A Really Baaaaaaaad Mercury Retrograde
Hi ho, MMMLogerinos!
Followers of astrology are very aware of the problems with something called Mercury Retrograde. It's considered the planet of communications, electronics, travel and other stuff. When Mercury stops its forward movement in the heavens, the details or physics of which I don't get at all, and begins to move backward, then its influence or energy is withdrawn. And everything goes to crap. Astrologers like Susan Miller warn people, whether they believe in astrology or not, to back up computers, double check travel arrangements and not make big money decisions during a retrograde. That is because something will be hidden or not disclosed about the product or deal and it may come back to bite you later.
The DH and I have been fence sitters on this retrograde thing. We've seen other people's computers, electronics and travel go to hell while ours goes smoothly. However, this retrograde, which began on October 28 and lasts until November 17, has been a ding dang doozie on all quarters. Might make a believer out of us yet.
While I was in Kingman, two computers and a printer at my brother's house threw craps. The family was in an uproar. My sister-in-law stuck with it, though, and chased down the problems on both machines. Buying a new printer was the answer to the throwaway cheapy just out of warranty. My cell phone wouldn't work most of the time, but I managed, just, though my flights were on the whole bearable.
When I got home everything was alright until I walked in the door. The TV remote got dicey, letting us know it's soon to be a goner. The DVD player tray won't stay open and chews your fingers as you try to grab the disk out. Then the DH powered up his eMachine and it quit. I called the computer guy who came out on Wednesday morning. He discovered the RAM had been blown out, probably by a surge during the bad weather we've been having here in Seattle. He replaced the RAM and the machine came up pretty as you please. He recommended that we replace our old cheap powerstrip/surge protectors as they wear out in about a year. We've had ours forever. Dashed out to Costco and got two home theatre/computer media center surge protectors at $40 each that were kinda spendy compared with our $5 oldies.
While Ben from Soho Computers was here he installed a Seagate external hard drive and networked it between our two computers. Now we're all set with hard core back up. Last night the DH went in to play Pirates on his machine. It began to power then quit, never to even click or light off again. Ben came back out today and replaced the newly dead power supply.
We'll be shopping for a new game machine for the DH in any case. We sure as heck won't buy it until the retrograde is over--just to be safe. Not that we believe in that sort of thing . . .
Mmmmmmmmmmmmelinda
Followers of astrology are very aware of the problems with something called Mercury Retrograde. It's considered the planet of communications, electronics, travel and other stuff. When Mercury stops its forward movement in the heavens, the details or physics of which I don't get at all, and begins to move backward, then its influence or energy is withdrawn. And everything goes to crap. Astrologers like Susan Miller warn people, whether they believe in astrology or not, to back up computers, double check travel arrangements and not make big money decisions during a retrograde. That is because something will be hidden or not disclosed about the product or deal and it may come back to bite you later.
The DH and I have been fence sitters on this retrograde thing. We've seen other people's computers, electronics and travel go to hell while ours goes smoothly. However, this retrograde, which began on October 28 and lasts until November 17, has been a ding dang doozie on all quarters. Might make a believer out of us yet.
While I was in Kingman, two computers and a printer at my brother's house threw craps. The family was in an uproar. My sister-in-law stuck with it, though, and chased down the problems on both machines. Buying a new printer was the answer to the throwaway cheapy just out of warranty. My cell phone wouldn't work most of the time, but I managed, just, though my flights were on the whole bearable.
When I got home everything was alright until I walked in the door. The TV remote got dicey, letting us know it's soon to be a goner. The DVD player tray won't stay open and chews your fingers as you try to grab the disk out. Then the DH powered up his eMachine and it quit. I called the computer guy who came out on Wednesday morning. He discovered the RAM had been blown out, probably by a surge during the bad weather we've been having here in Seattle. He replaced the RAM and the machine came up pretty as you please. He recommended that we replace our old cheap powerstrip/surge protectors as they wear out in about a year. We've had ours forever. Dashed out to Costco and got two home theatre/computer media center surge protectors at $40 each that were kinda spendy compared with our $5 oldies.
While Ben from Soho Computers was here he installed a Seagate external hard drive and networked it between our two computers. Now we're all set with hard core back up. Last night the DH went in to play Pirates on his machine. It began to power then quit, never to even click or light off again. Ben came back out today and replaced the newly dead power supply.
We'll be shopping for a new game machine for the DH in any case. We sure as heck won't buy it until the retrograde is over--just to be safe. Not that we believe in that sort of thing . . .
Mmmmmmmmmmmmelinda
posted by MMMelinda at 8:51 AM
