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One of the best thank you's ever!

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One of the best thank you's ever!
« on: August 04, 2011, 03:55:40 pm »
Just  been given what I consider to be one of the best thank you's for helping one of my wife's friends get her Computer rebuilt, restored, on-line and networked.



She knows how I feel about a good cup of tea and a swear and she thought this was the best way to thank me!  :o  :o

So..... What's been your best thank you present, not including money or hardware?
Remember, when all else fails a cup of tea and a good swear will often help! It won't solve the problem but it will make you feel better.

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Re: One of the best thank you's ever!
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2011, 04:39:35 pm »
Hey, that should keep you going for a while absic! A very well meaning gesture I would say. ;)
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Re: One of the best thank you's ever!
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2011, 07:25:45 pm »
The missus reckons about 7 days!  :D
Remember, when all else fails a cup of tea and a good swear will often help! It won't solve the problem but it will make you feel better.

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Re: One of the best thank you's ever!
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2011, 10:03:43 pm »
I take it she is working that out with you not having too many problems needing a cup of tea and a good swear!  ;)
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Re: One of the best thank you's ever!
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2011, 10:00:19 am »


  This is for real!..........A letter from a solicitor for damages ........... claiming I was negligent in not exercising enough care in recovering lost data after a "Friend" of mine asked me to try and recover a backup hard disc in a laptop he accidentally wrote over....."Twice" ......Only in England!

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Re: One of the best thank you's ever!
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2011, 10:38:22 am »
It is hard to believe that some people will go to such lengths and after you have done them a favour too! Was there any remuneration involved or was it purely "gratis" ?
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Re: One of the best thank you's ever!
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2011, 11:07:37 am »

 Not likely!...... The solicitor was his wife, and it was her laptop :D ..... After explaining my version of events, ... I never heard from either of them again!

 I suspect he was telling her porkies as to why I was trying to fix it in the first place :D

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Re: One of the best thank you's ever!
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2011, 03:37:00 pm »
Sounds very feasible. As you say probably a different story to the truth. ::) I hope that you claimed "costs"!
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Re: One of the best thank you's ever!
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2011, 08:30:54 pm »
Sounds very feasible. As you say probably a different story to the truth. ::) I hope that you claimed "costs"!

  Yeah! ... Right! ... Dear Mrs Solicitor......(from her perspective before our correspondence),.......Hi!.... I lost all of the HDD master copy covering 2 yrs of work your husband sent me while cleaning and defragging your hard drive  ... as this took me 2 hrs to do, would you be so kind as to make the Cheque payable to my brother, ... a Mr C.Ash.........Make sure you tell your friends about our fast Secure wiping service.

  Faithfully yours ... Ackmald Ash  ....   Director of   "Eggspurt Compooter Services"

  It might be a laugh now,........... wasn't when MY wife opened the original letter of demand ;)
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Re: One of the best thank you's ever!
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2011, 09:27:08 pm »
No I can imagine. If it had been my wife I would have been found guilty and serving a life sentence even before the enveloppe hit the floor! Talk about drama! ::)
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