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huellewig Donating Member (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-04 04:13 AM
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Anybody else do Tech Support for the Family..
It has started to consume to much time. 5 wasted hours today. Is it cool to charge the family? I don't want to, but they act like they deserve free tech support. These old ladies opening every e-mail attachment are cutting into my drinking time.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-04 04:17 AM
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1. sure charge them fourty bucks for a
antivirus software that cost twenty five bucks, problem solved and you get beer money to boot
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NuttyFluffers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-04 05:35 AM
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2. i do the family tech support for my folks.
my bro is a com. sci. B.S., yet since he has a family he doesn't get bugged with all the pleas for help.

I wish i just went with my gut and tell my folks to just "get a Mac and don't look back." it's not like they need options. they just need a machine that is simple and reliable.

when they go buy a laptop i'm going to insist they get a powerbook.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-01-04 06:51 AM
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3. Not only tech support but e mail debunking as well....
My mom is good for sending e mails out about various subjects such as the Pepsi/Pledge hoax. She thinks they are true.

Yesterday she sent one out and I responded to her that anytime I suspect something has the peculiar order of the right-wing, I go to snopes.com and do a keyword search to see if it is true. Most of the time it is not true.

She has not responded.

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