me: My email won’t let me sign in.
IT guy: What’s your password?
me: ••••••
IT guy: I just tried it and it works for me. If you reboot you should be ok.
me: Thanks. But now I have to kill my two podmates who just learned my password. Can you provide an alibi?
IT guy: Sure. But I charge 50 bucks an hour.
me: click.
And thus two souls lived to see another Christmas because of the high cost of technical advice …
i like margarine 
50 bucks, that is a bargain!
Good point. He could provide your alibi AND retrieve your hard drive. Have you had any luck getting your stuff back? Still sleeping in the doghouse?
Ya know, you can’t teach an OLD dog new tricks.
50 bucks an hour . . hmm . . your doctor charges more then that