When the very same utility that speeds up the process

Becomes - on its own - a problem, and quite the cropper

Then one has to get smart - in taking the bull by the horns

Before it imbeds in one's thighs - any more of its thorns ...



Leaving you dangling free after doing a fresh upload ...

Tapping foot and hands whilst waiting for it to show ...

Feeling totally exasperated by all of the long delays ...

Then - it's time to find out how to do it some other way



Dumping the program which reduces download time 

Making things appear in a lightning flash which blinds

And all because of the payback which comes with it all

Slowing down other processes - making you feel a fool



For every benefit (it seems) ... there's an equal loss

As everything in life comes with an exchanged toss

Use it for what it gives you, as long as you don't stumble

Across the pitfalls ... which make some others tumble ...



And if you run into the very same problems in your travels

Then ... consider carefully ... the way things tend to unravel

So many problems develop along the ever-winding road ...

You find the benefits are outweighed by the time stowed ...



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

10:26am Wed. Sept. 30th, 1998