“But, but I’m going to fix that old computer . . .”
Jesus. How many times did I say that to Lisa when she so gently inquired as to my plans for the heap of old computer crap I was hoarding. Yeah, I’m gonna fix some 20yr old Macs and sell them on Ebay. For what, maybe $20.00, maybe? “I need to go through each computer and get any upgrade cards I put in, I’m gonna sell those on EBay too . . .” Yeaaahhhh. It’s funny the roadblocks you put in front of yourself when you don’t want to do something. Like, say getting a colonoscopy cuz yer getting near 50 years old. “No one, including a gastro Doc is touching the button, got it?” That’s a fight for another day, back to the computer crap.
“But that (3,000lb) scanner (that I paid thousands for) still works,” puled I. “Honey, you can buy a better scanner for eighty bucks these days, who will want that old dinosaur?” sez my smart wifey. “Well . . . “ that was the best I could come back with, lame-o. So I finally caved and loaded all that old computer shit into the XT and off we went to the Montgomery County Division of Solid Waste (Recyling Center).
What a cool place. I implore you to load up your “can’t-bare-to-part-with-these-I’m-going-to-fix-them-up-and-sell-them-on-EBay-treasures” and take them to be recycled. They take electronics, batteries, metals, wood, paint, kids, paper, books, on and on. Okay, they don’t take kids, I was just seeing if you were paying attention. We dropped off all of our computer stuff in a big box labeled, “Computer stuff.” Simple. TV stuff went into the “TV stuff” box. There are people at every station to help you. Did I forget to mention we also chucked about 10 old cable boxes? Where did they come from? There are signs near the electronic drop-off targeted especially for me, “ABSOLUTLEY NO SCAVENGING!” I gotta admit, I was looking through the box of other people’s old used shit and was actually saying to myself, “damn there’s an old Mac LC, why with just a few parts I could . . .” Let’s all say it out loud together shall we. “I could sell it on EBay.” Do you know how close I am to being on Style Network’s “Clean House” ? Actually, that wouldn’t be so bad, “Hey Niecy, how’s it going?”
I also need to admit how great it felt to just junk that stuff and move on. I now know it will be taken care of properly and that’s a much better outcome than I had planned. Plus, I now have way more room for any new projects I can scavenge! Let’s see, shoot on over to Craig’s List, and search for “used Macs.” Yeah baby, gotta run.
and our next trip to the dump will be very soon when I get him to go through those books. I can’t wait!