Ho Ho Ho and Merry Christmas from a Grinchy old man! And why am I feeling Grinchy? I'm feeling angry because Microsoft wants me to update my old computer again! THEY ASKED ME TO DO THAT LAST YEAR AND I SIMPLY SWITCHED TO ANOTHER NET BROWSER. THAT WORKED FOR A YEAR BUT NOW MICROSOFT IS AT IT AGAIN! THEY WANT ME TO UPGRADE! I DID TRY TO UPDATE ONCE OR TWICE BUT OOOPS, THE NEW WINDOWS WON'T WORK ON MY OLD XP. WHAT A SURPRISE! I HAVE TO BUY A NEW COMPUTER AT A MICROSOFT STORE. HELL! OOOPS...SORRY SANTA CLAUSE! I DON'T WANT AND CAN'T AFFORD TO UPGRADE MY OLD WINDOWS filled XP COMPUTER...AGAIN! SO WHAT IF IT IS NINE YEARS OLD! IT STILL WORKS GREAT OFFLINE! THAT MEANS WHEN I'M NOT ON THE INTERNET BLOG WRITING THESE WORDS OF WISDOM, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO TROUBLE USING MY XP COMPUTER OR THE CD PLAYER OR THE DVD PLAYER OR EVEN THE MICROPHONE WHICH ARE ALL ATTACHED TO MY X.P. COMPUTER! STRANGE IS IT NOT? I ONLY HAVE TROUBLE WITH MICROSOFT WHEN I ATTEMPT TO GO ONLINE AND UPGRADE MY WINDOWS PROGRAMS! TODAY, MY MICROSOFT BROWSER AND EMAIL NO LONGER WORK. WHY? BECAUSE I RELOADED MY OLD WINDOWS XP PROGRAM INTO MY COMPUTER IN A SAD ATTEMPT TO GET BACK ON LINE AFTER I DID THE UNTHINKABLE. I ATTEMPTED TO UPGRADE. IT WAS A TOTAL FAILURE AND EVEN THE BELL NETWORK PROVIDERS COULD NOT HELP ME. THEY HAVE A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH MICROSOFT. HOWEVER, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT AGREEMENT WITH VIDEOTRON OR APPLE COMPUTERS. REVENGE IS MINE HO HO HO! I NOW PREFER TO BORROW THIS SEVEN YEAR OLD APPLE COMPUTER TO SEND OUT THIS MESSAGE OF GOOD CHEER TO ALL THE NICE PEOPLE OUT THERE THINKING OF BUYING A NEW COMPUTER THIS CHRISTMAS 2013. DO NOT BUY A P.C. WITH MICROSOFT APPLICATIONS AND YOU WON'T NEED TO UPGRADE EVERY CHRISTMAS. MICROSOFT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS FOR ME SINCE I BEGAN TO USE P.C. COMPUTERS BACK TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. UPGRADING IS A CON THEY PLAY TO MAKE YOU PAY MORE AND MORE ON CHRISTMAS DAY. POETIC IS IT NOT? APPLE COMPUTERS DO NOT USE MICROSOFT SYSTEMS. APPLES WORK AND KEEP ON WORKING YEAR AFTER YEAR. Think about it and MERRY CHRISTMAS!