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Saturday, October 26, 2019

This Week

Say What? When I used to work for a little computer shop I handled tech support calls all day, 75 - 100 calls everyday.  Communication was the biggest problem.  The conversation usually went like this: "Mack the little round thing isn't working anymore  It just quit, I can't do anything!" …. "What little round thing?" .. . "You know, the one next to the button."  … "What do you mean you can't do anything? Do ... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, October 26, 2019

Saturday, October 19, 2019

This Week

2:00am   For some reason every time I look at my alarm clock it says 2:00am or 4:00am and I don't think I've heard it go off in a year. If it says 4:00am I just get up and do something, answer email, make breakfast, something. After all I've only got an hour to kill till I would get up anyway. But if it says 2:00am, I kinda panic. I've got 3 hours to kill and I know I'll probably do it lying in bed wide awake and then about 10:00am I'll crash like somebody let ... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, October 19, 2019

Saturday, October 12, 2019

This Week

Dr. Wong I had a professor at Memphis State, Dr. Wong, who turned out to be a good friend. When I switched major's from math to secondary education I had to take first year algebra as a requirement. As a math major for 2 years I had already taken 3 semesters of calculus and numerical analysis along with computer programming in both classes and several other things. But it was required. So there I was in a class with 30 girls who were going to be elementary school teachers and were als... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, October 12, 2019

Saturday, October 5, 2019

This Week

The Panic Button Several years ago I got to be part of granting a wish to a "Make-A-Wish" kid. They talked about it on the radio, I even got interviewed on the radio. The girl was 10 (maybe) and had asked for a Club House as her 1st wish, but she knew that was a little over the top and didn't really expect that. Her 2nd choice was a Big Screen TV and 3rd was a computer. The Make-A-Wish people started asking around about how they could make the club house happen. They found so... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, October 5, 2019