Our lives seem to be full of items that are constantly breaking or needing adjustment. The standard smartphone or DVD player are typical of these things we use daily yet seem to need the skills of a qualified technician to fix them.
This can range anywhere from a $60-an-hour repair at the local store to an 8 year old neighbor kid who can adjust, tweak, program and set the clock on any item.
Read MoreHave you ever noticed how many books are targeted for Dummies?
They have Poker for Dummies, Grammar for Dummies, Snowboarding for Dummies, Kindle for Dummies (enter 275 other titles here) and last but not least -- yes you guessed it -- Sex for Dummies.
Now Ol' Dutch has known some really dumb people in his life but it appears to me that most of them knew how to do the latter as evidence by the numbers of rug rats running around this world.
Lest you think this column is about sex, I’m sorry to disappoint. It is about a dummy, though, me and my adventures repairing my own laptop. It is surprising how much we depend on our computers and especially me for concocting a good story for the weekly column.
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