The Tower

Although Dad's computer desk has a nice little alcove that is just the right size for a computer tower, you will always find the tower for Dad's computer sitting out in the middle of the floor.  To understand why this happens, let's review what happens:

1. Tower inserted into proper alcove

2. Dad loses his internet connection

3. Dad removes tower from alcove, temporarily placing it in the middle of the floor

4. Dad unplugs all routers and switches, plugs ethernet cable directly into back of computer

5. Dad calls cable company, finds out that internet connection will be restored in 1 hour

Now, here's the tricky part.  You are probably thinking that step 6 is "Dad restores all router connections" and step 7 is "Dad returns tower to alcove".  But in fact, step 5 was the last step.  This is why the tower is still sitting out in the middle of the floor when you come to visit 4 months later.