Old age confirmed - too blind/clumsy to tinker with computer parts

[Jeeebus]

I guess it's time to start looking at retirement homes. Harkening back to the days when I used to put computers together myself, I figured it should still be an easy task - current computer not working, let's order a new motherboard/psu/case, swap some stuff out, and be awesome. Not so much. Too blind to see wtf I'm doing, too clumsy to handle tiny little screws, and too stupid to know what I'm doing anymore. A few hundred dollars and several curse words later, I now have 2 non-functioning computers. Looks like pre-built computers only for the limited amount of time I have left on this Earth.

 

[lxskllr]

Or you could get glasses.

 

[sandorski]

I don't look forward to the day.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Or you could get glasses.

Witchcraft!

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

Or you could get glasses.

That's just postponing the inevitable. OPs life is now nothing but boiled chicken for dinner and reruns of Matlock.

 

[BudAshes]

What do you need a computer for? You should just be yelling at Siri on your iPad like she is your Guatemalan nanny.

 

[nakedfrog]

That's just postponing the inevitable. OPs life is now nothing but boiled chicken for dinner and reruns of Matlock.

 

[highland145]

OP, that's what you have kids for.

https://youtu.be/RaHnIMKqHdI?t=25

 

[IronWing]

I guess it's time to start looking at retirement homes. Harkening back to the days when I used to put computers together myself, I figured it should still be an easy task - current computer not working, let's order a new motherboard/psu/case, swap some stuff out, and be awesome. Not so much. Too blind to see wtf I'm doing, too clumsy to handle tiny little screws, and too stupid to know what I'm doing anymore. A few hundred dollars and several curse words later, I now have 2 non-functioning computers. Looks like pre-built computers only for the limited amount of time I have left on this Earth.

I think I took as much time deciding which pre-built to buy as I would have just building it myself.

 

[skyking]

Look at the bright side of it. You no longer are compelled to build one to save money or get fantastic FPS's, so it has entered the realm of hobby. There are no real time constraints on hobbies, so you are killing it now

 

[Exterous]

Time to give ATOT your power of attorney

 

[UsandThem]

I think the blame falls directly on the OP for not having all the necessary tools in order to complete the build. "Plan your work, and work your plan".

 

[Zanovar]

I think the blame falls directly on the OP for not having all the necessary tools in order to complete the build. "Plan your work, and work your plan".

what i want to do to my current mb

 

[IronWing]

I think the blame falls directly on the OP for not having all the necessary tools in order to complete the build. "Plan your work, and work your plan".

It's all fun and games until you hit your thumb drive.

 

[OccamsToothbrush]

It's all fun and games until you hit your thumb drive.

Hitting your thumb drive? Is that what the kids are calling fapping these days?

 

[mrblotto]

 

[Jeeebus]

Time to give ATOT your power of attorney

I apparently lack the capacity for informed consent.

 

[BudAshes]

It's all fun and games until you hit your thumb drive.

All that really matters is whether your dongle can still insert into the doohickey.

 

[snoopy7548]

It's all fun and games until you hit your thumb drive.

Better than hitting your floppy disk!

 

[highland145]

Better than hitting your floppy disk!

If it's already floppy, you have bigger problems.

 

[PJFrylar]

I might be willing to help out for room, board, and fruit from those bomb ass fruit trees you have.

 

[Lanyap]

LED head spotlight, magnetic screwdriver and a shot of whisky to steady the nerves.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Sucks. Not looking forward to the day I'm too old to do certain things. I find time just flys by now days so it feels like it won't be that long. I really need to get out of "the system" and find a better way to make a living though and find a cheaper place to live. Don't want to work all my life then retire and be too old to do anything. Right now I have no money to do anything since it all goes towards bills. Even building a machine now days requires me to save up for a year or so.

 

[shortylickens]

Sucks. Not looking forward to the day I'm too old to do certain things. I find time just flys by now days so it feels like it won't be that long. I really need to get out of "the system" and find a better way to make a living though and find a cheaper place to live. Don't want to work all my life then retire and be too old to do anything. Right now I have no money to do anything since it all goes towards bills. Even building a machine now days requires me to save up for a year or so.

Im hoping technology will have improved by then and they can actually correct eyeball shape, as opposed to the current system which is shaving the retina and hoping your prescription never changes.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I have some occasional peripheral neuropathy in my right hand / wrist, which makes it hard to screw things in. Not so bad lately, once I laid off the powdered energy drinks with high B vitamin content, and cut down on sugar intake.