Kidron
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Daily, I use a 2011 17" Macbook Pro to do many things, including posting text on this forum to you.
Recently, Dec 10th past, my 67yr old Half Bro William Died a horrible death of cancer.
Colon, prostate, lung, brain, ......just awful.
Really suffered that last month, tho the preceding year of misery was determinedly more harsh, month by month.
So, like any believer i was expecting a full recovery and testimony to God's amazing grace, but instead it was a harsh death instead.
One thing i know about terminal illness, is that God heals you by letting you stay or taking you home.
Its a healing ither way.
This is called "life", and i understand that all Healings are temporary, as in the end, you die.
Death is just a part of the process of Life.
Death is the door that leads to eternity.
So, of course i was torn to shreds tho not bitter, and also relieved that his suffering was over, yet distraught as i lost someone special that i love, and thinking about the fact that i had prayed and believed for his healing the best i know how, and yet, he suffered and suffered and ended up in a box in the cold ground anyway.
Now, when these things happen, i get busy., as keeping my mind busy when im in pain is one of the ways i cope.
You have to have a cope mechanism in life for the times of tragedy.
The way i do it, is....i keep a busy mind, i meditate on the Lord more, i work on music, i write, i take photos & do other stuff.... and if possible i'll try to talk to someone who cares.
Thats what i do.......You mileage may very.
So the day following William's death, out came the Mac very early in the am and i started creating music videos that i put on Youtube in the next few days.
I created , i think 30 videos the day after William died, and more the next couple of days as i was really needing to stay calm and focused on something other then grief., So, i spent many hours just making music videos, making music videos, making music videos, making music videos........
But here is the thing....
About a week ago, my Apple Mac died.
"Grey screen".......no warning.
So, i take it immediately to the local Apple Tech shop and leave it, ..... they tell me they'll call me when they have it all figured out.
Next day....."Kidron, it appears that you have a Macbook Pro that had a board issue that is related to the video and its a heat related issue, and it a flaw that many of the 2011 MacBook's exhibited. There was a recall that started in 2015 and ended in 2016, in Jan 2016, whereby the Mac could have had the Mac repaired for FREE......Now However, the time is up, the recall is no longer valid, you are exactly a year late.... and so that will be $670 for the part, not including the cost of the repair.""""
So, i thought...."ouch"......
It was a bit of money, but it was also my somber realization that i had created all those videos that heated up my Mac much much more then usual, and this had created the heat related crack in the solder that was causing the circuit issue in the Mac. = $670 part.
So, yes, it was a flawed Mac from the factory, but, i had caused the flaw to manifest by using the Mac to deal with my loss and pain.
Hummmmmmm.
My initial thought was...."isnt it enough that i just lost my brother to cancer madness.....do i really have to be hit again so soon with a $1000 unexpected bill"?
That is exactly what i felt, thought, etc.
I wonder what you would have thought.
I told them to go ahead and order the part and repair the Mac while i was also deciding internally exactly how i wanted to give them nearly $1000, as i figured that was the ball park end result cost regarding this little odyssey of unexpected financial requirement quest i had been given.
I kept thinking...."had i known, and now im a year late to get it repaired for free".. "wow". !!!!
Apple overnighted the $670 part., and the tech installed it, checked out the Mac, verified it was good to go and called me.
Thats a next day repair, if you are counting.
I go in, calm demeanor, but really kinda upset inside, and the Sales Rep enters my info, prints out a ticket and tells me..."thank you" and hands it to me.
I said.....what's the total?
He said..
"oh no cost, its all free"......
God is good, all the time.
Recently, Dec 10th past, my 67yr old Half Bro William Died a horrible death of cancer.
Colon, prostate, lung, brain, ......just awful.
Really suffered that last month, tho the preceding year of misery was determinedly more harsh, month by month.
So, like any believer i was expecting a full recovery and testimony to God's amazing grace, but instead it was a harsh death instead.
One thing i know about terminal illness, is that God heals you by letting you stay or taking you home.
Its a healing ither way.
This is called "life", and i understand that all Healings are temporary, as in the end, you die.
Death is just a part of the process of Life.
Death is the door that leads to eternity.
So, of course i was torn to shreds tho not bitter, and also relieved that his suffering was over, yet distraught as i lost someone special that i love, and thinking about the fact that i had prayed and believed for his healing the best i know how, and yet, he suffered and suffered and ended up in a box in the cold ground anyway.
Now, when these things happen, i get busy., as keeping my mind busy when im in pain is one of the ways i cope.
You have to have a cope mechanism in life for the times of tragedy.
The way i do it, is....i keep a busy mind, i meditate on the Lord more, i work on music, i write, i take photos & do other stuff.... and if possible i'll try to talk to someone who cares.
Thats what i do.......You mileage may very.
So the day following William's death, out came the Mac very early in the am and i started creating music videos that i put on Youtube in the next few days.
I created , i think 30 videos the day after William died, and more the next couple of days as i was really needing to stay calm and focused on something other then grief., So, i spent many hours just making music videos, making music videos, making music videos, making music videos........
But here is the thing....
About a week ago, my Apple Mac died.
"Grey screen".......no warning.
So, i take it immediately to the local Apple Tech shop and leave it, ..... they tell me they'll call me when they have it all figured out.
Next day....."Kidron, it appears that you have a Macbook Pro that had a board issue that is related to the video and its a heat related issue, and it a flaw that many of the 2011 MacBook's exhibited. There was a recall that started in 2015 and ended in 2016, in Jan 2016, whereby the Mac could have had the Mac repaired for FREE......Now However, the time is up, the recall is no longer valid, you are exactly a year late.... and so that will be $670 for the part, not including the cost of the repair.""""
So, i thought...."ouch"......
It was a bit of money, but it was also my somber realization that i had created all those videos that heated up my Mac much much more then usual, and this had created the heat related crack in the solder that was causing the circuit issue in the Mac. = $670 part.
So, yes, it was a flawed Mac from the factory, but, i had caused the flaw to manifest by using the Mac to deal with my loss and pain.
Hummmmmmm.
My initial thought was...."isnt it enough that i just lost my brother to cancer madness.....do i really have to be hit again so soon with a $1000 unexpected bill"?
That is exactly what i felt, thought, etc.
I wonder what you would have thought.
I told them to go ahead and order the part and repair the Mac while i was also deciding internally exactly how i wanted to give them nearly $1000, as i figured that was the ball park end result cost regarding this little odyssey of unexpected financial requirement quest i had been given.
I kept thinking...."had i known, and now im a year late to get it repaired for free".. "wow". !!!!
Apple overnighted the $670 part., and the tech installed it, checked out the Mac, verified it was good to go and called me.
Thats a next day repair, if you are counting.
I go in, calm demeanor, but really kinda upset inside, and the Sales Rep enters my info, prints out a ticket and tells me..."thank you" and hands it to me.
I said.....what's the total?
He said..
"oh no cost, its all free"......
God is good, all the time.
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