[A Facebook convo with Sharon Gamble & J Credence that spanned 16 hours]
Sharon: Facing the monumental task of setting up a brand-new printer today. I know. Most of you could probably do that with one hand tied behind your backs and half asleep. But I am totally intimidated. Machines and I do not speak the same language. Ray will help me, but machines don’t get along much better with him. Both of us would rather speak to a crowd of 10,000 people about – oh anything – than tackle computers and printers. Haha! Here’s hoping we are stunned by the simplicity of it. It could happen. Right?
J. Credence: Both hubby and I are in the IT world. We have 3 broken printers in the house right now. No, we’re not fixing them… ever… again…
Printers are nearly IMPOSSIBLE and make no logical technological sense. They are the epitome of planned obsolescence and the setup is mind-bending.
Our solution: take the item to Staples or another printing/mail company and have them print it–totally #worthit.
The school sent about 30 printables over for the kids and we just laughed, printing will NOT be happening in this Millenial’s home…
Sharon: We ended up buying more of a high end Brother laser color printer for the ministry. I am thrilled with it now that my friend’s son got it set up for us. Here’s hoping the extra money = extra lasting power!!
J. Credence: I’ve heard good things about Brother. I hope it works FANTASTICALLY for you. I look forward to your review! Maybe we’ll get one Sharon.
Sharon: I have a working printer. Ray + Sharon + 2 hours of frustration yielded = nothing. Ray and Sharon’s friend + 15 minutes = working printer. Perhaps next time we will just go straight to a friend. Seems a wiser use of time!
J. Credence: Sounds good.
Sharon: And if you end up getting one, I can connect you with my friend’s son for installation.
[Sharon Gamble, regular contributor and J. Credence, publisher]
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