The day before Christmas

[Fox's Mercantile]

T'was the Day before Christmas
by Jeff Liebermann 12/23/2011

The day before Christmas,
and all through the shop,
all was a crisis,
with problems non-stop.

Nothing was working,
and all claimed they'll wait,
for Fedex arriving,
with parts that were late.

The phone was a ringings,
and drop-ins galore,
demanding their machines,
with promise of more.

The boxes were stuffed
with spyware to find,
with virus and malware,
and updates behind.

The PC's on benches,
with some on the floor,
If I can find more room,
I'll work on some more.

But then with a beep,
a crash and a hang,
Mac Mini destructed,
with a tiny bang.

No lights, no power,
no fan and no clue.
More MLCC failures,
not much I can do.

And then came a crashing,
a smash and a thud,
my office invaded,
by kids wanting blood.

Their PC, their MacBook,
their printer, not done.
If I don't deliver,
There will be no fun.

No way to be ready,
I can only dream.
I have a solution.
I'll get some ice cream.

[Bruce Hagen]

Post by Fox's Mercantile
T'was the Day before Christmas
by Jeff Liebermann 12/23/2011
The day before Christmas,
and all through the shop,
all was a crisis,
with problems non-stop.
Nothing was working,
and all claimed they'll wait,
for Fedex arriving,
with parts that were late.
The phone was a ringings,
and drop-ins galore,
demanding their machines,
with promise of more.
The boxes were stuffed
with spyware to find,
with virus and malware,
and updates behind.
The PC's on benches,
with some on the floor,
If I can find more room,
I'll work on some more.
But then with a beep,
a crash and a hang,
Mac Mini destructed,
with a tiny bang.
No lights, no power,
no fan and no clue.
More MLCC failures,
not much I can do.
And then came a crashing,
a smash and a thud,
my office invaded,
by kids wanting blood.
Their PC, their MacBook,
their printer, not done.
If I don't deliver,
There will be no fun.
No way to be ready,
I can only dream.
I have a solution.
I'll get some ice cream.
--
"I am a river to my people."
Jeff-1.0
WA6FWi
http:foxsmercantile.com

Ah yes! Remember those days quite well. In 1960 or so on Christmas morning I was in the home of E J Thomas, President of Goodyear, telling him that his new
23" Motorola TV was not going to work today. The CRT had that nice blue glow in the neck. Luckily for me he was a total gentleman.

Bruce

[Terry S]

This time of year, 1983. Service call to a local home. Curtis Mathis console was dead. I noticed by the foot marks in the carpet that the set had been recently moved. The homeowner said that hubby had rearranged the room to make space for the Christmas tree.

The console had been relocated tightly up against a wall below a window. So tightly in fact that the CRT neck bulge in the rear cover was pushed into the set a good 2".

Yep, the CRT neck was cracked, and the circuit board on the CRT socket was broken beyond repair. A very expensive holiday for that couple.

[Cosmo Foreskyn]

Christmas eve, 1981, got a call from a lady an hour away who said her
tv was dead. I asked her if she had done any decorating since the tv
last worked. She said they put up the tree. I suggested that she make
sure it was plugged in before I made that hour trip.

She asked if I thought she was stupid. "Of course it's plugged in.

So I drove the hour to her house.

It wasn't plugged in.

Post by Fox's Mercantile
T'was the Day before Christmas
by Jeff Liebermann 12/23/2011
The day before Christmas,
and all through the shop,
all was a crisis,
with problems non-stop.
Nothing was working,
and all claimed they'll wait,
for Fedex arriving,
with parts that were late.
The phone was a ringings,
and drop-ins galore,
demanding their machines,
with promise of more.
The boxes were stuffed
with spyware to find,
with virus and malware,
and updates behind.
The PC's on benches,
with some on the floor,
If I can find more room,
I'll work on some more.
But then with a beep,
a crash and a hang,
Mac Mini destructed,
with a tiny bang.
No lights, no power,
no fan and no clue.
More MLCC failures,
not much I can do.
And then came a crashing,
a smash and a thud,
my office invaded,
by kids wanting blood.
Their PC, their MacBook,
their printer, not done.
If I don't deliver,
There will be no fun.
No way to be ready,
I can only dream.
I have a solution.
I'll get some ice cream.

[h***@gmail.com]

Post by Cosmo Foreskyn
Christmas eve, 1981, got a call from a lady an hour away who said her
tv was dead. I asked her if she had done any decorating since the tv
last worked. She said they put up the tree. I suggested that she make
sure it was plugged in before I made that hour trip.
She asked if I thought she was stupid. "Of course it's plugged in.
So I drove the hour to her house.
It wasn't plugged in.

As I understand from network equipment people, is you ask if it
is plugged in backwards. That causes people to check the plug, even
though they don't know how you plug it in backwards.

[Cosmo Foreskyn]

Post by h***@gmail.com

Post by Cosmo Foreskyn
Christmas eve, 1981, got a call from a lady an hour away who said her
tv was dead. I asked her if she had done any decorating since the tv
last worked. She said they put up the tree. I suggested that she make
sure it was plugged in before I made that hour trip.
She asked if I thought she was stupid. "Of course it's plugged in.
So I drove the hour to her house.
It wasn't plugged in.

As I understand from network equipment people, is you ask if it
is plugged in backwards. That causes people to check the plug, even
though they don't know how you plug it in backwards.

EXCELLENT idea!