What A Character

Today I went to see a computer repairman to find out why my computer doesn't start up and stay up like it's supposed to.

When I arrived at the dude's office, he was sitting in the tiny space, looking at YouTube. I can't fault him there, because I can and usually do surf YouTube for hours on end.

I plopped my tower onto his desk and told him my issues. He plugged up the computer and ran some kind of hard drive test on it. Of course, the test came back clean as a whistle. The darn thing never shut down while I was there. But that's not what this post is about. This post is about our conversations during the testing.

When I say that man is one of the most interesting cats I've ever met, I'm still selling him short. He's 63 years old and has LIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We discussed Viagra for damn near 40 minutes. I've never used it, but he has! And he sings its praises. Heck, one time, he even took himself to an emergency room because the darn drug had him erect for so long he was in excruciating pain. He LOVES, LOVES, LOVES women, so it didn't take him long to climb back into the Viagra saddle. In fact, he showed me a box filled with vitamins and other pills and potions designed to keep us old mature cats healthy and hard virile!

The dude is a Marine. Married two or three times, but no children. He received a call while I was there from his sister. Since the office was so small, he couldn't go anywhere to talk privately, so I heard everything he said to her. I surfed the internet on my phone to keep me occupied, but my ears perked up when he asked his sister if she still wants to kill herself. What the @#%!???? She apparently replied, "No."

He is a guitarist, so he wanted me to hear his talent. He picked up his favorite electric guitar and played along to a few bluesy YouTube videos. The ol' dude sounded pretty good, too.

Truth be told, I got a kick outta talking with him for the dang near two hours I was there. I walked away from the place with the exact, same computer, in the exact same condition it was in when I arrived. But, luckily, no charge for the test he conducted.

The dude has energy for days, so I wish him the very best! And I hope if I'm blessed to reach 63, I, too, am filled with as much vitality as he!

That would be awesome!