Broken Stuff... (what a week)

Mota · 12-05-2008, 08:14 PM

Wow, when it rains it pours.

On Monday I bought a copy of Valkyria Chronicles for PS3. I go to load it up ... and my PS3 is dead. No video signal coming out. Has to go for repair (out of warranty).

On Wednesday my Guitar Hero guitar starts dying. Songs that I was getting 98% on I can only get 90% because it is missing notes now.

Earlier today, I'm strapping my son's seat belt on in the car, and slip on some ice, causing me to slip and slam our car door into the car beside us. Dented their car door and caused a bit of paint scratching.

And tonight, my Xbox 360 dies with the Red Ring of Death. Thankfully this is the first item this week that will be repaired with no charge to me.

I'm afraid to touch anything else. I think that tomorrow I'll ask my wife to drive because it seems like everything I touch is going to break this week.

Mustang · 12-05-2008, 08:15 PM

Definitely don't masturbate tonight.

terpkristin · 12-05-2008, 08:20 PM

i hope you don't live near me, i do enough breaking on my own!

that sucks, 2 game systems in a week. at least rrod was free...

/tk

SackAttack · 12-05-2008, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mota

Wow, when it rains it pours.

On Monday I bought a copy of Valkyria Chronicles for PS3. I go to load it up ... and my PS3 is dead. No video signal coming out. Has to go for repair (out of warranty).

On Wednesday my Guitar Hero guitar starts dying. Songs that I was getting 98% on I can only get 90% because it is missing notes now.

Earlier today, I'm strapping my son's seat belt on in the car, and slip on some ice, causing me to slip and slam our car door into the car beside us. Dented their car door and caused a bit of paint scratching.

And tonight, my Xbox 360 dies with the Red Ring of Death. Thankfully this is the first item this week that will be repaired with no charge to me.

I'm afraid to touch anything else. I think that tomorrow I'll ask my wife to drive because it seems like everything I touch is going to break this week.

But somehow your computer was robust enough to survive this post? Shenanigans.

RomaGoth · 12-05-2008, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

Definitely don't masturbate tonight.

+ 1

cartman · 12-05-2008, 08:58 PM

Must be solar spots, magnetic storms, or something like that going on this week.

I had to rebuild my test server at work, due to two hard drives failing at the same time. Then, on my home network, my Cisco Catalyst switch died, then the next day my D-Link gigabit desktop router died. To top it off, one of the network cards in my firewall here at the house died.

CamEdwards · 12-05-2008, 08:59 PM

My dog had a seizure this week. I'm now blaming Mota.

Alan T · 12-05-2008, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

Must be solar spots, magnetic storms, or something like that going on this week.

I had to rebuild my test server at work, due to two hard drives failing at the same time. Then, on my home network, my Cisco Catalyst switch died, then the next day my D-Link gigabit desktop router died. To top it off, one of the network cards in my firewall here at the house died.

I didn't have anything "break" this week, but I had 871 systems on my network get infected by a worm because lab owners think they are smarter then anyone else and don't need to run anti-virus software or keep their systems patched.

We'll see how smart they are when they can't communicate to anything anymore.

Telle · 12-05-2008, 11:51 PM

Well let's see... first the desktop died. We decided to replace it with a new laptop for me and a docking station.

Then we discovered the furnace for the upstairs apartment (we own a two-family) is dying and needs to be replaced. Looks like that's going to cost us close to $5k. If only the current one wasn't nearly 100 years old (yes, seriously) maybe it could be repaired.

Then our router died today. Or rather, RendeR got confused about something and thought it died. So I bought a new one. So.. now we have upgraded, whether we truly needed to or not.

So because of the furnace we're soon going to be out of all of our savings. And it'll cost more than that so there'll also be credit card debt.. and the new laptop got financed. So now no savings and more debt.. oh yay!

TCY Junkie · 12-06-2008, 12:00 AM

Are you happily married.

Telle · 12-06-2008, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by TCY Junkie

Are you happily married.

Which post are you referring to? AKA, who are you asking? And for that matter, why does it matter?

SackAttack · 12-06-2008, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telle

Which post are you referring to? AKA, who are you asking? And for that matter, why does it matter?

If he's referring to the first post, it's probably in the context of "you break everything you touch and now you're going to drag your wife into this?"

If he's referring to yours, he might be asking, in a roundabout way, about RendeR's expected remaining lifespan.

Telle · 12-06-2008, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

If he's referring to the first post, it's probably in the context of "you break everything you touch and now you're going to drag your wife into this?"

If he's referring to yours, he might be asking, in a roundabout way, about RendeR's expected remaining lifespan.

Oh I'm not going to kill RendeR for making me buy a new router when we didn't really need one.. that's not a big deal. It's the furnace that's got me freaked out.

sterlingice · 12-07-2008, 03:15 PM

Maybe you aren't going to kill him intentionally but, well, let's put it this way- have you ever seen 'Final Destination'?

SI

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12-05-2008, 08:58 PM	#6
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Must be solar spots, magnetic storms, or something like that going on this week. I had to rebuild my test server at work, due to two hard drives failing at the same time. Then, on my home network, my Cisco Catalyst switch died, then the next day my D-Link gigabit desktop router died. To top it off, one of the network cards in my firewall here at the house died. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

12-05-2008, 08:59 PM	#7
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12-06-2008, 12:00 AM	#10
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12-05-2008, 11:51 PM	#9
Telle College Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY	Well let's see... first the desktop died. We decided to replace it with a new laptop for me and a docking station. Then we discovered the furnace for the upstairs apartment (we own a two-family) is dying and needs to be replaced. Looks like that's going to cost us close to $5k. If only the current one wasn't nearly 100 years old (yes, seriously) maybe it could be repaired. Then our router died today. Or rather, RendeR got confused about something and thought it died. So I bought a new one. So.. now we have upgraded, whether we truly needed to or not. So because of the furnace we're soon going to be out of all of our savings. And it'll cost more than that so there'll also be credit card debt.. and the new laptop got financed. So now no savings and more debt.. oh yay!

12-07-2008, 03:15 PM	#14
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