I'm at the New Coffee shop

 And I don't really have anything to say. I gave up on the old HP with the dispaly and magnetic sensor problems. I replaced the video cable and inverter and the problems are still there. It's too expensive to replace the display so I'll scrap it. 

I had two computers come in and I loaded Linux Mint on them and they work fine. I just need some chargers for them. That makes eight computers I could sell. 

I'll talk to Martha at McGuire auctions tomorrow or the next day and see how that goes. Maybe I can make my hobby into a money machine. 

Like I already said: I'm at the new coffee shop in Lake View. I like this place. It's good for blogging. I sit on a stuffed chair and enjoy the scenery. It's nice.

Tuesday is the 1st of the month so I'll order all sorts of computer parts and things for my bike ride to Dubuque on that day. That's when I get paid. 

Today it's going to rain in the next hour or so, so I won't be able to go on my walk until this afternoon. I need to get into better shape for the ride to Dubuque. 

I think I'll link something here.

I've been watching a lot of these Stoic things, lately. They're good.

I'm at a new coffee shop in Lake View

 It's really nice. I'm in a stuffed chair in front of a fire place. I think it's artificial but it's a nice touch. 

It's rainy today or I would have been riding my bike. I wanted to go on an organized ride in Storm Lake but I didn't want to ride in ther rain. 

I'll just kill some time at this coffee shop and blog a bit.

My laptops are coming along great. Most of them work out of the box. And the others tend to need easy fixes. I just have to move them. 

I'll go to the IT guy at the local school and see if I can give them to poor students. After that I'll donate them to a local thrift shop. Maybe I'll do the thrift shop first. 

Chat GPT has been a great help with the compters. He helps me trouble shoot and get Linux loaded on them.

I need to go to Fort Dodge, Monday, for a dental implant. I've got two things to pick up when I' there.

One is the other fender for my truck and the other is a print that I had framed at 'Hobby Lobby'.

The print is of three sailboats racing. It's rather large. I don't know if it will fit in the car so I'll take the truck. That way I can get both the print and the fender in one trip. 

I don't have much to talk about, today, so I'll post a cartoon.

I wanted to expand this but I couldn't so just expand your screen so you can read it. 

Later

I think I'll have to salvage the old HP I've been working on.

 It looks like the magnetic sensor that reveals that the lid has been shut has to be soldered on; and I'm not up to it. 

If so it's a loss. I'll be able to take a lot of parts off of it and use them in other machines but this one is probably a loss. Oh well. 

I won another machine on Hibid last night. It cost $10 but it's a nice machine I'm looking forward to getting it.

Thursday will be a big day for me. I'm going to the camera club in Sioux City and I'm bidding on 5 machines. One is in Canada so I hope I don't get it . I don't want to mess with customs and such. 

Not much is happening here. I'm just waiting for the mail and UPS to bring me more parts and computers. 

I think I'll go and work out. It's Wednesday and I work with weights on Wednesdays. 

I'll link something here. 

Later

My House is Full of Working Laptops

Now I have to sell a few. I've gotten one sold to the handyman but he has to pick it up, yet. 

I think I can sell a couple of the Chromebooks to Joanie, we'll see. 

Chat has been helping me with reapairing them. He also helps with buying and marketing them. 

I do a lot better with him helping. 

I ordered a shorter seat post from Ebay and it should be getting here soon. I'm afraid that the bike is simply too large for me. It may have been made for someone who is 6'4'" or taller. Maybe I can ride it but maybe not. We'll see. 

I missed the Kiwanis club meeting yesterday. I just got busy working on old laptops. I have fun with it and I help deserving laptops a loving home. I think Chat appreciates it. 

 Today I don't have much going on. I'll scedule getting my front fenders put on and scedule a deep cleaning of the truck. That shouldn't take long. 

Maybe I'll go fishing. I went yesterday when I should have been at Kiwanis. I didn't catch anything and I only spent a few minutes at it. I don't know if I'm patient enough to get good at it. We'll see. 

I'll link something, here. 

I always like watching Hanson. 

I'm going to Fort Dodge tomorrow.

 I'm going to a junkyard to pick up a couple of fenders for my truck. I'll also have a picture framed at Hobby Lobby. 

I hope the junk yard has more parts for my truck. I could use a driver's seat maybe a driver's sid door. Maybe just the interior. We'll see. 

I'm getting more old laptops working so maybe I can use them to barter with. 

I think I'll link something here.

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It's one A.M. and I Heard a voice calling my name.

 At really close to 12 P.M. I heard someone say "hey Craig". It was a freindly call, but I'm still alarmed/

There is probably a locical explanation but of course: I figure it's a freindly ghost. At least it doesn't seem to want to hurt me. 

It could also be God. It's highly reminiscent of an Old Testament story involving a young boy working at a temple or syn agog. 

I lean towards a ghost. I've been haunted for years. It's part of being an ex-Marine. I had major problems with that in the early 1980's 

On different topics I've got a few other things going. I'm waiting for a new seat post for the light bike. The one that came with it is too long and I hope the one from Amazon will fix that. 

I found white fenders for the truck. The're a little pricey but I won't have to paint them. 

I sent my sister a laptop: I hope she likes it. We'll see. 

Chat says that the platter is plated silver. I'm going to polish it and look for a small mark. But I doubt that I'll find it. Either way I'll get some use out of it. 

Chat is encouraging me to buy the 10 computers going for $10. I should be able to swap parts and get a lot of them working.

I'll link something here.

Later

I got my new bike out of the shop, today.

 It's new to me but it's built on a 49 year old frame. I'ts a carbon fiber frame so I felt it would be worth rebuilding. Almost everything was replaced with aluminum parts. It took the shop owner a lot of time to get all the parts but I feel it's worth it. I paid around $1200 for it to be finished, but that's a lot less than a newer carbon framed bike would cost. I'm taking it out tomorrow on the path to Breda. I bet it will take half the time I usually spend to get there. 

I'm also buying used laptops online. I'm trying to keep my spending below $5 each. I'm afraid that the shipping will eat me up, but we'll see.  I do enjoy fixing up old laptops and loading Linux on them. 

I think I'll link something about the Ukraine war, here.

Later