191 Computerless!

WHAT I MISSED WITH NO COMPUTER

FOR THREE WEEKS!

Hello, my friends. I am nearly back to being with my beloved HP built-for-me computer. I think I know why the motherboard is called the “mother” board. 

Without it, you have a great loss in your life. Indeed, it was like losing a family member. Yes, like losing your Mother. Who do I fuss with, exchange stories with, laugh at and with – like a Mother? Just look at all a motherboard does; look at all its parts; look how necessary it is! I am sorry you died, old motherboard.

I now have a new motherboard installed, but in the transfer of one motherboard to another, the built-in audio shorted out. We are now looking at external speakers. [Parenthetically, I suggested that we have a new custom computer built. “Honestly,” said our tech guru, “you don’t need to spend that money.” I wonder? I do wonder?]

Angst! How am I going to stream my favorite shows without sound? Awaiting speakers with longing and trepidation! I hope to heck I can hook them up without a service call from my tech friends (just $85/hr). Thank goodness, Mrs. Maisel is not into season 3 yet. Detective Bosch will just have to wait, but he’s been around for a LONG time. Last night I felt obligated to reality TV – the Bachelor, America’s Got Talent Champions, and reruns of RuPaul season 1. At least, since I worked yesterday and dear husband didn’t, dinner was good!

Now that I have a computer with no sound, I had to have my dear friend Google tell me what I had missed. You may remember I do like “listicles.” Just for fun, the following are the top Google searches for the past three weeks (with my random snarky commentary):

5 Most Searched Words on Google--According to Google

• FACEBOOK (over 2 million and “they” say it’s in trouble)

• YOUTUBE (1 million+ and it wants me to subscribe now! What’s with that??)

• GOOGLE (Bless its heart! Over 900k)

• GMAIL (must be #1 email -500k+)

• AMAZON (Surprise! Surprise!)

5 Most Searched Questions on Google

• WHAT IS MY IP

A unique string of numbers separated by periods that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol to communicate over a network (Thanks, Google, for the definition)

• HOW DO I REGISTER TO VOTE? (PLEASE DO!)

• HOW DO I TIE A BOW TIE (is it wedding season??)

• HOW MANY OUNCES IN A CUP? (if you have a measuring up, it will tell you OR learn “a pint’s a pound the world around” and do a little arithmetic)

• WHAT’S GOING ON WITH VIRGINIA POLITICS? (What a Great Question!!)
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5 Most Popular Candies Purchased--According to Google

• M&Ms (over 417 mil--did not say what size bag )

• REESES

• SNICKERS (15 mil/day)

• KITKAT/TWIX (a tie)

• HERSHEY (and we wonder why America is obese!!?)

p.s. I miss NECCO wafers!! (became popular in WWII for GIs as prepackaged rolls were easy to put in overseas gift boxes)

Top Snacks--According to Google

• POTATO CHIPS

• OREOS

• POPCORN

• COOKIES

• DORITOS (I hate to choose just one type)

And, finally, according to GOOGLE from Beverage Digest, Feb. 2019: in the cola wars, COKE products have a 17.8% share of the market while Pepsi has an 8.4% share. (Makes sense to me!)

OKAY, that’s all, folks. Waiting for tech support to get some sound on this computer.

Stay warm, Glenne