Do all men have hard heads?

Don M. said:
I don't know about being "hard headed" but whenever I'm trying to fix something, I need to concentrate Fully on the task. Having someone hovering nearby asking questions, etc., just extends the "outage". I've been that way forever. When I was working, if some manager kept interrupting my thought process, I would simply stand up and engage him in a polite conversation. It usually didn't take long for them to realize; that the longer they "bugged" me, the longer their computer would be down.
The same holds true around the house. If my wife finds a problem she informs me, then gives me some space and time to investigate the issue.
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This is why some auto mechanics have a sign on the wall that says work is $50 an hour and $75 if you help.
 

I read somewhere that said that men are genetically programed to solve problems. A woman feels good just talking about her problems to someone like another woman. Tell that same problem to a man and in a second, his brain is turning and turning while he is thinking how to solve the ladies' problem.

Your husband is trying to solve the problem but it is taking him ages. Yes, he should call for help but hey, he's a guy and he will do what most guys will do. Anyway, good luck, with your husband. He's really not a bad guy but darn it....... those crazy genes!

 
Sassycakes said:
If you just heard a loud noise it was me banging my head against the
wall. My husband just answered the phone and it was a spam call. It came up on the tv so I told him not to answer it because it was spam. He said Yes to everything they asked him so God only knows what he agreed to. He said he didn't pay attention to the questions but just said yes!
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Answering one of these Spam calls, and saying YES is Very Risky. Many of these callers are recording the voice of the person who answers, and their use of the word YES can be "culled" as a means to initiate purchases, etc.
 
Just a little information about how I spent 2 hours last night. My Grandson was going to come over and set up the new modem, but he had to cancel because He had to go to work. So my son-in-law came over to help my husband set up the new modem So for 2 hours we had no phone tv or cable service. Nothing got resolved and so they connected the old one again. Proving to me once again Men have hard heads. So this morning I called and asked if someone from comcast could come out to set things up. I really hope they send a woman.
 
Not understanding the difficulty.
1. Internet supply cable in from internet provider.
2.Small power in cable
3.If you use a router a cat 6 cable feeding the router.

#4. Would be a modem with a phone port if your have a land line that works thru your modem.

All wires are unique to where they plug into the modem.

Are you sure it's the wires & not identifying the new modem that is where the problem lies?

Hard heads are good, otherwise we'd give up & miss out on the congratulations on FINALLY solving the problem.
 
I worked with a lot of guys who are good mechanics, but when it came to written instruction,
those were the first thing ignored and the first thing thrown away.

Most of the equipment I worked on in the USAF had what's known as a 'Tech Order'.
Basically, a step-by-step procedure which had to be followed.
Not following the 'TO' could have a serious outcome for yourself and others.

Later in my life working at an Ethanol plant and working on commercial HVAC systems,
saw this numerous times.

With the complexity of today's equipment, what works for one, might not translate to another.
This causes people to skip steps and usually takes longer to do and sometimes causes more problems than the ones you started with.
Simply removing screws or nuts to get 'inside' a piece of equipment always made me cringe.

A good mechanic is someone with a vast working knowledge of equipment, but isn't afraid to check
for something new.

I still have manuals for equipment I'll never work on, let alone ever see again.

Guess I'm 'Hard-Headed' about details.
" The Devil in the Details " sums up my take on installation and repairs.
 

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