Re: [Thinkpad] [OT] Another Order of Fried Flyback, Hold the Mayo....

You sound remarkably cheerful in the face of it all.

Did FedEx promise to deliver the monitor Monday so you don't miss it again?

I doubt that anyone around in the hospital will know that it's even possible
to do the sniffing. But they're all busy worrying about complying with HIPAA
(the new medical privacy law). Ironic, maybe, or just plain sad...

Sure hope the surgery is nothing major or dangerous, Cap'n.

Deanna
dberman@4dv.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "James H. E. Maugham" <CaptJHEM@waterw.com>
To: "Thinkpad List" <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 18:39 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] [OT] Another Order of Fried Flyback, Hold the Mayo....

> In a case of deja vu all over again, I am again without my primary desktop
> display.
>
> Last Tuesday, while waxing eloquent in one of my usual deathless prose
emails,
> my 19" KDS monitor apparently got sick to it's stomach and went to join
the
> Choir Invisible!
>
> My initial reaction, as I watched the wisp of smoke that had emanated from
the
> display after a VERY loud electronic SNAP, was that the time had come to
get
> that 19" LCD I've been Jonesing for.
>
> But, then I remembered that this same thing had happened only 2 years ago
and
> that one of the primary reasons for getting the KDS, besides price, was
the 3
> year "no questions" warranty.
>
> So I get on the phone with a Sweet Young Thing from KDS.
>
> SWT: How may I help you.
>
> Me: My monitor has died.
>
> SWT: What happened exactly?
>
> Me: The smoke escaped, now it won't work.
>
> SWT: The smoke escaped?
>
> Me: Yes, there was a loud report and the smoke escaped from the back of
the
> monitor. Now it won't work.
>
> SWT: I see.
>
> After taking all of my vital statistics and verifying that the monitor was
> indeed under warranty, the SWT promised that I'd have a replacement at my
door
> in 3 days.
>
> I wish I could report that the new monitor arrived safe and sound, but I
wasn't
> home when Fedex attempted to deliver it Friday.
>
> (My Dr. stuck me in the hospital Tuesday evening and I hadn't been able to
chew
> through the restraints until today! ;-))
>
> I have to return to the hospital this Tuesday for some surgery and THIS
time I'm
> taking one of my laptops. I'll let you all know how successful I am at
sniffing
> into their WAPs!
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>
> PS: Yes, I ASKED if I could bring my laptop with me and they said OK!
>
>
>
>
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