Could you have gone faster on those wet leaves going downhill?

Sure, sliding on my back.

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I give that....:thumb::thumb:

Ha, I'm pretty sure that would be me if I had a cross bike.

One time, it did really happen. Several of us were on a ride and I stopped to do something at the top of a steep winding hill. After I got going again, I heard some yelling but it was too late. I hit black ice and slid down the steep hill on my back and passed a few of my friends trying to stand up from their own crashes. :)

That's pretty talented and efficient.

That would have been amusing to see.

Ugh, my mom has me texting her in all caps. She posted an FB update about her computer being locked and having to call the 800# and pay $300 to get it "fixed." Jezuz Christ on roller skates.

Mom, that's a scam. Call your credit card/bank and cancel the transaction now.

Why? It's working now.

Mom, they're ****ing scammers. You don't pay $300 to have someone remotely "fix" your laptop.

Will they sue me?

Of ****ing course not! They're ****ing scammers!

It took one or two more "really? are you sure?" exchanges for me to get in to the caps lock.

About two months ago my hotmail (which I rarely use) was hacked and sent a spam to everyone in the address book. One of them of was my father. I ended up spending 30 minutes on the phone with him explaining that my hotmail was hacked...

Why did that happen??

Dad, I don't know why, it just did.

But what did they hope to gain.

Dad....I'm not a hacker, I have no idea. Maybe they are hoping that someone will open the email and then get a virus or a Trojan Horse.

I clicked on the email........................do I have a virus?

I don't know, run a full scan.

What's a Trojan Horse?

It's similar to a virus, but it hides on your hard drive until you open a certain program, then it activates, just like the Trojan Horse.

What program activates it?

I don't know.

How can I find out?

Why do you want to find out?

So I don't open that program.

Dad....run a full scan.

But I opened the email.

Did you click on any of the links in the email?

What's a link in an email?

The different color text in an email.

No, I didn't click that.

Good...run a full scan.

What should I do if the full scan finds something?

Dad?

Yes?

I'm at work.

Run a full scan.

Don't you hate the times when you're the adult in the conversation with a parent?

And that was the Reader's Digest version.

I recall that when his parents got older he commented once that as they got older, he felt like the parent.

Excellent segue.

Halloween is everyone's favorite time of the year.

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your stories of parents and computers sounds exactly like my every day life at work.

PHD's man.

Evening snack tonight is......********************???

I had a cupcake a little while ago.

Sweet pickles infused with ghost pepper flakes.

Are you pregnant?

Menopausal.

Oooh, I could go for something like that.

I would be happy to send up some hot n nasty flakes.

Are you pregnant?

...hot cocoa (raw , unprocessed cacao powder) and some ginger snaps. I cannot speak to the farming practices used for the ginger. :(