I BOUGHT A NEW LAPTOP

 I am so sorry, I must apologize to all my regular followers, but I have been having computer problems.  And that is why my postings to this blog have been so sporadic.  I have been using my Acer laptop since I bought it back in 2008, just prior to starting this blog.  I must say it has served me well.  Once we were retired and living aboard "Thunderbird", full time in the summer, I quickly learned I needed a portable computer for use on board.  By then we were also talking about buying a trailer and travelling south in the winter, so at that point we decided that a laptop was essential.  I had all Dell equipment at home in the condo and was quite satisfied and looking to buy a Dell laptop, when I stumbled across my Acer laptop, offering everything I was looking for, at Costco and it was on sale for a good price.   Of course being the bargain hunter I am, I purchased it and have been very satisfied with it for all these years.  But 12 years is a looong lifetime for a computer.  

At this point I have already updated my desktop computer to, an HP with Windows 10 a year or so ago, and that has worked out very well.  So now that it is time for a laptop update I have purchased an HP laptop with Windows 10.  That should make the switching back and forth from desktop to laptop that much simpler.  (And keep the learning curve to a minimum, as I am always afraid of the dreaded "Learning Curve".)  

So, I bought a HP laptop on line, which because we had already headed down to Texas, finally arrived with my daughter after a long journey from Toronto to Winnipeg, then with her down to McAllen,Texas.  I prepared myself for the dreaded learning curve and delved in.  Only to find there was "A PROBLEM".   I contacted tech support and I had to ship my new computer back to them and they were to fix it and ship it back to me.  Which of course took two weeks, so when I received it back last week, I did not want to get involved with the learning curve until I finished my latest edition of the Paradise Park Press.  So now that that has been completed I turned back my new computer again and guess what?  It was doing the same thing.  I then talked to tech support again and I had to ship my computer back to them again and they, knowing I was getting fed up, vowed they were going to ship me,  a brand new one.  Guess what??? The new computer arrived and it was working fine.  I was whizzing along installing my email apps and contacts, installing my blog programs, etc., etc., etc..     Then I walked away from my computer to make dinner and got busy and never went back to it until the next morning and there it was stuck with the same problem the original computer gave me.

THAT'S IT!  I'm out, I can not deal with this crap anymore.    So I just sent the seller a message saying that I want a refund and they can stick their computer "where the sun don't shine", (not in those exact words of course) but I'm done. 

"GRRRRR"

I HATE THIS CRAP!!!!!!