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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
Well, I am FINALLY throwing away a lot of my old computer equipment. I've been holding on to it for what seems like forever, but I started stuffing it into trash bags today and it is going bye-bye.
It's sad, but true, Goodwill and Salvation Army won't take this stuff ... and even people at Freecycle don't want it. So, I'm going to stop feeling crummy that it still works and yet it is going into a landfill. I hate it that it is obsolete before its useful life is up ... but that's life and I just do NOT have the room or the reason to hang on to this stuff any more.
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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
Have you tried FreeCycle.org? Zelda put me onto them, and I've given away my AT&T DSL modem. I'm hoping to get some table lamps "in return".
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In answer to your question ... yep. You have to understand, there are by and far two types of people in this area. The first type is richer than god, but doesn't know the first thing about computers. They purchase new freaking expensive computers and then never get much farther with them than running the screen saver on their ginormous screens.
The second type is poorer than dirt and doesn't know anything about computers either.
However, every once in a long while, I do meet someone who likes to build an repair computers .... and I met one the other night (my plumber .... nice guy, although really far to the right politically and religiously . .. tried to convince me that the slaves held in the US prior to the Civil War were actually "happy" being enslaved .... his word not mine .... and yes, we got into a lively debate about religion and politics ... he was here five hours doing a one hour job ... but he didn't charge by the hour and it was an interesting discussion, but I digress), and he's going to take some of my gear home with him today. Yay!!
