ride_4ever | if it's not one thing it's another

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tech travails

if it's not one thing it's another

Well, as anyone can see, I didn't get any late-posted fic up before today's Firewhiskey Fic Challenge. And as many can't see unless you are in the FWF comm, here's what happened: my laptop was in the repair shop all week because I was having crash dumps and artifacts. I was so worried about not getting it back in time for FWF, but I got it back yesterday, so I thought all was cool. Then when I got it home I discovered that the repair tech had only done a partial job and that there was still something wrong with it so I took it back today and hung around the vicinity of the repair place for many hours, dreading the thought that if they didn't get it right I would be losing over a decade of fannish stuff, vids and docs and fanart. Now I gotta say THANK FUCK it's all fixed with everything saved and the laptop functioning.

*scampers off to start drinking and writing for FWF*

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Lovely to read that you and your computer have been successfully reunited!

Oh, hi, bb! Nice that you are dropping by in the midst of the family stuff you are doing.

Yeah, there was potential for trauma with my laptop but it did turn out okay.

LOLZ for your icon!

Hope this is coherent (the drunkening has begun).

Ooooooh, I am so glad you got it back!

Once you're able, I have to suggest an external hard drive, if you don't have one already! I back my stuff up just in case, and it keeps me from worrying about another hard drive crash (which happened with two laptops ago) or a meltdown (the laptop before this one). Excellent investments!

Thank fuck indeed!! Happy drunk writing!

I do have an external hard drive. I've used one with every laptop I've ever owned. There was a possible problem even with the external hard drive but things did work out okay.

And thank you kindly for the drunk!writing encouragement. Right now I'm just waving carrots around trying to attract a plotbunny.

I’m sorry to hear you had to endure such angst, but very very relieved it turned put all right!!! *huggles*

I’m filling an imaginary crop-duster with finely grated carrots to fly over your house to help lure in those bunnies. 🐇🐇🐇

I know you understand the horror of the possibility of losing over a decade's worth of vids! (Even if I lost the fic it would have been more retrievable, but I have a lot of vids that are a decade or more old and the links to them are broken.)

Your crop-duster worked. I have two FWF plotbunnies now and just having fun with them!

Edited (to fix a typo) 2023-08-20 05:53 (UTC)