We Regret To Inform You...

..that my computer is dying.  Slowly.  I've never seen one hang on to life like this.  Usually its *BLANK*, and they're gone.  This one, seriously, has been moaning and grinding down for weeks.  It was running really slow, not just the Internet, but to open a program would take 10 seconds (like in the old days, not the real old days, but like the 90's - which wasn't so bad, since my wife and I dress like its still the 90's) and then several times shut down, and would not reboot..."Hard Drive Failure" or "No Hard Drive Detected".  I got it back to life, and removed all medications (Mcaffee, Norton and Kapersky - all not up to date).  That seemed to help, it ran WAY faster (duh!) and seemed to be okay. 

I quickly updated all my backups on an external hard drive (taxes are done, but not printed or sent!)...

Then it shut down again..."Hard Drive Failure."  I let it rest, told the kids to be quiet, and then, turned it on again.  Bingo, like nothing happened.  It was like the old computer was back, couldn't hear the humming and spinning like since the last crash.  I thought we would be together for years...its been 4. 

But its only a matter of time...


...in lieu of flowers and cards, please send cash to PO Box RACE NEEDS A NEW COMPUTER.