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9. I have an old geezer brain.

Smartness almost always means outsmarting myself.

I ran computer networks and ran into just about every problem imaginable, and some that were unimaginable.

People would ask me to troubleshoot and fix problems with the internet. Almost always it was some transient problem hundreds of miles away that techs were scrambling to fix.

So I looked busy, and the problem was fixed in a short while. My own equipment was easy to check in about a minute.

Retired. Enjoying piano and photography, and chiming in on DU when I feel either helpful, motivated, or in a devilish mood.

Computers are our friend, except when designed and managed by sociopaths. Unfortunately, they are.