tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post5891245630750569005..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: I Guess The Dog Was A Laptop Model, TooMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-90251281016079090442019-05-24T16:34:51.483-07:002019-05-24T16:34:51.483-07:00You would think an Old Foggy could get on the Clou...You would think an Old Foggy could get on the Cloud.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-966527831223696462019-05-24T07:06:05.380-07:002019-05-24T07:06:05.380-07:00Judging by comments your post has touched a nerve....Judging by comments your post has touched a nerve. Elderly nerves anyway. I used to like Apple for reasons that have now gone to the wayside. I was being forced to use the cloud in order to put photos on my new iPad which doesn’t work like the old one. Then they told me $10 a month because I have so many photos. Uh uh, no ya don’t.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06806035182197696752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46813479800505795642019-05-24T06:59:51.943-07:002019-05-24T06:59:51.943-07:00I made the error of updating. I advised Jim not to...I made the error of updating. I advised Jim not to do it. We both have circa 2011 macs.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06806035182197696752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-51288374708254357322019-05-23T11:33:56.967-07:002019-05-23T11:33:56.967-07:00I ask so little of my computer and phone. I think ...I ask so little of my computer and phone. I think the complicated stuff is for more complicated people than I.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71654149930624829612019-05-23T11:29:52.322-07:002019-05-23T11:29:52.322-07:00That is such a sweet pupper :) Good luck with the ...That is such a sweet pupper :) Good luck with the computer things. I only want to play on the computer, too - repairs and maintenance are horrifying jobs which I pass off to the husband.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9090276886466483242019-05-23T09:01:20.699-07:002019-05-23T09:01:20.699-07:00Awww. Now I'm remembering going in the liberry...Awww. Now I'm remembering going in the liberry when the card catalog had disappeared and helpful libarians were trying to teach old people how to look things up on the computer. And they'd poke away for a few minutes and leave in despair. It was very sad.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39410620300601402822019-05-23T08:59:42.505-07:002019-05-23T08:59:42.505-07:00I hope it's a Holstein!I hope it's a Holstein!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64871297125831768152019-05-23T08:58:02.920-07:002019-05-23T08:58:02.920-07:00I will admit that was the first thing I thought of...I will admit that was the first thing I thought of!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60369444751687293232019-05-23T08:57:29.516-07:002019-05-23T08:57:29.516-07:00I guess the icon thing is a horror I have yet to s...I guess the icon thing is a horror I have yet to see on my computer. Yay?Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-305354302795479002019-05-23T07:06:03.613-07:002019-05-23T07:06:03.613-07:00All I can add is that we've tried out about 5 ...All I can add is that we've tried out about 5 different external hard drives for automatic backup, and each one of them has either crapped out or never worked right. On the other hand, I love thumb drives, but I have no rational explanation for it. As far as keeping up with ever-changing, overly-inquisitive technology...well gosh, it gets harder to do so every year....but I have the Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540180242324518225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24015160025440114102019-05-23T06:35:30.823-07:002019-05-23T06:35:30.823-07:00I just re-read my comment...what next, will I star...I just re-read my comment...what next, will I start sitting on the porch yelling at passer-bys to 'get offa my lawn!'?<br />Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038376492887695725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-60462417687904715622019-05-23T06:25:55.831-07:002019-05-23T06:25:55.831-07:00My next animal might be Archie Windsor. My next animal might be Archie Windsor. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853238256715757283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-12804728694483269792019-05-23T05:17:14.017-07:002019-05-23T05:17:14.017-07:00I am so with you on the icons v words. On the comp...I am so with you on the icons v words. On the computer, on laundry, on road signs. I have changed my gmail back to words too and it saves me plenty of time. I know at a glance what it is instead of having to look at it and interpret it. Same goes for road signs where it really matters that you recognize it quickly.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578707758256515550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-5111788263400709832019-05-22T22:21:57.656-07:002019-05-22T22:21:57.656-07:00Dave named the cats. Larry and Tater. Boomer had a...Dave named the cats. Larry and Tater. Boomer had a few nicknames. For instance, in the above photos, she was Baby Boomer, but when we wound her up to go outside and hunt Cheep Cheeps, and she WOOOOed at the back door and went out barking, she was the Stealth Boomer.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74828692996093965542019-05-22T22:20:30.450-07:002019-05-22T22:20:30.450-07:00That's what we have a rental house for. Tech s...That's what we have a rental house for. Tech support.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28824176696917440632019-05-22T22:18:52.808-07:002019-05-22T22:18:52.808-07:00Oh YAY!
We got Boom Boom when Dave said "Hav...Oh YAY!<br /><br />We got Boom Boom when Dave said "Have you seen the puppy down the street? Cutest puppy ever." I said hey, let's go look. We walked down the street. The women were sitting on the front porch. Dave said he was there to see the puppy. They fetched the puppy and said "Ya wann it?" Dave turns to me with the Ruffles Potato Chip grin and I said okay. Her mommy Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-36988668021667709962019-05-22T22:16:28.556-07:002019-05-22T22:16:28.556-07:00I don't know what options I have! I just kept ...I don't know what options I have! I just kept answering questions until I ran out of answers but the questions kept coming. I wonder if I can take it in to the geeks and have an exorcism.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-26782703412713372422019-05-22T22:14:15.913-07:002019-05-22T22:14:15.913-07:00Oopers! Oopers! Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27773092423988196412019-05-22T22:12:40.665-07:002019-05-22T22:12:40.665-07:00Drugs, darling.Drugs, darling.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9912091683453367302019-05-22T22:12:14.610-07:002019-05-22T22:12:14.610-07:00Everything's an IQ test and they're not gi...Everything's an IQ test and they're not giving me an essay portion. I always do better with an essay portion.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-88052632666645406852019-05-22T19:24:57.108-07:002019-05-22T19:24:57.108-07:00Pootie looks a bit like Boom Boom. How do you choo...Pootie looks a bit like Boom Boom. How do you choose your pets’ names? Tater, Boom Boom, Pootie...not a Rex or Prince or Lord Ashgrove of Quinborough among them.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-40669271840755767392019-05-22T18:46:30.282-07:002019-05-22T18:46:30.282-07:00I am not au fait with modern technology.Not even o...I am not au fait with modern technology.Not even oy vey!<br />When "someone" mucked-up the tv remote control functions, I gave up.We now use an old remote unit, held together by a rubber band (to stop its battery falling out) and have to adjust the vol. \/ and /\ because the mute button is exactly that.And the neighbour's kid who used to bale me out is now doing a computer sciences dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39028435388118867942019-05-22T18:15:23.845-07:002019-05-22T18:15:23.845-07:00That is the CUTEST damn dog I've ever seen! I ...That is the CUTEST damn dog I've ever seen! I don't even like Benji type dogs, but this one, wooo. Dang. I am operating on Snow Leopard. Yep. I took my perfectly running old Mac in to see a Genius and he kind of whispered, "If I were you, I would NOT update anything. I'd just keep tiptoeing along until you have to buy a new computer." And that, my dear Genius, is what I'Julie Zickefoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654698829603424649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-72495822667943014502019-05-22T17:46:36.012-07:002019-05-22T17:46:36.012-07:00I don't know anything about Macs, but surely y...I don't know anything about Macs, but surely you don't have to install everything it offers? Doesn't it have a "no" option? And you can set it for automatic updates probably so it doesn't bother you with reminders. Maybe. I don't know. All I know is my Toshiba laptop, occasionally when I switch her off there is an option to update-and-shut-down or update-and-restart.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-31054099460787257712019-05-22T16:32:39.813-07:002019-05-22T16:32:39.813-07:00I just locked us all out of our non-networked phot...I just locked us all out of our non-networked photo computer because I “wrongly” typed in my password three times. We need a password disk to unlock it. Of course we never heard of such a thing. Our tech support guy says he will hack into it for us. Seriously? It has turned malevolent for no good reason. Cindy McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02035120465106011607noreply@blogger.com