> Drat, now I gave away my cover and have to take the cyanide pill.

You don't take a cyanide pill; you simply grind down on the back molar on the lower right.

> One says they do the job in three minutes so I figured they'd do it while connected.

I'm with you on avoiding that; the only people to whom I give on-line access to my deuced Mac(hina) are Verizon techs.

The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.

In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire