I adore the Internet (thanks to Al Gore?), especially word processing. In high school I could type 80 words a minute without errors, on a manual Underwood typewriter. That made me the teacher's pet. After 30 years with an IBM Electric typewriter, I ran out of ribbons.
So I called Tom Watson, President of IBM in Armonk,NY to complain:
ME: Hello, this is Dr. Abel and I have Mr. Watson's X-rays......
SHE: Oh, Dr. I'll put you right through to Mr. Watson...
HE: Who the hell is this with my so-called X-rays!!!
ME: My name is Alan Abel and I need IBM typewriter ribbons now....
HE: (laughing) Very clever Dr. Quack. I'll have one of my secretaries take your order and send you some. No charge for this; you got through seven of my ladies in less time than the President of the USA last week. Nice going. Please don't try it again.
I received a half-dozen ribbons in the mail and could continue using my trusty IBM for another year. Then the switch to a Model T type computer that was O.K. until I switched to an Apple iMac #10. There were lots of problems with my early Apple and even my complaint to Steve Jobs didn't help.
Now in this year of 2017 I am blessed with a fairly reliable upgraded iMac. My oomplaint is with the dropdown and popup ads. The small x in the upper right hand corner of the page to delete can hardly be seen. Then when I delete, my screen turns dark and a robot message pleads with me to come back. No way! I hit the spam button and provide a polite curse with the action.
But the BOO HOO YAHOO ENGINEERS title of this blog concerns an occasional blank home page and a big notice: PLEASE BEAR WITH US. OUR YAHOO ENGINEERS ARE BUSY REPAIRING THE DAMAGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
That's my cue for a trip to the bathroom or kitchen. Or I just browse around on the internet and....low and behold....I've fixed whatever the trouble was. Maybe the Yahoo engineers had to go to the bathroom or the kitchen for a snack. Maybe I had better rephrase that last comment. Never mind!
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