Growing up as a car mechanic's son has made me a very well-rounded fix-it-guy. I, as you, LOVE the feeling of being able to take an ill-running car and make it purr like a kitten. It's a great feeling. I was "that guy" in high school that helped friends fix those POS machines that we all drove around, and it was always awesome to show off that knowledge that my pops handed down to me.
Unfortunately, I "retired" from doing those things a few years ago when I realized I had no idea WTH I was doing with the "modern" cars. Ironically, computers in these cars have rendered the backyard mechanic to a relic of the past. Congrats to you on this accomplishment tho. Doesn't it feel good? =) On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 10:50 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Been having huge problems at work. Mainframes going south. Server's going > belly-up. Applications across the country crapping the bed. > > And it seems like I'm production support for ALL of them. 14 hour days for > the past week and most nights. > > In any case the alternator in my wife's car went. Since my brother the car > nut lives fairly close by he came over last night and diagnosed it, but we > finished too late to get a new one. So I went out today, got a new one and > put it in myself. No problems, car goes "vroom" again and everything. > > I'm not into cars (I lack that gene) but DAMN it felt good to get, even if > only for an hour or so, into a problem that was completely self-contained > and didn't require me to contact ANY support groups or infrastructure > representatives. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266462 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
