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So I was shopping for a laptop. Of course I probably don't need a ruggedized one (I certainly can't afford one that advertises itself as rugged) , but I do need (for certain values of need) one that isn't quite as flimsy as the one I picked up a couple of years ago. I don't think I dropped it but I do think that the dust (I live in very dusty conditions) has caused the hinges to give up the ghost, so it is on its last legs as it is pulling apart due to the hinges not working.
So I've poked around and can get refurbished Panasonic ones that are several generations old (honestly that probably doesn't matter to me) in the $700 range. Something I can tote, something that will be reasonably fast, heck I could back migrate to my older celeron based lappy that is still working since the game I was playing ended and that was the main reason for buying a newer lappy. The older lappy keeps working, it hasn't failed due to bad hinges and though it is slow, it certainly will do for word processing (writing) which is what I'm sure my few remaining fans would like me to get on with....
Okay, not the worst sort of one, but still on Christmas it was snowing, still snowing some today and blowing.... BRRR! Winds moving enough snow that I spent an hour or so today shoveling snow to make paths around my mom's place. I've a week off and tomorrow I'm going to see if I can get a car I picked up passed smog. If I can then it is off to DMV to get it in my name, if not then I think I'll give it to my sister who lives in Klamath Falls Or. She doesn't have to get it past a smog check there, so much easier to get the transfer. I may ask to drive it for a bit... Well I will need it for a week or so, since my Mazda is in a snowdrift that was at least bumper deep with a flat tire... At least it is in my mom's yard... But until the snow at least quits blowing I don't intend to try to change that tire!!
I wish you all the best in this season. If you celebrate some other holiday at this time of year, know I don't intend to slight you, but I can't know what you might celebrate and don't have a complete list, so just know I hope you are well.
Writing? Since someone complained that I should reserve this for news about my writing, I must say everything remains in hiatus.
As a resident in the state of California, some time today I intend to engage in two acts that are dangerous. One a great many people consider far worse than the other.
Given my age I had been waiting out the initial trial stage of the COVID shots. AKA the Fauci Ouchy. Given all that I can discern about that treatment I'm holding out until my primary care provider (VA) forces me to take it in order to visit face to face. Many people seem to think this will be the most dangerous thing I chronically do. However, the numbers that I can find say it is not.
The other very dangerous activity I will engage in is a drive of around 120 miles. Most people would never even think of that drive as dangerous, yet of the two activities that I chronically do, it is actually the more dangerous both to me and to those whom I may meet on the road. Especially since I seem to have bad reactions to driving to the point of nearly falling asleep on the road to work several mornings a week.
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