Annoyances
14 May 2008 08:47![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
denQantas Domestic baggage handlers can destroy laptop screens. Even if the laptop is in a padded bag.
The cost of repairing a laptop screen is more than the cost of a new laptop with more ram, hdd and cpu power.
You can no longer buy laptops with PCMCIA, because they all have ExpressCard connections.
Dad's 3G Wireless Internet connection is PCMCIA, so now I have to buy him a new card to fit. The way Telstra has things set up, when you buy a new 3G connection you also buy a new account despite having a perfectly good old account linked to a now-useless card. I have to cancel the old account, if I can find the details, and set up the new account, and hope that Telstra doesn't bugger everything up and cancel the office ADSL account as well.
ah bugger. I *know* they're going to do that.
The cost of repairing a laptop screen is more than the cost of a new laptop with more ram, hdd and cpu power.
You can no longer buy laptops with PCMCIA, because they all have ExpressCard connections.
Dad's 3G Wireless Internet connection is PCMCIA, so now I have to buy him a new card to fit. The way Telstra has things set up, when you buy a new 3G connection you also buy a new account despite having a perfectly good old account linked to a now-useless card. I have to cancel the old account, if I can find the details, and set up the new account, and hope that Telstra doesn't bugger everything up and cancel the office ADSL account as well.
ah bugger. I *know* they're going to do that.
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Date: 14 May 2008 14:12 (UTC)United Airlines won't fly musical instruments unless you sign a waiver for any damages. When the HS band went to New York, they dented the crap out of the sousaphones, and broke a 75-year-old accordion. And, of course, they were not responsible. Even in New York, finding an accordion repairman is not a trivial task.