The joys of having parents on the internet

Last year I bought my parents a new computer for Christmas (and so replacing the old Win95 machine with a much better XP setup, and matching the laptop I got him a year or so earlier). I also got their DSL working, with wireless, and set them up with googlemail. And Dad bought a new printer, which I got working for him.

Since then most of the emails I've received have been complaints; either the DSL isn't working properly, or the virus scanner is complaining, or the printer has stopped, or (the latest) complaining that the SeaMonkey window was a small box in the corner of the screen rather than being full sized. In the middle of it he says "Oh, Mum just fixed it". For crying out loud; it was just a resized window... something he's complained about in the past and knows how to "fix".

I don't do tech support. I sure don't do Windows. And yet I get all these emails... Gah!

I'm afraid I sent them a pissy email in reply today. Ah well.

House re-appraisal for tax purposes

So my town has been re-appraising the houses for tax purposes. Dunno when they last did this. According to this new valuation the "fair market value" for my house is 1.5% lower than I paid for it 1.5 years ago. Yay! Losing value at 1% per year. Yay!

*grump*

The tripple

Such a good day. naudia is out of hospital (yay!) but apparently it's recommended that someone be with her for the next 24 hours. "Just in case", I guess. I'd normally be happy happy to do it, but I've already got appointments made (doing taxes).

I guess I could have cancelled the appointment, but it'd be short notice and that'd mean the preparer would potentially be out of money in that case (too short notice for her to make a new appointment).

So now I feel guilty that I'm not there for Julie when she needs me.

Dammit.

Today has not been a good day!