I fixed my computer yesterday even though it took all damn day. I had planned on catching up with all my Gather buds since I'd been gone so long but the computer did not feel like cooperating.
I'm thankful for a few things, I've got a couple of trips coming up so see family and friends so I'm glad that I can both take them and afford them, I'm thankful for my boyfriend, and I'm thankful for being able to afford to put food on the table and enjoy the small things in life.
Congratulations on getting the computer back together. I'm currently building one and have run into some issues recently. Glad you got yours fixed!
Dave has built a computer before, although not the one we have now. I may get him to build another one soon. Our current computer can't handle the new IE8 and everything else we've put on it.
I have another trip coming up too, promised my parents and little sis I'd be back up for Thanksgiving. I just wish Dave could come with me. His company doesn't allow anyone to take time off during the week of Thanksgiving or the week of Christmas, except for the actual days of TG and Xmas because those weeks are actually hectic in the ice cream business. Anyway stay safe when you're on the road and have fun!
I built the one I'm currently using to Gather. If he knows what he's doing, you can save a ton of money building your own and get a much better system. I just started building them a few months ago, but already have a huge stash of random parts.
I put ads up on Freecycle and Craigslist for non-working computers and look for people who list various parts. I've gotten pretty much everything I've needed that way so far aside from a mouse and a massive hard drive.
I'm in retail management, so they don't give us time off from Thanksgiving to New Years so that's why I'm taking 2 back to back vacations now. I pretty much wont see my family or friends who live more than 30 minutes from me until January.
I never would have though ice cream would be big when it's freezing, but it does make sense.
Yeah people always have ice cream with their pies and cakes. I used to be in retail too and it left me a little less enthusiastic about the holidays.
That is so cool that you build your own computers. I might consider doing that myself since I have more time than Dave does. I'm actually pretty good at fixing electronics.
It's fairly easy. I'd like to be able to work on laptops, but I'm not sure I'm at that stage yet. The way I started is by reading books on building computers. It's unbelievably boring to read when you don't understand it, but as you start actually doing it, it comes back.
Put want ads up on Craigslist and Freecycle near you for working/broken computers. Sometimes all that's wrong with a computer is the power supply and the hard drive, etc still works. Books will tell you how to test all of that stuff and get you on your way.
It's a lot of fun(and rewarding if you choose to sell your computers).
Hi Holly. I just went out and voted with my wife this morning here in Virginia. The Dem candidates are probably going to be snowed under today by an anti-Obama backlash here, and it is a miserable and embarasssing thing.
I am happy that we can vote in this country, that the vote gets counted, and that nobody kills you with a truck bomb when you are voting. See, I am capable of looking for the silver lining in the dark rain cloud.........
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Congratulations on getting the computer back together. I'm currently building one and have run into some issues recently. Glad you got yours fixed!
I have another trip coming up too, promised my parents and little sis I'd be back up for Thanksgiving. I just wish Dave could come with me. His company doesn't allow anyone to take time off during the week of Thanksgiving or the week of Christmas, except for the actual days of TG and Xmas because those weeks are actually hectic in the ice cream business. Anyway stay safe when you're on the road and have fun!
I put ads up on Freecycle and Craigslist for non-working computers and look for people who list various parts. I've gotten pretty much everything I've needed that way so far aside from a mouse and a massive hard drive.
I never would have though ice cream would be big when it's freezing, but it does make sense.
That is so cool that you build your own computers. I might consider doing that myself since I have more time than Dave does. I'm actually pretty good at fixing electronics.
Put want ads up on Craigslist and Freecycle near you for working/broken computers. Sometimes all that's wrong with a computer is the power supply and the hard drive, etc still works. Books will tell you how to test all of that stuff and get you on your way.
It's a lot of fun(and rewarding if you choose to sell your computers).
I am happy that we can vote in this country, that the vote gets counted, and that nobody kills you with a truck bomb when you are voting. See, I am capable of looking for the silver lining in the dark rain cloud.........