tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post111795257187361369..comments2023-10-30T07:39:04.857-07:00Comments on Random Thoughts- Do They Have Meaning?: I Fought The Electronic OctopusJack Steinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-1118111979151897782005-06-06T19:39:00.000-07:002005-06-06T19:39:00.000-07:00Jihad on the appliances. Sounds like fun.PT,I know...Jihad on the appliances. Sounds like fun.<BR/><BR/>PT,<BR/><BR/>I know that story, I hate to admit it, but I have done the same thing.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-1118104704242014212005-06-06T17:38:00.000-07:002005-06-06T17:38:00.000-07:00Saturday night I spent 4 hours trying to figure ou...Saturday night I spent 4 hours trying to figure out why the sound on my computer, (the one that houses all my band's music), sounded like it was coming out of an AM radio that had been run over by a monster truck.<BR/><BR/>I tried everything. I rebooted, I installed and unistalled drivers, I switched speakers, I scoured message boards. I did a system restore to two weeks earlier. I tore out a few handfuls of hair and taught the psychotoddler some new words.<BR/><BR/>Finally, my son said something like, "that's what my headphones sound like when they're not plugged all the way in."<BR/><BR/>I jiggled the plug in the jack a little, and the the sound returned to normal.<BR/><BR/><BR/>UGGGGGGGHHHHHHHG!!!!!!!PsychoToddlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874353280798371891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7082887.post-1117985504271810712005-06-05T08:31:00.000-07:002005-06-05T08:31:00.000-07:00That's the problem with not being Muslim...we don'...That's the problem with not being Muslim...we don't have any equivalent to their "jihhad."<BR/>Because that's what it sounds like, a holy war in your living room.<BR/>Be sure to use lots of threatening when trying to rewire, but be careful not to go too far.<BR/>Kicking or attempting to flush the instruction manual may cause your other appliances to rise up in violent protest.<BR/>(Before you know it, you'll be facing a firefight with your microwave oven, which is still seething with a grudge after that exploding pot pie incident.)<BR/><BR/>*Morris Workman<BR/>www.morrisworkman.com<BR/>workmanchronicles.blogspot.com<BR/>dvtsports.blogspot.comWorkman Chronicleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205964464407892269noreply@blogger.com