DOH!

thats why i like my laptop, I can't kick out power, but I could knock out the battery, but I've never done that before.

What I do that makes me very mad and sad is closing a program without saving and in my haste just click all the dialgues that pop up telling me save. I always slam my head on my desk after that.

That's why I moved mine. I would guess a lot of people have had something like that happen. I was posting something the other night, and my son flipped of the breaker. I asked what happened!!! > All I got for a reply was, sorry, wrong switch. > Now the breakers are labled. It seems like we always learn to do it right after we suffer from doing it wrong. Guess if I had a UPS, it wouldn't have been such a big deal, maybe next time...

damn I feel for ya. Been moving equipment into the office all last night and this morning so I can finally sit down in front of my desktop for a change and do some graphics. Not to long ago I was working on something and Boomer (Golden Retriever) crawled under my desk to lay down where he used to fit when he was a few months old. But by this time he was 75 pounds and he would kind of just push everything around to make room for him self. I'm working along and finally get tired of him taking all my foot room and tell him to get out of the office and he ignores me. So I got a bit miffed because I expect him to listen the first time (everything is a trial with him, he Thinks he is right below me in the food chain around here and is always testing me to see if he can move up a notch )so I finally pushed my chair back and said "NOW". He jumps up and just as he lunges I notice he has the power supply cord for the CPU running across his chest! "NO" "STAY" my mind screamed, but before my words reached my mouth I'll damned if he didn't listen the first time when I said "NOW" because he shot out of there and my screen went blank...



I've now got a larger desk with room for him and I am working on drilling, plumbing and running power so it looks better when you walk into the office and there are not any cables or wires for Boomer to snag

heheheh. my cat's walked across the strip switch at home a few times, also. but what she loves is the printer.. once it starts going whish whish whish back and forth, she's all over it.. knocking the cartriages out and everything. and i'm sure you guys know those things arn't cheap to replace

well i reworked the image and i gotta admit, at least throwing the switch gave me a break that i desperately needed. now i'm pulling my hair out 'cause i can't make the ends meet the means with the design

hehe, I use a key meter for my electricity, I have to charge the key at a shop and then stick it in the meter to recharge it...I have lost count of the number of times the moment I decided to go recharge the meter was right after it went pitch black. Finding the ickle bitty key under such circumstances proves to be an interesting challenge also

Travis, Thanks for askin, I didn't know what a key meter is either. I was going to ask the same thing...

There's a meter in my home, and some credit displayed in a digital readout which ticks down as I use up electricity. When it gets low, and preferably before all my lights go out, I take a little plastic key to the local shop, give the guy some cash, he sticks the key in a machine which is electronically charged with "electricity". I take the key home, stick it in a slot in the meter and the credit is increased...pay-as-you-go electricity.

The obvious drawback is if you dont keep tabs on your credit...and if you don't keep your key in a particular place for when it's suddenly pitch black...and there aren't any shops open...

Cool! Well, probably annoying sometimes, but cool.

wow.. i actually like the idea of pay as you go.. but at the rate i use juice, i bet i'd have more then a fair share of blackouts

There's a meter in my home, and some credit displayed in a digital readout which ticks down as I use up electricity. When it gets low, and preferably before all my lights go out, I take a little plastic key to the local shop, give the guy some cash, he sticks the key in a machine which is electronically charged with "electricity". I take the key home, stick it in a slot in the meter and the credit is increased...pay-as-you-go electricity.

Reminds me of the ancient Brit sit-coms and B/W Brit movies where they were always having to find coin for the 'gas meter' on the wall.

RU in the UK?

duh okay. I be understanding now. How do the rates compare from that method and the normal monthly bill for however much you used. I suppose with it you would learn to be more frugal because the effects would be noticed quicker, but I have to ask if it actually worth it. And Chris Russia is not in Great Britain, but tiggz is..look at his profile.
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the rates are the same either way, it's just a budgeting choice for the consumer