Tip of the Day

  • Posted by Angela
  • April 2, 2005

Parental Tip of the Day: if your toddlers aren’t sleeping well, check to see that there aren’t a fleet of mosquitos in their room biting them all night long.

Doh.

Apologies for all the self-pity of the last entry. I’m feeling a bit better, and obviously I’m the one that got myself into this mess. More apologies if I offended any Gateway or HP owners. (I am aware of the irony in my railing against them when I apparently managed to get a crap motherboard).

Soon I’ll be calling the motherboard people to see if they’ll uphold that little thing called a warranty and send me a new one. Though to be honest I am so sick of the whole thing I almost never want to see it again.

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Written by:
diana
Posted on:
April 3, 2005 at 4:06 pm

I have an HP, and it sucks ass. I think your motherboard-fried puter probably runs better, even if it doesn’t turn on. Not to worry, I’m sure the company will uphold your warranty. Good luck.

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Written by:
Leigh
Posted on:
April 4, 2005 at 5:25 am

Motherboard + Baseball Bat=Major Stress Release

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Written by:
joy
Posted on:
April 5, 2005 at 3:56 pm

Glad you’re doing better!! It figures out of all the motherboards you bought, you’d get one that had a malfunction. That sorta thing seems to always happen to me.

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Anne
Posted on:
April 5, 2005 at 3:57 pm

I actually have an HP, a $500 W4l-M4rt HP that I picked up on clearance for $350.

It was a lovely machine, once it had a sound card, video card, modem, additional USB ports, memory upgrades, and a complete wipe of the hard drive with full non-HP OS and software installation. Oh, and it got a new motherboard and processor last summer.

Shoulda built one . . . or did I? :)

Have you tried putting it on eBay, with a reserve and buy-it-now price of $7-800?

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Written by:
midnightbunny
Posted on:
April 6, 2005 at 5:25 pm

Yikes, I hope the girls are okay. Mosquito bites are dreadful. EEK! *Hugs* :)

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Written by:
Beth
Posted on:
April 9, 2005 at 9:33 am

Ugh, mosquitoes. Don’t blame yourself, though. You couldn’t have known right away — there are so many things that could cause a kid or two to sleep poorly. On the subject of bug bites, my son came back from his dad’s house a coupla months ago with at least 25 flea bites, most of which were in his underwear area. Horrifying, and I had to deal with the miserable kid scratching and crying in his sleep. At least you have control of your situation. ;^)

The guy at the post office sounds like a real…gem. And good luck with the flu situation! Biiig huuugs! ;^)