Did you put the old one next to it to remind it to play nicely or else? On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 6:32 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
> I stomped a VCR to death once. > > I was a young guy, young family, VCRs were the latest thing. I got a > budget > brand. Had to clean the heads frequently. About the 10th time I opened > it > up, I was removing this small tension spring that you needed to remove to > do > the cleaning. Some part of some moving part. I don't recall much other > than this tiny spring launched itself across the room into some distance > patch of shag carpeting. > > I lost it. I was doing the surgery on the living room floor. I stood up. > Put on a shoe and stomped hell out of that thing. First stomp, my wife > and > kids realized I was really doing something crazy. She screamed and > grabbed > my leg like I was stomping one of the kids, as if it could be saved. Way > too late for that. I still remember the texture. Like stomping a bag of > saltine crackers. > > I had enough room on the credit card to go to Wal-Mart and buy another > budget brand so the fam could watch the rented movie. That newer unit > never > seemed to need cleaning. > > That has been a fun enduring family story. And when raising a pile of > young > kids, it helps if they all think you just might go off and stomp one of > them. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nate Burke > Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2019 3:28 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Botched Server Upgrade > > Have you ever snarled transportation a city because you tripped? > > "An Amtrak worker fell onto a circuit board during a server upgrade > Thursday morning and caused hourslong delays for Metra riders stuck on > crowded trains going to and leaving Chicago's Union Station all day > long. A resulting system outage prevented trains from being dispatched > automatically, and ultimately Amtrak officials had crews deployed to > control signals and switch tracks manually." > > > https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190301/cause-of-massive-metra-delays-a-worker-fell-on-the-circuit-board > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Best Regards, Chuck Hogg | *SVP/Director of Acquisitions* *ALL POINTS* *BROADBAND *| *Live Connected.* mobile *502.435.6649*
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