April 25, 2008
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There's a dog in there?
Several things were going on yesterday. The most unhappying thing was that my desktop computer wouldn't boot up completely. And it wouldn't take any mouse or keyboard input. When my husband got home from work, he did some computer geek magic and got it running so he could check the error logs.
Watchdog detected dead controller.
That was the error message. We have no idea what it means. But my husband did some more computer geek magic and determined that something was wonky with the USB connections. He unplugged many of my devices and says my computer is on probation. It's running for now, but the diagnosis and prognosis are still unclear.
Other unhappying news: for the last... I don't know... maybe a month?... we've been getting non-stop automated calls from Citigroup and Citibank Universe. Like, 5 times a day from each place - early, late, all day. I know because my caller ID tells me it's them. I don't answer the phone. No one leaves a message. But it's damn annoying for the phone to go off up to 10 times a day - and that's on top of the other telemarketing or campaign calls. WTF ever happened to that "no call" list I signed us up for? I'll be gladder than a madder hatter when their computers decide our number no longer works and we're deleted from their memory.
Anyway, I spent a few hours at the library yesterday, then came home by way of the Wild Bird store where I bought a new hopper feeder for the deck, birdseed, suet, then I spent the afternoon refilling all the feeders and basking in the warm sun while watching the birds.
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Trust me when I tell you; they won't give up. They will continue to call and call and call. I had to change my phone number to get away from them. Good luck with them and with your computer.
Sorry to hear about your computer. Cool that your husband is an IT guy.
I had negative encounters with Citigroup a long time ago. Stupid-arse telemarketers
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"gladder than a madder hatter?"
That's hilarious. Never heard that one before, but I love it. That's great!!!
The computer error sounds more like someone might have been hacking in and killed something in your computer to gain more access at a later time. That's the only thing I can think of.
The phone calls, yeah..they won't stop. Sorry.
I thought birds only needed suet in the winter months?
@crowgirl - I keep suet out year round and they eat it like there's no tomorrow no matter what the temperature is.
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