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Barb, The manufacturer did it to me --- forced me to lose my investment opportunity! Guess I'll have to sue them for the damages. Actually ---- the battery was very slightly larger than a dime. The copper in a penny would have been more likely to corrode and it was a little too big. The silver dime was the better choice. Farmers used to fix just about everything with baling wire. Since baling wire is no longer available we are forced to use plastic ties and duct tape. Oh, yes, and dimes. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Barb_MSN <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 3:28 PM Subject: Re: Non PD: Age Paul... You really blew it by looking at the smaller picture... You SHOULD have put a PENNY under the battery, and INVESTED the remaining nine cents in the stock market. <grin> For instance, IF you;d invested in, say, Cisco, what with the meteoric rise in the cost of their stock, plus their assorted stock splits, that nine cents wou'd originally invested will have paid you (presuming you rolled the interest back into Cisco stock.... lessee... give me a minute to run the numbers on this... WOWIE! I CAN'T BELIEEEEEEVE THIS! Yes! YES!!! YESSS!! That would total out to $379,432.86!!! Oh well... your loss... <Grinning, duckung & running? Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ------- Original Message----- From: P&B Fahr <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 8:13 AM Subject: Re: Non PD: Age >----- Original Message ----- >From: Marjorie L. Moorefield <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 4:18 PM >Subject: Non PD: Age > > > Well at least now I don't feel like the Lone Ranger since >the >computer seems to be picking on everyone, however, I'm going to >show >my age and make the statement that I really do miss the good old >days >when things could be fixed with either bubble gum, a hair pin, or >a good >kick!!! >=============== > >Marjorie, >Sometimes you still can. I had a computer that would not >remember it's date and time. I figured out that the battery clip >on the motherboard did not have enough spring tension to hold the >battery tight. > >I put a dime under the battery clip to increase the tension and >never had a problem again with the date and time. > >Yes --- the repair cost me 10 cents. > >Paul