TheReverend(c) December 30, 2005 Share TheReverend(c) Member December 30, 2005 With all the upgrading going on in the forums I decided to start the new year off the same way. I ordered a great Radeon x850 256mb xt pe and a western digital 400 gb sata drive with the 16 meg buffer. Smokin!. As I installed the new equipment, the wife asked me to come help with something upstairs. The comp was loading the os, so it would take a while. While I was upstairs, my brothers fiance came over with her kids. I didnt notice that one of them went downstairs where they werent allowed to go (and they know there not allowed to go down there). About 30 minutes later I went back downstairs to see if it was done and was awed by a wonderful diplay of odd rainbow like colors brithening up my screen. I know what this means as I have seen it several times in my carreer as a PC tech. My heart sank as I realized that my videocard was pretty much done for ($380.00). Upon closer inspection, I noticed a brownish substance coating the keyboard ($25), monitor ($525), motherboard ($110) (the case was laying on its side as I was installing hardware when I left it), soundcard ($75), RAM modules ($80 x 3) and my new harddrive ($200). Sure enuff my neice-to-be decided to pour Coke (Vanilla to be exact) on and into my comp just for the heck of it (shes 9 and she said she didnt know why she did it only that she wanted to do it). The video card, soundcard, two of the ram modules, Keyboard and Lan card were ruined from being shorted out. Moral of the story: Whatever can go wrong will go wrong if you leave the case off of your computer and add naughty little kids with a bottle of Coke and a penchant for destroying thinks. But anyway her mother said she'd pay for the damages as she has a lot more money than I do. Happy New Year All. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gond December 30, 2005 Share Gond Member December 30, 2005 Pay for damages in pain. 9 year old should know better...I hope there is at least some discipline dished out...thats horrid. Guess it's good you have a nice disposition...I'd have freaked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReverend(c) December 30, 2005 Author Share TheReverend(c) Member December 30, 2005 Pay for damages in pain. 9 year old should know better...I hope there is at least some discipline dished out...thats horrid. Guess it's good you have a nice disposition...I'd have freaked. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yea my patience had pretty much hit the redline on that one. Fortunately she'll pay for replacment parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReverend(c) December 30, 2005 Author Share TheReverend(c) Member December 30, 2005 Pay for damages in pain. 9 year old should know better...I hope there is at least some discipline dished out...thats horrid. Guess it's good you have a nice disposition...I'd have freaked. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yea my patience had pretty much hit the redline on that one. Fortunately she'll pay for replacment parts. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh and by the way for you old timers like me youll get a kick out of this. The only spare video card I had left to use was a state-of-the-art 4mb Pine SIS pci video card from I dont know how many years ago! I couldnt play a rumour of CSS if I wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation December 30, 2005 Share ConGregation Member December 30, 2005 ouch! Goodness. A nine year old? Yikes! My 8 year would know he would have to pack his bags and run away before I found out about it if he did something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke December 30, 2005 Share MrDuke Member December 30, 2005 Ooo. I probably would've just slipped her a piece of paper saying, "When you wake up from your coma, you can send my Christmas card to this prison address". Good job on the patience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters December 30, 2005 Share stutters GC Alumni December 30, 2005 yeah, ouch. mine would have played out something like: <hands little girl the phone> better call child protective services. tell them it's urgent. <gets out ban stick> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g@!dEn December 30, 2005 Share g@!dEn Member December 30, 2005 9 yrs old. Dang my butt would of been black and blue if i ever pulled that crap. Atleast it is getting paid for. And good job with being patient... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini_Me December 30, 2005 Share Mini_Me GC Founder December 30, 2005 i first thought Rev was going to say "hey I still use that video card!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBugs December 30, 2005 Share TheBugs Member December 30, 2005 wow at 9 i woulda been tossed outa the hosue... or at least to the shed in back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3vil December 30, 2005 Share 3vil Member December 30, 2005 i have 2 kids.my boy is 13,my daughter is 12.they know if they touch my pc,i will play cs:s for real with them being terrorists,me being ct,they have no ammo,i have full ammo with the m249. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan December 30, 2005 Share JackieChan GC Alumni December 30, 2005 Hooooman... I'd be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ticked off if that happened to me. You don't know how mad I'd get. I would have to put the beat down on my kid if he/she did something like that to my goddess of a computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation December 30, 2005 Share ConGregation Member December 30, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simkiller December 30, 2005 Share simkiller Member December 30, 2005 9 years old... wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReverend(c) December 30, 2005 Author Share TheReverend(c) Member December 30, 2005 Yea the mother told me she was having problems with her real dad and this was her way of "lashing out". I can understand kids having problems, but this "lashing out" issue cost me several hundred bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher December 30, 2005 Share Preacher Member December 30, 2005 I have a 10 and 11 year old and the excuse "I don't know why" gets a major spanking. I tell them that they best know why they do things because they get punished for being stupid more than being wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReverend(c) December 30, 2005 Author Share TheReverend(c) Member December 30, 2005 I have a 10 and 11 year old and the excuse "I don't know why" gets a major spanking. I tell them that they best know why they do things because they get punished for being stupid more than being wrong. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> There may have been a spanking (by her soon to be stepdad) or a disowning in her future if her mother hadnt decided to pay for the damages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma December 31, 2005 Share YoMamma Member December 31, 2005 Wow... I feel bad for you TheReverend©. I think I'd "ban" that child from ever entering my house again. At age 9 she should know better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackieChan December 31, 2005 Share JackieChan GC Alumni December 31, 2005 Wow... I feel bad for you TheReverend©. I think I'd "ban" that child from ever entering my house again. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Then she'd have a hard time trying to find the "g0t b4nn3d?!?" forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dunlavy January 2, 2006 Share J. Dunlavy Member January 2, 2006 With all the upgrading going on in the forums I decided to start the new year off the same way. I ordered a great Radeon x850 256mb xt pe and a western digital 400 gb sata drive with the 16 meg buffer. Smokin!. As I installed the new equipment, the wife asked me to come help with something upstairs. The comp was loading the os, so it would take a while. While I was upstairs, my brothers fiance came over with her kids. I didnt notice that one of them went downstairs where they werent allowed to go (and they know there not allowed to go down there). About 30 minutes later I went back downstairs to see if it was done and was awed by a wonderful diplay of odd rainbow like colors brithening up my screen. I know what this means as I have seen it several times in my carreer as a PC tech. My heart sank as I realized that my videocard was pretty much done for ($380.00). Upon closer inspection, I noticed a brownish substance coating the keyboard ($25), monitor ($525), motherboard ($110) (the case was laying on its side as I was installing hardware when I left it), soundcard ($75), RAM modules ($80 x 3) and my new harddrive ($200). Sure enuff my neice-to-be decided to pour Coke (Vanilla to be exact) on and into my comp just for the heck of it (shes 9 and she said she didnt know why she did it only that she wanted to do it). The video card, soundcard, two of the ram modules, Keyboard and Lan card were ruined from being shorted out. Moral of the story: Whatever can go wrong will go wrong if you leave the case off of your computer and add naughty little kids with a bottle of Coke and a penchant for destroying thinks. But anyway her mother said she'd pay for the damages as she has a lot more money than I do. Happy New Year All. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> In one post, you have reconfirmed my decision to avoid having children at all costs (I even got an operation and I’m freshly 25). My life will be one of pretentiousness, materialism, and relatively stress free compared to the less selfish people who choose to contribute to the world's overpopulation problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max67 January 2, 2006 Share Max67 Member January 2, 2006 At 9? and spill coke all over all that stuff? wow lol At like 9 iwas already playing CS and knew not to destroy the precious computer Oh well... at least taht stuff is being payed for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReverend(c) January 4, 2006 Author Share TheReverend(c) Member January 4, 2006 Fortunately its upgrade time for me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ephemeral January 6, 2006 Share ephemeral Member January 6, 2006 SPANKING TIME!!! oh man if that happened and the little girl tryed pulling those puppy eyes on me *looks up with puppy eyes and says, 'i'm sorry, i didnt know'* oh man would it be spanking time. no 9 year old can possibly not know that pouring coke on ANYTHING is naughty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goofus Maximus January 6, 2006 Share Goofus Maximus Member January 6, 2006 (edited) As a person, who in my early youth, made a chain of paperclips, and stuck one end in upper right and the other in the lower left, of the Church's wall socket (I was conducting a scientific endeavor!), I can't cast stones in this debate. My only advise is paranoia above all! I still remember the yellow glow of the paper clips in the second before the fuse blew! Edited January 6, 2006 by Goofus Maximus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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