Last One To Post Wins [149]

Caledon Ken said:

Morning and afternoon folks.

So far nice day here.

Hope beeman is okay. Saw Bat on here, that is good. You both stay safe.


Was at somebodies house yesterday to fix machine and got to discussing their previous machine. I ask what was wrong with it. Tech told them it had memory issues, needed to be replaced. I brought it home, ton of malware on it. Ran malwarebytes, updated to 1809 and it runs just fine. Should be an interesting discussion when I return it.

Morning Ken. Sounds about right. I bet the tech was also a salesman.

kado897 said:

Morning Ken. Sounds about right. I bet the tech was also a salesman.

That's about par for the course in our "throwaway" society nowadays. It's not working? Get a new one.

Borg 386 said:

Yeah, that's basically my Wife's family. No matter how much I gripe & complain & tell them to RUN THE DAMN AV PROGRAMS WEEKLY!, they don't .

Caledon Ken said:

Where are my manners

Morning Mike

Morning Borg

Afternoon Keith

Morning Dr Borg & Ken.

Yep, a salesman indeed.

I always tell people I don't sell gear. I will buy it for them or they can buy it. That way I'm not conflicted.


Morning Josey

Morning Ken, Wynona, and Josey.

Josey Wales said:

Morning Dr Borg & Ken.

Morning Josey. Hope the weather is giving you a break in the aches.

Caledon Ken said:

Yep, a salesman indeed.

I always tell people I don't sell gear. I will buy it for them or they can buy it. That way I'm not conflicted.


Morning Josey

When I was in college a couple years back, one of the kids had a charger that the wire broke on. They all said "Just buy another one."

I told them it was just a wire that needed to be reattached & I could fix it right there. Someone had a screwdriver, took it apart, reattached the wire & fixed it in 10 mins. One of them commented "Would have been easier to just buy a new one." Never mind the fact I just saved someone the cost of a new charger. I know they're not that expensive nowadays, but that's just me, if it can be fixed & used more, then that's what I'll do.

Morning TC

In some US states they have laws or are trying to create laws along the lines of "Right to Repair". Way ahead of Canada.

We need it, some much stuff is just winding up in the landfills.

Caledon Ken said:

Morning TC

In some US states they have laws or are trying to create laws along the lines of "Right to Repair". Way ahead of Canada.

We need it, some much stuff is just winding up in the landfills.

Yep, too much stuff is disposable & not made to last anymore.

@Caledon Ken & other folks, you might find this site interesting. They have guides for repairing a lot of things.

iFixit: The Free Repair Manual

f14tomcat said:

Morning Ken, Wynona, and Josey.

Good Morning TC

Well, my Wife says she wants some breakfast, off to BK I go.

I wish all of you in the storm zone a safe day & hopefully you don't get too many problems from it. Thoughts & prayers for you that all goes well.

Take care & have a good safe day.