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Posted by Tricob on .
This one happens to be true.
I was helping someone last night with his machine by re-installing the OS at his request. At one point I asked him what "business" he wanted to be listed for his machine. When he didn't have an answer, I suggested that - since we were re-installing the OS - that the company name "Major OS Whooping" would be appropriate.
Later, he was putting together a shelf, and he asked if I had a hammer. I didn't, and told him that quite honestly. He cursed. I said that there's probably something around the general area that he could use as a substitute.
Sure enough, there was. There was super-duper-crappy harddisk I removed for him that neither of us knew what to do with afterwards, so it just sat there. Turned out the old harddisk made a great hammer! After hammering in five nails, he examined the harddisk and found no nicks, no dents, not even a scratch. He cursed in amazement. He finished hammering the rest of the nails in, and examined the harddisk once more, finding it still in tip-tip condition. "F***," he mused.
Well, I knew that crummy harddisk would end up being good for something. But while the harddisk seemed to take no exterior damage from the hammer work it did, I imagine the inside of the harddrive was pretty much smashed to smithereens.
- Tricob.
"Glass Tiger for life! "
I was helping someone last night with his machine by re-installing the OS at his request. At one point I asked him what "business" he wanted to be listed for his machine. When he didn't have an answer, I suggested that - since we were re-installing the OS - that the company name "Major OS Whooping" would be appropriate.
Later, he was putting together a shelf, and he asked if I had a hammer. I didn't, and told him that quite honestly. He cursed. I said that there's probably something around the general area that he could use as a substitute.
Sure enough, there was. There was super-duper-crappy harddisk I removed for him that neither of us knew what to do with afterwards, so it just sat there. Turned out the old harddisk made a great hammer! After hammering in five nails, he examined the harddisk and found no nicks, no dents, not even a scratch. He cursed in amazement. He finished hammering the rest of the nails in, and examined the harddisk once more, finding it still in tip-tip condition. "F***," he mused.
Well, I knew that crummy harddisk would end up being good for something. But while the harddisk seemed to take no exterior damage from the hammer work it did, I imagine the inside of the harddrive was pretty much smashed to smithereens.
- Tricob.
"Glass Tiger for life! "