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Subject: Re: Amusing and education resolution of my computer problem

Author: Duncan Roberts

Date: 09:37:36 12/30/04

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On December 29, 2004 at 19:31:49, Stephen Ham wrote:

>On December 29, 2004 at 17:51:46, Alan Grotier wrote:
>
>>But I thought you may be amused
>>>that my electrocution and the power surge through the computer seems to have
>>>fixed the problem. To me, this makes as much sense as beating a machine with a
>>>wrench when it's not working.
>>>
>>>All the best,
>>>
>>>Stephen
>>
>>             Have you found your sex life has improved?
>
>Bonjour Alan,
>
>Well, all my hair is still standing straight up, after being electrocuted. Maybe
>when my hair returns to normal...  ;-)
>
>Actually, sexual disfunction hasn't been a problem...yet. Maybe it will now. ;-)
>
>The funny thing about the whole event is that I'm deathly afraid of electricity.
>I kept reminding the service guy that my computer is ON, as is the power, and I
>have 4-fans running. He kept saying don't worry. But as soon as I touched the
>power cord to my hard-drive, I saw a spark and got zapped.
>
>I always thought that one NEVER deals with anything electrical with the power
>on.
>


shows that you should always challenge the experts

>Regardless, I thought that at the very least, that I'd wiped out my hard-drive.
>But my preliminary tests suggest that everything is there.
>
>Au Revoir, Alan
>
>Stephen



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