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For the last twenty months, I've been experiencing serious health problems. A pair of wounds on my ankles that were initially diagnosed as venous-stasis (a condition most people don't develop until they're elderly...I'm 31). They weren't supposed to take this long to heal, but in December 2004 I was hit by an infection severe enough that it required the strongest antibiotics known to medical science to control and more than tripled the size of my wounds (when I last looked at them three weeks ago, the smallest of the three was approximately 2 inches by 2.5 inches across and a quarter inch deep). Every goddamned medical test known to modern science has failed to identify the cause of the problems. I've had blood tests done on me for everything from rare cancers to HIV to exotic diseases. Nothing. I've had skin grafts, surgeries, every damned treatment they know performed on me and with little or no results. I've endured a half-dozen infections in my wounds which each time have set me back further and further. While some of the treatment methods have managed to make it a bit easier on me (this time last year I was passing out weekly when they removed my bandages.and it took 1-2 hours of soaking them to remove, now with the new bandage methods it takes 5 minutes and is relatively painless unless there's excessive bleeding). Staying in bed is pretty much the only way some days to keep my wounds from bleeding (which when the blood dries makes the bandages cut into the wounds even more). A wireless laptop from bed is the only way to avoid either laying in bed 24/7 or continuing to pay the physical price for logging in here and suffering later (when someone once asked why I don't pay attention to PMs, it's because while I'm online, I have to take advantage of my time and cram as much activity in as possible before the wounds start bleeding and I have to head back to bed...so now you know the reason why).

So, I bought the goddamned laptop. The damned thing was purchased in January and I was told to expect delivery in 3-5 weeks. So, preparations for the laptop, including upgrading from ****ty dial-up to DSL to support wireless operation were made for week #6 (and due to my geographic location, which by the worst of luck I happen to live in the worst spot in the entire Midwest for coverage, DSL costs more than twice broadband in other locations). After EIGHT weeks, I received a letter saying it would be up to another two months before it'd arrive. Additionally, I'm trying to get my MUD started and it's near to impossible for me to hop online for an hour here or there an coordinate with everyone. I spent the last three nights trying everything, consulting with no fewer than four other people including a friend of mine who's a network engineer and sets up networks for telecommunications companies for a living and had no luck. Nearest they can figure, Lenovo didn't install everything correctly. Well, if it took 12 weeks to deliver something they promised in 3-5, how the #### long can I expect a group of retarded monkeys to repair something? Contacting them is another joke...nothing like waiting weeks for an email response and hours on hold) I'd rather just write them off as incompentant hacks and be done with it. I want nothing more to do with them. I highly encourage each of you to avoid them as well. IBM may have faith in them, but that says something about the fools running IBM.

Take care,

Jason