John:

Thanks for the sympathy. We're just about recovered and we think we only lost two files which we had paper copies of so we re-entered them. All of our applications seem to be working, too. Actually, the computer seems much faster and better behaved than before so maybe it wasn't a total loss.

The reason? It's us. Once before we tried to have a computer upgraded and it was a horrible mess. The shop finally returned the machine to us but it never worked right again.

Moral: If you're haunted, don't upgrade, buy a new one.

Bev and Jerry