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Our IT support guy has been in the job since 1979, and never misses an opportunity to pick up a mouse and say "Hello computer" into it, Star Trek-style. Tell us your tales from the IT support cupboard, either from within or without.

(, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:45)
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Don't knock the 'computer expert' friend who knackers your machine with his tinkering.
If it wasn't for one of those, I wouldn't have met the current Mr Quar!

A mate had a pooter that her 'knowledgeable' friend had 'reprogrammed', ie broken.

I offered to find a real expert to fix it for her, with him and her coming to some 'oral' agreement over payment. Yes, that's the type of girl she was.

Had a tootle around on AOL for local-ish single blokes who worked in IT, got talking to several, thought he was funny and clever, got to know him a bit and...

Yes, he sorted her PC, but by then I'd sorted HIM!

That was eleven years ago. We're married now.
(, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 8:56, 7 replies)
aww, how sweet!
it's the sort of thing that happens in films. *click* for making me feel warm inside, despite the weather freezing my legs!
(, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:01, closed)
So
did she blow him?
(, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:54, closed)
No she bloody didn't
but he often jokes about the time I tried to pimp him.
(, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 12:46, closed)
I
Don't believe it!


No self-respecting IT bod would be on AOL.

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=AOL%20User
(, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 13:57, closed)
He says
'It was reliable.'
(, Wed 30 Sep 2009, 21:52, closed)
Reliably crap?

(, Thu 1 Oct 2009, 0:16, closed)
He reckons that back then it was AOL or summat else
and AOL stayed online and had free tech support.
(, Thu 1 Oct 2009, 5:44, closed)

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