chuckles

i didnt get a choice on this card, unfortunately - free is free.  it freed up more money for memory and other yummies.

i prefer nvidia actually... never had a problem with them (except my last one, because it would crash whenever i tried to play neverwinter nights =(  - but that coulda been another of the PITA quirks)

this card didnt work with linux, thus - i got it... bro said "its a tad slow, but should do ok for you" - well... unfortunately, vue IS a picky program.  told him that - but he didnt have the program to test out, so it was one of those i knew i'd have to wait and see.

on a side note.... i had a WEIRD day yesterday.... i had my docs appointment yesterday, and hubby and I had to go pick up one of his co-workers and take them to work (otherwise, hubby woulda had to pull a double).... and before we had even turned onto the main road (yes, i'm a redneck according to jeff foxworthy - i live on a dirt road that is actually a snow road most of the year), the weirdness had begun.

We get to the road, and are about to turn, and as usual, we're checking both directions to make sure we're not gonna get squished, when we see coming over the top of the hill... a dog team.   So, hubby sits back and waits, knowing i dearly love to watch the dog mushers, even though we were both kinda curious why they were on the side of the road instead of the trail.  As we sit and watch (the dogs were pretty danged fast) we were startled to notice that the sled was bouncing back & forth.... that was when we both went "OH CRAP" and hubby scrambled out of the car.... just in time to catch the sled as it was about to pass us.

A beautiful 6-dog team lost their human somewhere, and had been running quite a distance - and nobody had managed to catch them.

Where did we pick up hubby's co-worker?  The Dog Musher's Association Hall.

After doc's appointment (aparently, i'm healing nicely), we went to walmart for an oil change.
Not 5 minutes after leaving the car with them, we get called over the intercom - so, hubby leaves me eyeballing computer pice and he went to go deal with it.  quite a bit of time later, he comes back, looks at me and said we had to go find a manager.  The worker had hit a truck with our car - claiming our brakes weren't working.  Brakes work JUST fine, thanks - just cus she's old and wrinkled doesn't mean she can't stop on a dime.  He had to have been going about 20-25MPH when he hit the truck.  crumpled our bumper pretty bad =(.  the end result of all of this was - we ended up with 4 free tires and of course, the oil change - for free.  What irritated both of us was more that when the guy told my hubby, he kept rubbing the bumper and the license plate where it was bent, and kept asking "is this ok?  is this ok?"  - ummm - DUMB question.

that night, hubby went to work.... got out of work - to a FLAT TIRE.  no, he didnt run over anything (walmart checked it today).  so, he didnt get home until 2am.

smiles  but, when i told my daughter about hubby catching the dog team... she said "wow.... he's a hero!".... and.... i guess she's right.... but, we just couldnt let a runaway team run down a road where they could easily be killed.  No one has found the musher yet as far as i know, either =(.

like i said... weird day....

yawns as she continues to try to get her computer to some semblance of working order

Rarer than a hairy egg and madder than a box of frogs....

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