Today dropped my laptop on floor but it still works

This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit the
floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch tape. I'm
a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big novel writer
and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next year I'll buy a new
laptop with windows 8.1.

On 3/31/2014 5:44 PM, shadow wrote:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.

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shadow said on 3/31/2014 5:44 PM:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.

My laptop slid off a small pile of blankets and hit the floor, I saw no
damage. A few months later I'm opening it up to change the fan and
find the bracket for one of the hinge screws shattered. Probably why
the fan stopped, pieces in the fan?! maybe!. Fixed with epoxy. All
well and good.

On 03/31/2014 04:44 PM, shadow wrote:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.


I had a considerably worse experience. I dropped a 78 RPM record on the
floor and it shattered into many many pieces.

Hope in my case nothing's wrong inside. I must take more care with my power
tool. Later after shut down I'll shake it to see if there is any loose parts
inside.

shadow said on 3/31/2014 5:44 PM:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.

"Big Al" escreveu na mensagem
eb.com...

My laptop slid off a small pile of blankets and hit the floor, I saw no
damage. A few months later I'm opening it up to change the fan and
find the bracket for one of the hinge screws shattered. Probably why
the fan stopped, pieces in the fan?! maybe!. Fixed with epoxy. All
well and good.

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:50 -0500, philo* wrote:

On 03/31/2014 04:44 PM, shadow wrote:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.


I had a considerably worse experience. I dropped a 78 RPM record on the
floor and it shattered into many many pieces.


Unless it was a rare, irreplaceable record, it was much less valuable
than a laptop. Why was it "considerably worse"?

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:43:42 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:50 -0500, philo* wrote:

On 03/31/2014 04:44 PM, shadow wrote:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.

I had a considerably worse experience. I dropped a 78 RPM record on the
floor and it shattered into many many pieces.

Unless it was a rare, irreplaceable record, it was much less valuable
than a laptop. Why was it "considerably worse"?

Maybe philo was being whimsical or ironic.

Maybe his priorities aren't the same as ours.

Maybe it was a test.

Maybe it hints at the possibility that the *laptop* could have shattered
into many many pieces.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On 03/31/2014 06:55 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:43:42 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:50 -0500, philo wrote:

On 03/31/2014 04:44 PM, shadow wrote:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.

I had a considerably worse experience. I dropped a 78 RPM record on the
floor and it shattered into many many pieces.

Unless it was a rare, irreplaceable record, it was much less valuable
than a laptop. Why was it "considerably worse"?

Maybe philo was being whimsical or ironic.

Maybe his priorities aren't the same as ours.

Maybe it was a test.

Maybe it hints at the possibility that the *laptop* could have shattered
into many many pieces.




Even though the 78 record was not a valuable collector's item...it was
irretrievably destroyed. The laptop suffered minor damage and the piece
can be glued back.

In the case of the record, there is no way it could have been glued back
together.


(I was demonstrating relativity and levity.)

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:43:42 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:50 -0500, philo wrote:

On 03/31/2014 04:44 PM, shadow wrote:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.
I had a considerably worse experience. I dropped a 78 RPM record on the
floor and it shattered into many many pieces.
Unless it was a rare, irreplaceable record, it was much less valuable
than a laptop. Why was it "considerably worse"?

Maybe philo was being whimsical or ironic.

Maybe his priorities aren't the same as ours.

Maybe it was a test.

Maybe it hints at the possibility that the *laptop* could have shattered
into many many pieces.


78 recordings are not made of regular plastic.
They predate the vinyl used in 33 RPM recordings.
As a kid I think I broke at least one, and they
were quite brittle. Not at all as easy to live
with as vinyl.

Paul

On 03/31/2014 07:36 PM, Paul wrote:
Ge


78 recordings are not made of regular plastic.
They predate the vinyl used in 33 RPM recordings.
As a kid I think I broke at least one, and they
were quite brittle. Not at all as easy to live
with as vinyl.

Paul


Yep, a "33" will probably not break.

I do have a number of collectible 78's.

The one I broke was not a collector's item but it did have a lot of
sentimental value as it was my grandmother's .

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:31:27 -0500, philo* wrote:

On 03/31/2014 06:55 PM, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:43:42 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:50 -0500, philo wrote:

On 03/31/2014 04:44 PM, shadow wrote:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.

I had a considerably worse experience. I dropped a 78 RPM record on the
floor and it shattered into many many pieces.

Unless it was a rare, irreplaceable record, it was much less valuable
than a laptop. Why was it "considerably worse"?

Maybe philo was being whimsical or ironic.

Maybe his priorities aren't the same as ours.

Maybe it was a test.

Maybe it hints at the possibility that the *laptop* could have shattered
into many many pieces.




Even though the 78 record was not a valuable collector's item...it was
irretrievably destroyed.


Yes.


The laptop suffered minor damage and the piece
can be glued back.


Maybe it was only minor damage. It's too soon to be sure of that.

And even if it's only minor damage, I'd rather have total destruction
to a record worth a couple of dollars or so than minor damage to a
laptop worth several hundred dollars, If nothing else, the resale
value of the laptop has gone down substantially.



In the case of the record, there is no way it could have been glued back
together.


(I was demonstrating relativity and levity.)


OK, I'll accept the levity part. g

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:36:08 -0400, Paul wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:43:42 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:50 -0500, philo wrote:

On 03/31/2014 04:44 PM, shadow wrote:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.
I had a considerably worse experience. I dropped a 78 RPM record on the
floor and it shattered into many many pieces.
Unless it was a rare, irreplaceable record, it was much less valuable
than a laptop. Why was it "considerably worse"?

Maybe philo was being whimsical or ironic.

Maybe his priorities aren't the same as ours.

Maybe it was a test.

Maybe it hints at the possibility that the *laptop* could have shattered
into many many pieces.


78 recordings are not made of regular plastic.


Right, they were mostly clay, or something like that.


They predate the vinyl used in 33 RPM recordings.


Mostly. I remember a vinyl 33rpm record or two.

shadow wrote, On 3/31/2014 6:29 PM:
Hope in my case nothing's wrong inside. I must take more care with my power
tool. Later after shut down I'll shake it to see if there is any loose
parts
inside.

shadow said on 3/31/2014 5:44 PM:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.

"Big Al" escreveu na mensagem
eb.com...

My laptop slid off a small pile of blankets and hit the floor, I saw no
damage. A few months later I'm opening it up to change the fan and
find the bracket for one of the hinge screws shattered. Probably why
the fan stopped, pieces in the fan?! maybe!. Fixed with epoxy. All
well and good.


Shaking is probably not a good idea if things are actually loose or
pieces inside. Holding both sides and tipping horizontal, vertical, or
rotating the device might provide benefit without compounding an
existing problem.


--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps

Ken Blake, MVP wrote, On 3/31/2014 9:05 PM:
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:36:08 -0400, Paul wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 16:43:42 -0700, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:50 -0500, philo wrote:

On 03/31/2014 04:44 PM, shadow wrote:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.
I had a considerably worse experience. I dropped a 78 RPM record on the
floor and it shattered into many many pieces.
Unless it was a rare, irreplaceable record, it was much less valuable
than a laptop. Why was it "considerably worse"?

Maybe philo was being whimsical or ironic.

Maybe his priorities aren't the same as ours.

Maybe it was a test.

Maybe it hints at the possibility that the *laptop* could have shattered
into many many pieces.


78 recordings are not made of regular plastic.


Right, they were mostly clay, or something like that.


They predate the vinyl used in 33 RPM recordings.


Mostly. I remember a vinyl 33rpm record or two.



Picturing you playing them on a Victrola phonograph. gdr


--
...winston
msft mvp consumer apps

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:14:50 -0500, philo* wrote:

On 03/31/2014 04:44 PM, shadow wrote:
This morning I was opening my laptop to check emails, it slipped and hit
the floor. Solved enchasing the plastic piece from corner with scotch
tape. I'm a little sad but machine still works. Wonder if I become a big
novel writer and have a great life to do whatever I want? Maybe next
year I'll buy a new laptop with windows 8.1.


I had a considerably worse experience. I dropped a 78 RPM record on the
floor and it shattered into many many pieces.

What year was that?