I can't figure out where I have worse luck - with computers or vehicles. I finally get a new laptop from Best Buy to replace my trouble-ridden old one, and of course all the new ones have Vista (CRAP) on them unless I want to pay a grand to upgrade to a Mac. So now I have this new one - beautiful new shiny laptop. But suddenly after a few weeks with it, I can't get online at home anymore. Yesterday Time Warner sent a technician to set up a new modem. Works fine with his laptop. Won't read mine at all. So he suggested I call Toshiba tech support. Instead last night I tried again with Time Warner because when I brought the laptop to work, it connects just fine with our SBC Yahoo. I finally got passed on to Johann at TW because he has done a lot with people who have Vista (CRAP), which seems to have lots of problems with broadband connections.
So after 2 hours on the phone with Johann (who now feels like a close personal friend) and countless reboots, enables, disables, command prompts, a trip to the Time Warner store to swap out the new modem and cable for yet another new one, and finally a system restore back to when it did actually work, still no internet at home. That sucks. I'll try Toshiba tonight, and it their tech support can't help me, I guess I'll go back to getting a landline phone at home and sign up for SBC Yahoo.
In the meantime, this week I also was taking the Pink Beast to Burlington RV for some work on the motor home before the youth trip next month. Everything was working out well that I coordinated trips to Racine with work stuff so I could arrange for rides. Wonderful. Until on the road..... two miles before the Racine exit that I needed to take..... the RV jerked.... and the gas pedal didn't work... and the Beast died.
Thankfully the momentum it had carried us off the overpass we were on so I could steer it over to the shoulder before the steering locked up too. From where we stopped I could see the sign: Racine/Waterford - Hwy 20 - 1 1/2 miles. I could almost see Burlington RV over the hill. So, convinced it was the transmission I got on my phone to AAA and the service department at Burlington (Nope, they don't do chassis work... would have to tow it back to Milwaukee to Badger Truck Center) and then stood by the side of the freeway for an hour until Don's Towing got there.
The good news is, it wasn't the transmission. It was simply a coil that popped off because the clip broke. Since I just had the Beast at Badger a few weeks ago for a tune-up and other repairs they aren't charging me for this one. (I was almost ready to declare 2007 "The Year of the Credit Card.") So today I attempt the trip to Racine again. Wish me luck!
Like I said.... don't know what's worse.... computers or vehicles. Maybe I'll just move to a deserted beach somewhere!
