Here is why…
I hold my hands in the air, in the classic placating and yet defensive posture of those about to be robbed all across the land.
“Honestly I didn’t do anything to it…it just sort of died,” I mumble, whilst simultaneously trying to sound like I know what I’m talking about.
“But that’s the third one you’ve had in as many years,” my friend groaned at me. “In the same amount of time I’ve managed to keep mine alive whilst it’s crossed continents.“ He takes an exasperated breath, and I look at the floor in mock shame. “And didn’t you manage to blow up the power supply in one of your computers too?”
I look around nervously. “That was the house, not me!” I plead. “The fuse went and then we sort of smelled smoke…why are you looking at me like that?”
He looks some more at me like that. “I give up. You want to Google 500gb hard drives, and this time try not to make it commit suicide.”
“Thanks!” I say, and head to Google the hell out of hard drives on my mother’s old dell.
“And don’t even think about killing your mother’s computer, you can’t afford to buy her another!” He yells as I head up the stairs.
“Ha, ha!” I yell in reply. But I do tip toe into the room, so as not to scare the old thing, and press the power button gently…well, you never know, it’s so old it might have evolved a consciousness. Don’t look at me like that, it might.
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So yeah, I have lost all access to anything technological. My mother’s computer can just about manage to run Firefox, so long as you don’t do anything else with it at the same time. Hopefully I will be able to get a new hard drive soon, fingers crossed!
