Isn't it funny how life has it's little coincidences? No sooner had I posted the email about my "Switcher's Story" that I had packed up my Wallstreet in my (unpadded) backpack. You know the kind you are suppose to wear around your head so the strap sits across your chest? Well, I had it hanging just on my one shoulder, not around my head. I motioned for it to slide off my shoulder and into my hand. The thing was it sorta, kinda, just missed my hand. Damned thing landed screen-first on the driveway pavement.
After screaming a profanity that would wake the dead, I quickly regrouped. I immediately was instilled with a sense of hope and checked it for physical damage. Nothing that I could find other than the monitor being a little out of whack. A few sharp smacks of my palm did the trick there. After expressing the moment to my father, who had gone around the corner to put the trash out front, I continued to mutter profanities all the way to the train station. After a 25-minute train ride which was agony, I ran into work. My boss dinks around on his PowerBook 1400, as a hobbie, I should add. I borrowed his power adapter, heard the battery reset itself and booted it up. OS 9 loaded... no noticeable software damage to that system. Reset the date & time. Rebooted. Switched the startup disk to Jaguar. Rebooted again. OS X.2.2 loaded... no noticeable software damage. CD-ROM drive is fine. Modem is fine (Connected to Earthlink without a hitch.) I just goes to show you what a resourceful Mac user and his Mac-using friends can do with a mishap. After reading some stories, I consider myself lucky. I hope I won't have this scare again. Thanks for reading! - John -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
