I am often my own worst enemy...

Originally I was going to title the thread "Been there, done that, probably will again..." but "I am often my own worst enemy..." just popped into my head this morning for some reason. 

Stories of silly goofs, like connecting the Ethernet cables to the wrong ports and then spending a day troubleshooting "no internet". Or using a slow computer for months...only to find it only has 512MB of RAM installed...for Windows XP.

So that's what this thread is for. Those "DOH" moments in life that don't qualify for a Darwin award....just a "I'm alive and normal" award even when we have those DOH moments. LOL

I've had several DOH moments this morning. It's what happens when both spouses oversleep.

Spent about fifteen minutes this morning getting my Dodge Dakota truck door to unlock. It's in the low twenties, the seals are pretty funky and it freezes easy.  Found my can of lock de-icer. Finally found a straw to fit it. Sprayed and sprayed.  Just wouldn't unlock.

I give up. My fingers are painful and only half-working (too many years smoking maybe).  And then I notice I've been using a key for the GM Safari instead of the Dodge Dakota key.

DOH

Might be time to go back to bed....

My brain is very friendly to me, fortunately I've forgotten the probably six doh moments I've had this morning.

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LOL!  Karl - err... umm... I can't get the link to work.

Breaking a few eggs into a bowl for breakfast. Crack the egg open, toss the innards into the sink and throw the shell into the bowl.

But I did it very, very, well.

  Yes, sometimes I'm my own worst enemy. My first ever flash drive just bit the dust.  4GB  About 2 years old....so it wasn't cheap.  I was tired. Feet up and didn't want to get up to see what the funny noise beneath the bed was. Not till I finished was I was reading. <Sigh>  I should have. Instead of saying the flash drive bit the dust, the most accurate thing to say is the puppy bit the flash drive. 

Actually...it sorta worked when I plugged it in, even with the cover completely chewed off and the flash memory cracked and missing a small piece. But....it was dead. Unreadable. Toast.

Still don't know how he got it. Unless it was like last night in the kitchen when I fixed a supper cold-cut sandwich and had it laying on a paper towel on the counter.  And turned around to put the condiments in the frig.  Shouldn't have turned my back.  For a Dorkie whose legs are so short his belly almost drags the ground...he's learning to jump super high.

Nothing that isn't on my desktop. Mostly used to transfer files back and forth.

Saw some online at Walmart, where I bought my original drive.  Wow. 8GB that cost about 20% of what the original 4gig cost.  Falling prices.

ROFL  So...somebody here ran a laptop for a few months (year?) with very little memory.

OK...they may have me beat by the amount of RAM (256? vs 1GB)...but not by length of time in noticity the amount installed; almost five years.

I was playing around with the old Dell 600M today. Ran a HD test. And a memory test. Just not that perky IMHO...even with Linux installed.  I've always thought I had 2GB RAM installed (the max). Nope...mem test said 1GB.  Probably bad RAM...not fully reported. So I pop the case and take a look...two sticks of 512.  I think When I bought this (March '05) I decided to try 1GB...as it was rather expensive then. 

So it goes.

I'm debating.  Seems like, if memory serves me, that RAM for older hardware costs quite a bit more than for newer.  And that also makes the HD five years old (IDE).  They are also expense compared to newer SATA.  And it is just a play/test laptop these days.