suck.
Hang in there.
Yours,
Whizzer
Miss Orleans,
I’m sure the geeks are good but have you looked for “stuff running in the background”?
Some months ago I just about tossed out my laptop because it was running slower than molasses. Turned out that the culprit was liveupdates… I shut it off and I was away to the races. Also, having too many programs kicking in upon boot-up can cause the slows…
I’m sorry you missed my application to session Orleans style with you for a week this summer, somewhere in the south of France, but now I won’t take your non-response personally 😉
Good luck!
Whizzer,
Yeah, babe. It’s not you. It’s my damn laptop.
Glad you liked the piss story. Though I don’t think you’d like the chastity story I’ve been thinking about posting for a while now.
peter k,
I feel like I’ve checked every possible option. My next guess is to uninstall and reinstall firefox, since it seems to be eating up a lot of Mem Usage in Processes. Though IE is even sloooower and glitchier on my laptop.
Which cartoon character is known for grumbling something like “Rrrruckem shuckemmm ruffala” when he was thwarted or frustrated?
That’s me. Rrrruckemshuckemruffala.
MTO, Would that be Muttley?
Hope you whip that darn computer into knowing its place! 🙂
All the best.
I think Muttley’s right … but why can’t I find it on YouTube? Just the Muttley laugh.
Crippity, crappity crud! Glad I’m not locked in your cage right now. 😉
Good luck with your pooter and smile, get out and enjoy this gorgeous spring day!