I'm that guy in cartoons
in what can only be described as an animated folly; I tripped, fell and sent my laptop flying through the air. my ankle hurts like a mutha. somehow, the laptop survived the fall - but - klutz that I am, I wasn't done. I limped and stumbled towards my bed, again carrying the laptop. A moment later, I had fallen again and in slow motion, I watched my laptop bounce off my bedside table and onto the floor.
the pixels are totally fecked. everything else seems to have survived the crash, but I can't see anything. the desktop looks as if a rock has been thrown through a widow - done smashed and totalled. I was looking at the manufacturers warranty - and they don't cover accidents. However, I remember being seemingly suckered into buying Best Buys "no questions asked warranty", which supercedes the manufacture warranty - I asked the salesman several times if this covered everything, to which he said yes. Even accidents? Yes. So I guess we shall see ... anyone else been through a Best Buy warranty? Were you succesful - did you have to pitch a fit?
Is there any saving the screen on the laptop? or once pixels have been destroyed, is it a need for anew?
the pixels are totally fecked. everything else seems to have survived the crash, but I can't see anything. the desktop looks as if a rock has been thrown through a widow - done smashed and totalled. I was looking at the manufacturers warranty - and they don't cover accidents. However, I remember being seemingly suckered into buying Best Buys "no questions asked warranty", which supercedes the manufacture warranty - I asked the salesman several times if this covered everything, to which he said yes. Even accidents? Yes. So I guess we shall see ... anyone else been through a Best Buy warranty? Were you succesful - did you have to pitch a fit?
Is there any saving the screen on the laptop? or once pixels have been destroyed, is it a need for anew?

11 Comments:
Screw the computer go get that leg looked at... *thwack*
If the boy said anything... then they mean it.
oh great cartoon klutz, being of the same ilk, i did laugh all the harder. i have done the same, though with other electronics and not the laptop as of yet. please go to the doctor so that you are not permanently crippled and /or deformed. it cuts down on your ability to travel, you know.
I still travel when crippled. Priority boarding!
It's a twisted ankle, fer christ sakes. If it doesn't get better, I'll have it looked at but until then. Advil.
Yeah, thwack, go get checked out you moron, thwack.
They may be able to replace your screen without too much trouble, if it is just a video problem. Or just replace the video cable and/or card come to that.
Yow. Is it all swollen and distorted? Post a picture!
Sorry you owied. If you happened to get it on film, perhaps the $10K from America's funniest videos will help you buy a new one.
I just did a move like this today, but without any computer throwing! I merely tripped over a loose cord and my left ankle is weak to begin with from an old break, so down I went.
(I actually did this on vacation too, with the right ankle. Twisted it in some loose sand. Advil, ice, elevation and a Smithwick's was my remedy then... I highly recommend it.)
mmmm...i like your remedy, lisa.
nice - i just bottled a batch of homebrew. 99 some bottles fermenting in our living room ... take one down and pass it around.
Sounds like you've already been indulging in the sauce...hence your inability to walk right. Is this what you do when Laura's not home?
Sheesh Justin. Could you be careful please?? ;)
I poured a glass of water into the hard drive of my last computer. It was an accident, I knocked a glass over on the desk, and caught it in slow motion and proceeded to give my hard drive a little drink.
The screen took a moment to go, "Huh?" And then froze. That was dumb, too.
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