Strange Brew by John Deering for July 23, 2023

Dead Tired doesn’t work that way.

Bring out the jumper cables.

Tech support option 1B (1A is “check that you have power”)

Yeah, he could probably use a reboot.

Needs another jolt of lightning.

Take his footwear off, and then put them on again.

“Yeah. It just stayed off. I think I’ll call him, ‘Senator’.”

I had a cardiac event a while back. When I finally went into tachycardia, the team asked me if they could zap me. I told them that I thought it was a good idea.

My first reaction was to laugh as I was looking at the ceiling through my outstretched legs. By the time I landed back in the seat, I heard the beep of normal sinus rhythm on the machine – it has a nice beat and you can dance to it.

Also I was feeling fantastic. I was ready to go out and play, but they insisted that I take a ride in an ambulance. On the way to the hospital, the tech who shocked me said that it was the first time she ever had to do that “for real.” I told her, "What a coincidence, it’s the first time I’ve ever had it done “for real.”

Then I went on to tell het that an hour before the event, I had taken a shower. My mom would have been proud, I had on clean underwear even after being zapped.

The good news is that the following day they did a cardiac cauterization on me. The doctor went in looking for trouble and couldn’t find anything. Mechanically, my heart is in excellent shape. They put in a pacemaker/defribulator and told me, “Thins is the right thing to do, but we don’t know why.” They still don’t know what went wrong. But I now have 911 in my chest in case it happens again.

They put me on a bunch of new meds, but no restrictions. I can still eat what I want and do whatever physical activity I want.

So yes, I do know what it’s like to be rebooted. Next time I’ll call AAA. I have their card in my wallet.

Years ago a friend had trouble when her printer wouldn’t work. She lived on an island some distance from civilization, but a tech support guy came out — remember when techs used to made home visits? — and discovered that the machine wasn’t plugged in. She felt so foolish.

Downloading an update. Best to go get a cup of coffee and wait it out.

Reboot. One of them fell off.

I get a charge watching Frankie take a nap standing up!

It’s the Microsoft way!

Tech Support 101, Igor.

This made me LOL, mainly because I’m a big fan of IT Crowd.

My router took a nap a few weeks ago. It sits high atop an 8-foot bookcase, right next to the computer I’m typing on now. I followed the known protocol – unplug, wait a while (I think that’s for the capacitors to release their charges??) and plug it back in. Worked a charm, but I’d rather it not do it again ;-)

I like the Florence flask in the logo today.

Is this an iMonster or an Android?

It’s either a 1D10T error or a PIBCAK problem (Problem is between chair and keyboard)

Tech support: Try a hard shutdown.

Reboot, reboot…

Anyone can see he is not “ON” right now. Sooo.. common sense says… push the “ON” button!!! You’re welcome.