Close to Home by John McPherson for December 06, 2022

I think y’all will need more than that.

And speak with a foreign accent so no one understands what you’re saying.

well, that does always seem to work…

Never tell them to plug it back in

One time I was two minutes old.

Actually the techs at our local internet company are quite helpful.

This must be lesson 2.

Lesson 1 is “Is it plugged in?”

And keep it unplugged until my shift is over.

I wonder if that fix will restore color on certain strips on this website.

I hate it when you’ve already done that, call in, go through verification and holding, and gets someone who tells you that…always foreign too!

You would be surprised with how often this actually works.

2016 rerun, so more junk from me.

Pro Pet Tip: if you can’t afford one of those pet gates for the bottom of your stairs to keep your dog downstairs (or you can afford one, but they simply won’t fit your stairs) simply duct tape your vacuum cleaner to the bottom of your stairs. Your dog won’t go near it, and you can also list another use for duct tape in your Red Green journal.

Back in the days of windows 3.1 we used to tell the client turn the computer off wait 10 seconds and then turn it back iton, it worked more often then not

Have you tried rebooting?

This is true. When the “Internet goes down”, the only thing we can do is talk to people until it comes back up again and then take the credit.

I worked in IT for twenty years, and 95% was just figuring out what part to turn off and on.

What about “Reboot your computer,” Dogbert’s favorite?

Sounds like an AAA meeting for internet junkies

If your computer isn’t working, send me an email.

As the British sitcom, The I.T. Crowd taught us: “Hello, I.T., Have you tried turning it off and on again?”

I paid how much for this course?

Okay, technically he is not eating his shirt like in past ‘close to home’ strips. However, he does seem to be having an appetizer

I had an older computer with the 5.5 floppy disc ports and my cup holder once broke.

“Have you tried turning it off and then back on again?”

This or a hard restart solves 99.99% of my phone and computer’s problems honestly. Viruses just aren’t that common anymore.

The IT Crowd

There is another one, follow the power cord to the power outlet, and plug it in you dummy.