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Apr. 19th, 2005 10:21 amInstead of using my mom's maiden name I used her mom's maiden name. I don't care to expose any part of something used to secure my finances publicly. My mom's current last name made me a sith! Yikes!
Apr. 19th, 2005
Uh oh. Teacher wants to see me.
Apr. 19th, 2005 10:24 amI emailed the instructor for my A+ class to request the inital paperwork he hands out and to inform and explain my decision to him regarding his intro class. For offical reasons, I left out the opinion of my networking teacher, just saying he and I had gone to the book store to look at the textbook. I told him I'd discussed it with my husband and networking guru cousin because they both know how much I know and that they'd both told me the class would be a waste of time and money I don't have. Included in my explanation was that if I were likely to be replacing parts on motherboards to repair them, it might be different. But the fact is, PC technicians diagnose the problems and send the motherboards off to a specialist to do repair work. I'm not going to be soldering components. No need to learn all the electronic parts. My hubby has volunteered to cover any gaps in my knowledge. I read through the booklet that came with the DMM (Digital Multi-Meter) and to use it is plain old common sense. I didn't say this, but the electronics he teaches in the intro class isn't on the A+ exam anymore. I'm not going to waste my time and effort learning useless trivia. He actually knows this. Starting in summer, he's teaching the Cisco curriculum.
He emailed back with his office hours and asked me to drop in to discuss the classes. eep! I'm going in to networking lab this afternoon. I'll drop by his office afterward.
Heh, I got all the tools and stuff for the A+ class I am taking. He'd said to get a little PC repair toolset with needle nose pliers. When we were shopping, I couldn't find any of the small ones with needle nose pliers. The first set that included them was a set for networking. It was only a few dollars more and had all the tools for A+ and about as many more for networking. I checked out the other collections of networking tools and they all duplicated the small toolset I was supposed to buy. I don't have extra money to throw around buying duplicate tools, so I grabbed the networking one. When I woke up this morning, I remembered how cramped it is in the lab for A+. He may have wanted the smaller sets just for space considerations. Oh well! You know the funny part? The networking set comes with a soldering iron and solder sucker tool. The A+ course required set doesn't. He's teaching at the level of people who solder and doesn't require the tool! LOL
When I got home, I opened it up and examined all the tools. The few I didn't recognize, I asked Eric about. I now have a wire stripper, Chip puller, Chip setter, a ratchet with screwdriver and wrench socket bits, itty bitty allen wrenches, jeweler's screwdrivers of quality, a teeny tiny part grabber, needle nose pliers, a small adjustable crescent wrench and wire ties, all neatly snapped into a lightweight plastic case. Tools! I love tools! I had a decent collection of tools in a red plastic toolbox when I met Eric. The roommate I had then stole all my screwdrivers from my toolbox when he moved out, leaving his two crappy ones in their place. Luckily, I'm not good about putting things back and had the ones I used most often in my bedroom. He also left my toolbox open under a leak in the shed, so a lot of the remaining tools rusted before I found it.
Eric had two metal toolboxes full. When we moved into this house he decided to rearrange them all. My toolbox ended up in the computer room with nothing much in it, despite my protests. I didn't have that many good tools left and I wanted them left in my box! That was before I had Eric conditioned to listen to me about my belongings. I'm a bit like a two-year-old with my prized possessions. MINE!!! It was probably even more of a hot button after the screwdriver theft. I'd just purchased a lovely matched set a few months before that happened. Today the communal tools that aren't scattered around the house where they were last used live in drawers in the garage. His toolboxes are still pretty full. Sometimes I raid them when I can't find what I need in the drawers. teehee!
But now I have this lovely toolset and it's all mine! MINE! Bwahahahaha! It's for work so it will remain intact at home.
(toolman Taylor imitation) "Arh arh arhh!"
Hmm. I think the first computer repair I'm going to do is to get all the junk out of this keyboard. I'm at the computer in the computer room right now. Braticus drops stuff onto this keyboard all the time. I keep turning it upside down to get the stuff off, but as of yesterday sometimes a key won't work. I have to tip the keyboard and whack it on the back to dislodge the junk. It's a cheap ergonomic-ish keyboard. Flat, not sloped. I wonder if there are keyboard condoms for this model?
Oh well, gotta do some homework before I go to lab. Later my dears!
He emailed back with his office hours and asked me to drop in to discuss the classes. eep! I'm going in to networking lab this afternoon. I'll drop by his office afterward.
Heh, I got all the tools and stuff for the A+ class I am taking. He'd said to get a little PC repair toolset with needle nose pliers. When we were shopping, I couldn't find any of the small ones with needle nose pliers. The first set that included them was a set for networking. It was only a few dollars more and had all the tools for A+ and about as many more for networking. I checked out the other collections of networking tools and they all duplicated the small toolset I was supposed to buy. I don't have extra money to throw around buying duplicate tools, so I grabbed the networking one. When I woke up this morning, I remembered how cramped it is in the lab for A+. He may have wanted the smaller sets just for space considerations. Oh well! You know the funny part? The networking set comes with a soldering iron and solder sucker tool. The A+ course required set doesn't. He's teaching at the level of people who solder and doesn't require the tool! LOL
When I got home, I opened it up and examined all the tools. The few I didn't recognize, I asked Eric about. I now have a wire stripper, Chip puller, Chip setter, a ratchet with screwdriver and wrench socket bits, itty bitty allen wrenches, jeweler's screwdrivers of quality, a teeny tiny part grabber, needle nose pliers, a small adjustable crescent wrench and wire ties, all neatly snapped into a lightweight plastic case. Tools! I love tools! I had a decent collection of tools in a red plastic toolbox when I met Eric. The roommate I had then stole all my screwdrivers from my toolbox when he moved out, leaving his two crappy ones in their place. Luckily, I'm not good about putting things back and had the ones I used most often in my bedroom. He also left my toolbox open under a leak in the shed, so a lot of the remaining tools rusted before I found it.
Eric had two metal toolboxes full. When we moved into this house he decided to rearrange them all. My toolbox ended up in the computer room with nothing much in it, despite my protests. I didn't have that many good tools left and I wanted them left in my box! That was before I had Eric conditioned to listen to me about my belongings. I'm a bit like a two-year-old with my prized possessions. MINE!!! It was probably even more of a hot button after the screwdriver theft. I'd just purchased a lovely matched set a few months before that happened. Today the communal tools that aren't scattered around the house where they were last used live in drawers in the garage. His toolboxes are still pretty full. Sometimes I raid them when I can't find what I need in the drawers. teehee!
But now I have this lovely toolset and it's all mine! MINE! Bwahahahaha! It's for work so it will remain intact at home.
(toolman Taylor imitation) "Arh arh arhh!"
Hmm. I think the first computer repair I'm going to do is to get all the junk out of this keyboard. I'm at the computer in the computer room right now. Braticus drops stuff onto this keyboard all the time. I keep turning it upside down to get the stuff off, but as of yesterday sometimes a key won't work. I have to tip the keyboard and whack it on the back to dislodge the junk. It's a cheap ergonomic-ish keyboard. Flat, not sloped. I wonder if there are keyboard condoms for this model?
Oh well, gotta do some homework before I go to lab. Later my dears!