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Conversations you don't expect to have with your Mother. #234

 

Me: "How's your laptop now after I put Vista on for you?"

Mother: "Well, I tried to virtualise Windows XP on top of it using that Virtual PC thingy but it didn't work right, I couldn't get the Shared drives working so I deleted it and am just on Vista now."

 

Anyone want to swap a completely mad Mother who understand Virtualization and Ubuntu for a vaguely normal one who knits jumpers and waters plants?

Posted: Mar 16 2008, 06:55 PM by Plip | with 13 comment(s) |

Comments

Mladen said:

haha! oh that's just precious!

i'm still trying to teach mine about copy/paste. but she rocks on yahoo mail :)

# March 16, 2008 2:43 PM

shahargs said:

WOW, GREAT!

so, if your mother has a problem, you don't have to spend time on fix it?

Shahar.

# March 16, 2008 4:16 PM

LornaJane said:

I vote for the mother than understands ubuntu *and* knits.

# March 16, 2008 4:36 PM

Mark said:

i would love one that would just try to do it theirself first...

# March 16, 2008 4:49 PM

Saivamsy said:

You cannot ask for more ! -:)

# March 16, 2008 5:53 PM

Dave said:

Yes, I'll swap; your Mum makes more cakes than mine. 8)

# March 16, 2008 7:47 PM

Aaron Seet said:

I want to marry your mum.

# March 18, 2008 3:13 AM

Mum said:

Update: I now have XP (for personal use)on the desktop box, with XP (for development) running on top of that in a vmware engine, and trying to get vmware running on the Ubuntu hosted laptop (for development) so that I can guest Vista (for development) on there.

Why?

I dunno! Because I can I suppose! *grin*

P.S. Dave: What cake do you want me to make for Phil next?

P.P.S. Sorry Aaron... already taken, by yet another geek.

P.P.S. Thinks... there's a photo somewhere of Phil aged about one wearing a mum-knitted jumper... now where's that scanner driver...

# March 26, 2008 2:42 PM

Mum said:

Update: I now have XP (for personal use) on the desktop box, with XP (for development) running on top of that in a vmware engine, and trying to get vmware running on the Ubuntu hosted laptop (for development) so that I can guest Vista (for development) on there.

Why?

I dunno! Because I can I suppose! *grin*

P.S. Dave: What cake do you want me to make for Phil next?

P.P.S. Sorry Aaron... already taken, by yet another geek.

P.P.S. Thinks... there's a photo somewhere of Phil aged about one wearing a mum-knitted jumper... now where's that scanner driver...

# March 26, 2008 2:49 PM

Mum said:

Oops

Oops

asp.net died mid-send (well that's my excuse)!

And yes I know it isn't really a URL, but never mind... I've never been one for reading instructions... RTFM? What's that?

# March 26, 2008 3:02 PM

David L. Penton said:

Mum, if you are a true geek, you can "multitask"...you know...

On a more serious note, I am very happy you are doing much better!

# April 1, 2008 5:30 AM

Mum said:

Multi-tasking 'R Us!

Thanks for the good wishes, David. I'm much better now(and still trying to fight my way out of the cotton-wool hubby and sons have me wrapped in. Other than that - a bit 'holier' than I used to be but otherwise back to my normal obstinate self.

Cheers!

# April 8, 2008 2:35 PM

Sammy said:

This is the funniest post I've read in ages :-)

# April 21, 2008 8:10 AM