Almost forgot to finish my laptop

Naughty laptop
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
January 27, 2016 7:17am CST
Earlier this year I decided to reformat my laptop and reload all the programs. I made quite good progress with this and ended up with just a few items to install and a few adjustments to make by the end of the day. At this point I left it until the following day. I totally forgot about this until earlier today. While printing a few documents for holiday and filing them in my briefcase I was reminded that my laptop had not been completed. The connection that reminded me was that my laptop is also carried in my briefcase. It only took an hour to complete the setup, so now it is ready to be packed away for my forthcoming holiday.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
27 Jan 16
I am glad you noticed in time to have your laptop ready for your trip. When are you leaving Barry?
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Jan 16
I fly to Turkey on Tuesday morning. All that was required was to install Aimersoft Video Converter, set up my emails and configure the start page. I would have been able to set up the emails while away because I know all the settings, but it is preferable to be ready in advance.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
28 Jan 16
@LadyDuck I hope that it stays that way on Wednesday as well.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
28 Jan 16
@Asylum I agree, I prefer to have everything ready before leaving. At home I can always find what I need to fix problems. It seems that the weather in Turkey will be sunny and beautiful next Tuesday.
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Peter B. Giblett
@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
It may only take an hour, but they are normally frustrating when you delay them.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Jan 16
It was a fairly straight forward process, but it is better to be prepared before travelling.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
27 Jan 16
I frequently interrupt myself or get interrupted. I am glad you are all set up for your holiday.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Jan 16
We all have a habit of that to some degree.
rebelann1949
@rebelann (117196)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Jan 16
Good, I'm glad you'll be talking to us while on holiday.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Jan 16
I always believe in staying in touch.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Jan 16
@rebelann Most likely, my mobile phone has a 20 Mpx camera.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (117196)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Jan 16
Will you be taking photos as well @Asylum ?
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
28 Jan 16
When exactly are you leaving. I like to track your trip. I am settled in and won't be moving for a month or more.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
28 Jan 16
I shall be flying from Manchester on Tuesday morning. It is only for a week, but I shall be looking for a decent holiday shortly afterwards.
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ElizabethWallace
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
27 Jan 16
Love the graphic. But I never have this feeling myself. What sometimes comes to me, however, is a vision of throwing it through a window.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Jan 16
Throwing it through a window would constitute defeat, whereas the image I have used is simply a last resort to solving a computer problem.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
28 Jan 16
@ElizabethWallace It always worked well with televisions, so the habit continued afterwards.
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ElizabethWallace
@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
28 Jan 16
@Asylum It reminds me of how people first reacted to copy machines when they refused to work. Kicking seemed effective.
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
28 Jan 16
glad you got it sorted out in time - flying off without it would have been a bit of a downer
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
28 Jan 16
I would have coped fine as it was and could have set the emails from memory, but I prefer to be ready in advance.
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Shiva
@Shiva49 (28366)
• Singapore
27 Jan 16
Enjoy your holiday. With computers I tend to be overanxious; in fact, more than about my own health! siva
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Jan 16
Due to having a laptop and a desktop, there is never any real urgency for me to fulfil such tasks. Instead I prefer to take my time and be more pedantic about the actual process.
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