Days of frustration!

Bambi B, thanks for sharing your story. Even with the happy ending, it must have felt good to tell the tale.

I won't go into many details but I felt like I was in a Marx Brother's movie this week. There is a famous scene in "Day At The Races" where Groucho goes to place a bet. Chico claims to be selling Tootsie-Fruitsie ice cream but instead has a cart full of race betting guides. After being slicked into buying several of the books, Groucho says "I'm getting a fine tootsie fruitsing right here."

OK, so I have all my tax data together and am ready to load Turbotax and finish the chore. After watching my tax man enter everything into his program last year, I was determined to do it myself for '07. But then I happened to notice my Mac did not have the required OS to run Turbotax. Fine, I call my local Apple Store to make sure they have the needed OS, which they did, but I then found out my Mac didn't have sufficient memory to run the new OS. So I ask if they have the necessary memory â€” no, that must be ordered. That resulted in calling around to locate a store with the needed memory chip. I found one that promised they would have it the next day. Anyway, I ended up buying Turbotax, the Leopard OS, and a 1 GB chip, the total cost being higher than what the tax guy charges. I felt like I just had a fine tootsie fruitsing!

But now my computer should be good for another couple of years so hopefully it was not time and money wasted.

There, I feel better now too. 8^)

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Topic - Discovering hidden audio treasures ! Without leaving the house ! - Bambi B 23:38:04 04/11/08 (24)

You didn't ask for a CD player recommendation but ..... - quickpost 12:09:33 04/14/08 (0)

RE: Discovering hidden audio treasures ! Without leaving the house ! - sunseeker 06:56:38 04/13/08 (0)

I think you mean Audioquest interconnect... - Steve Parry 06:55:56 04/13/08 (0)

Woodland Hills ?? - drums12344321@yahoo.com 17:19:32 04/12/08 (3)

RE: Woodland Hills ! - Bambi B 20:03:47 04/12/08 (2)

RE: Woodland Hills ! - drums12344321@yahoo.com 09:33:07 04/13/08 (1)

RE: Woodland Hills ! - sunseeker 16:59:41 04/13/08 (0)

Days of frustration! - M3 lover 04/12/0813:52:36 04/12/08 (0)

RE: Discovering hidden audio treasures ! Without leaving the house ! - AudioSoul 12:40:31 04/12/08 (0)

janet baker - docw 12:17:48 04/12/08 (0)

"Janet Baker Mahler" -- a lost great-granddaughter? Or was it by marriage? nt - clarkjohnsen 10:15:54 04/12/08 (4)

Janet Baker - Bambi B 11:08:15 04/12/08 (3)

Totally agree. Do you have her Elgar Sea Pictures? nt - clifff 12:06:51 04/12/08 (2)

THE definitive version, IMO! :-)) nt - andyr 18:44:31 04/13/08 (0)

RE: Totally agree. Do you have her Elgar Sea Pictures? nt - throwback 13:31:23 04/12/08 (0)

RE: Discovering hidden audio treasures ! Without leaving the house ! - middleground 04:57:18 04/12/08 (1)

Finding things - Bambi B 09:32:39 04/12/08 (0)

RE: at the risk of being call a tin ear - LousyTourist 04:32:57 04/12/08 (2)

RE: at the risk of being call a tin ear - middleground 05:04:44 04/12/08 (1)

RE: at the risk of being call a tin ear - Travis 06:43:09 04/12/08 (0)

A delightful day indeed... - mpathus 00:18:37 04/12/08 (3)

RE: A delightful day indeed... - Bambi B 11:39:11 04/12/08 (1)

Simplicity may be key... - mpathus 23:40:24 04/12/08 (0)

Do you want to trade places? - Frihed89 04:34:37 04/12/08 (0)

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