@ehBeth,
You were right to worry wart, my computer had a series of black veils. (No, not blue ones, black..).
Much travail followed.
Complications happened.
Found some guy who could fix it for little.
Sort of like life and death for me, though it's true I could survive sans internet.
Still..
Glad to be back.
I did buy pork loin on sale today, in anticipation of neo guro shaping my macchina up. He showed up late afternoon, stayed around to see it all connected and working. So, like I've got a new saint.