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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
Yeah, I just today sold my Toshiba G15 laptop (worth about $1000 used and $300 broken) to one of my friends for $350.
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right there : that's why i don't yet have a portable computer.
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Originally Posted by RWood
People that I have not heard from for years have called recently looking for a place to stay and tickets for the Inauguration. Just because I have lived in the DC area for years they assume that it is easy for me to get tickets. For some of the callers I had to look up the old school yearbooks and still did not remember a few of them.
Of course, happy to have you stay here. No need for you to pay for a hotel or motel room that have been sold out for almost a month. No need for you to pay that $750 or more a night for the few rooms that are left. So what if I haven't seen you or talked to you in 40 years. What was your name again?
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oooh, i hate that. that happens to me too, sometimes when there are big events but sometimes just because i live in the big city and people think that means i'll be so happy to have them as guests for their vacation. sheesh. i've had people call my parents to get my telephone number. here's a little tip : if you don't know how to reach me without calling my mother, we're probably not close enough for you to stay at my house. it's not a hotel, yo !
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Originally Posted by RWood
Like Ricky, I keep several computers around the place (main, music server, video/graphics editing station, data server, wife's computer, laptops, spare.) In addition to the data backup, I keep the main data files on their own hard disk in the main computer. If I need to rebuild that one (and I have rebuilt it several times), I can move the data drive to another computer and continue as if nothing has happened.
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i wish i could do that. but apart from the cost of buying them, there is also a little problem of "where the h*ll am i going to put another computer ??" (really small flat).
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Hang in there Zelda, it is painful but over time so much stuff builds up in a computer and it is good to clean it out every now-and-then.
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i keep telling myself that. i hope one day to actually believe it. so far, not quite convinced.
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Originally Posted by nekokami
What am I doing right now... trying to catch up with a bit of MR before heading off to Quaker Meeting.  It's been hectic this week! And I'll be away from internet for most of the day. I'll try to pop in again this evening. I miss you all! |
we miss you too neko ! we'll save you a seat for when you get back.