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enitharmon ([personal profile] enitharmon) wrote2007-10-05 12:06 pm
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Did you miss me?

On Thursday last week, as I was out playing Bridge, my computer Fat Andy collapsed, and was unable to communicate with the monitor when I got home.

At first, a temporary disorder of the graphics card was suspected. Fat Andy was taken to the North-West Consumables Hospital for Sick Computers for tests. A major brain haemorrhage (central processor failure) was diagnosed, and in consultation with doctors it was decided to turn off life support systems, retrieve all essential organs that could be transplanted, and create a new life form. A mercy dash was made to Preston to pay in a cheque over the counter at a Co-op Bank to minimise clearance time (noting also that Preston city centre has a branch of Lush and a rather excellent old-fashioned pub called the Fox and Grapes)

Please welcome Val (short for Valhalla) to the world!

[identity profile] gingergeoff.livejournal.com 2007-10-05 11:45 am (UTC)(link)
Welcome Val!

My sympathies are with Fat Andy - When is the wake?

[identity profile] lyzzybee.livejournal.com 2007-10-05 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Welcome back! Course we missed you!

[identity profile] katisha50.livejournal.com 2007-10-05 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad Val has come to the rescue! We did miss you.

[identity profile] cereswunderkind.livejournal.com 2007-10-05 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
CPU failure? That's practically unheard-of! Had the CPU fan stopped? Or was the CPU's heatsink full of dust of cat-stuff?

Peter (concerned for Val's health)

[identity profile] scotsbookie.livejournal.com 2007-10-05 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad to see you back :) Welcome to Val. RIP the sadly departed Fat Andy (after Dalziel by any chance?)

[identity profile] swanofkennet.livejournal.com 2007-10-05 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, let's see. My printer is called Ellie, my PDA is Peter, and my phone is Wieldy...