Computer dirge

My computer is well and truly dying. Lastnight it just kept stopping. And then I had to start it from scratch and go through this business of how the files weren't shut down properly so now it has to check them for errors and then it went through my whole email archive folder and so on, and then asked me did I want to restore the last IE session etc etc. Meanwhile unrecoverable minutes of my life were going by.

So then I had this brilliant idea that I could do some DIY cleaning, since a good clean out seems to be one answer (according to google) for your computer overheating. So I got out the vacuum and stuck it on the vent on the side of the computer for a while, thinking I might suck out some dust. Then I ran the vacuum cleaner over the keyboard and sucked out some fluff. But then there was that ominous-sounding clinking up the pipe and I discovered that I sucked up the O key. So then I had to go rummaging through the vacuum cleaner, in my own little dust storm, looking for my o. Then I couldn't get it back on properly - that is a delicate business and I sat there fiddling about with the tweezers in frustration, because all I really wanted to do was type something up to finish it.

So now I have a computer that works for about twenty minutes before it spontaneously shuts down and types an o about every third go. I think it's time ...