The Mad Bull’s Blog, Version 3

I know that several people are wondering what is up with the Doc and his computer. Well, he bought a Dell Computer. Ordinarily, that is just great. If he lived in the U.S., it’d have been fixed already.

Unfortunately, he lives in Jamaica. Dell has seen fit to regionalize support for their computers. We fall into the Latin American/Caribbean region. The office that controls that region is in Puerto Rico, and the call center reps answering the phones there seem to be either stupid or just plain fucked up! I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt. They must just be fucked up.

Anyway, I finally got them to log the problem, and now we are waiting on them to come and fix it. Unfortunately, the people that they have contracted with to do the repairs don’t work on the weekend. Hopefully they will fix it by Monday morning. Look out for a post from him by Monday evening then, cool? Now, on to what I was posting about…

Look what I saw on a bumper sticker :

Remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous?

I found that one quite funny. You know, if you think about it, that bumper sticker probably qualifies to be an item for one of those “You know you’re old if …” lists that have made the circuit via email, nuh true?

Don’t know what I’m talking about? Ok. Here is a Jamaicanised one for your perusal…

For those of us who lived in Jamaica…

You know you are getting old if:

1. You had an exercise book with Queen Elizabeth and her husband on it, instead of a ring binder.
2. You used to listen to Rediffussion.
3. You wore Bata crepe to school and bought Asham at the gate. Give yourself an extra point, if you know what Asham was made of.
4. You remember that the Lou and Ranny show used to come on at 7:00pm on a Sunday (”Whey me flat boad ?”)
5. You remember “nuggets for the needy”
6. You know who Tony Verity was.
7. You didn’t buy gigs, yo yo’s, kites or sling-shots in a store? You made them yourself.
8. You know what Fanta and Nu Grape are.
9. You know what a Woolsley, Cortina and Zephyr are.
10. You got a washout and worm medicine at the end of summer holidays.
11. Your school graduation was called “prize-giving.”
12. You still call Norman Manley airport “Palisadoes.”
13. You still refer to any smooth stretch of road as “barber greene.”
14. You still use words like “bine” and “clyde” and know the difference between both.

Anyway, have a great weekend, nuh?

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