Thanks For Nothing, GATEWAY!!  

HI Lamby: That sounds so silly, what the heck do I call you now?
Lamb? Lamby? LambyM? Mykl?? Arrggh!!!

That's a good idea I won't be trashing anything of mine here even if I
do manage to get a laptop or something, that way like you and a few
others I can use the working parts or just "add what I want" into
something that I buy...


Oh God you only had 128MB RAM....HOLY CRAP!!! How did you survive it?

Well believe it or not before I got my computer I bought a WEBTV...
it was pretty good actually for awhile;

there was no ISP service here in my small town when I first got my webtv
and I had to pay LONG DISTANCE PHONE CHARGES on that, THAT REALLY SUCKED
as I had HUGE PHONE BILLS..OMG!! I nearly fainted on the first bill...


I've learned to do a lot of stuff on my computer too over the years,

its not so hard once you start doing it.

I even have worked on a few of my friends computers, the one friend
had a nasty virus in her computer and she hadn't been taking care of it
anyway with updates/or anything to protect it from an attack even though
I had downloaded some stuff for her, showed her how to do things
I even printed out a LIST for her to follow each week, did she do it?
NOOOoooo...anyway long story short I spent a good 3 days on her machine
fixing it and I made her pay me too...BIG TIME!
sHE LEARNED her lesson and so far has continued to keep her computer
up to date and runs her virus programs...stupid nit!!!

Hi Tomjoad: Oh I agree, I have a lot of friends who have used different
parts and stuff and assembled their own very fast and high powered
computers; Nothing wrong with that; (G)!!

I too will be saving it all and using what I want out of it for whatever
I happen to buy next;

A lot of people make that mistake of just throwing stuff out when there are
things you can easily use to build your own "masterpiece"..

Good luck and I hope yours continues to hold out for you;

HI WEbmann: Oh Noooo! you had a computer crap out on you too this month?

Must be something in the "air" then huh? I'm barely holding mine together
by a thread here waiting for payday and waiting to figure out the better
deal I can maybe make on something "new"...that's my goal anyway;

Do you like the Dell laptop? I like Dell I've got several friends who
use Dell and they seem really nice;

I always figured most computers would be lucky to last 5 years as much as I used
mine or say others too, I think we all use them A LOT you know?

I guess they are better built than I think at times Thank God!

My 32 yr. old Tv is on its last leg too...it sucks that everything is falling
apart here on me all at the same time but that's the way my luck runs;

thanks for stopping by and sharing and I hope the Dell keeps working good for you
I might have to check into one of them myself...

Hi Jedi: How are you?? LOL! Yeah the Gateway Website is still around
not sure about the Gateway STore I bought my computer from over in St. Louis, MO
I doubt if it is still there but you never know right?

It stinks though that they no longer have a payment plan, that could be the banks
fault too or who knows? sh!ttttyyy economy or whatever;

16 gig of HD huh? **snort** yeah its not hard to fill that up at all!

Yeah you are very good at computers, and doing things with them I see
that in a lot of your posts, ( for me) I can do the simple things
( part wise ) and so on but the really really technical crap I have
ZERO patience for...I'd have to bash the computer in I'd get so mad!!


I will be hanging onto mine, for parts and stuff ...YEAH BABY!!!

whatever I get though I hope it too lasts me a long time, stinking
crap is so high...EVERYTHING is so blasted high!!!

But its time, I want something NEW!!! ya know?

Same with my "ancient tv" friggin thing is crappin out on me too
some stations are super sh!tty color wise its only 32 yrs. old
Yep that's not a typo tis 32 YRS. OLD..LOL!!

I bought it when I was 16 yrs old for $300.00 My Father nearly sh!t
a brick...but for all these years and all the many many times its been
moved that damn console TV has been GREAT!! only replaced the picture
tube ONE TIME and that was back around 1991 or 1993...amazing huh?

if I ever get stuck with a technical computer problem you'll be getting
a PM from me...LOL!

HI Gabs: Wow! Sounds like your old computer is doing great too for hanging
in there for 8 years now, very good!!

I have wanted a laptop for I don't know how many years, probably since they first came out to be honest...(G)!

Something just always gets in my way of me having one you know?

What a nice man to buy you one on your birthday...(G)!!!

And, if you've been using the same computer for 10 years, then there is no "thanks for nothing" about it. You got a BEAST of a computer!!!! That's like a dinosaur and it's still working!!! You got your money's worth, believe me!!

Hey Girlfriend aka My ( deputy dog), that's a hell of a deal listed
there on craigslist, I sent them an email about it, to see if they
had anything by the time I get paid, then I'd try and drive down
there to have a look and buy something for that price..sh!t!!{{MANY THANKS}} well like I said when I posted this I should NOT complain as it has
lasted me since I bought it in 1999...
I still "hope" to get something "new" someday like a laptop I really really
want a laptop, I'm so sick and tired of NOT having things you know?I know you know what I'm talking about...and for me the only way I'd
be able to get it is to do that rent to own thing...I've not done that
for many many years...
I have found some pretty good online sites that has lower payments
than most places around my town or in Columbia...??? who knows???I know its a pipe dream...
I have to have "something" in my miserable life to live for right?
Right now I'm on this diet which I hate its called the "no money diet"ever hear of it? HA!I even went to get commodities on MOnday, down at the food pantry
I'VE NOT DONE THAT IN YEARS since I first went on disability..
I tell you what, the stuff they give out here is just a JOKE..I MEAN
ITS A JOKE NOW...I know I'm a picky a$$ eater but it was a waste of
my time standing out in that god awful long line in the sun for the crap
I had to drag home with me...really really sad...
I'd write to you what I got but I really don't even want to talk about it
you know?I'M HUNGRY!! I WANT MEAT DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!Thankfully my friend Shirley is bringing me some eggs tomorrow, I'm
out of them too!!
Come on payday!!!

I tried to get commodities here for Mom, but those azzholes wouldn't even return my call - and it was a state agency who referred me!!! I called so many times. I always liked what I got - I loved the cheese and the canned pork, back when I was eligible for it. I made chili verde with the pork.

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The cheese is like a cross between Velveeta and yellow American. I loved it - nice and salty, and it melted great! The pork is seasoned chunks in broth. I just added tomatoes (stewed) and green chilis, some salt pepper and garlic, and thickened it with a roux. Loved it!! You could also just make pork and gravy and eat it over mashed potatoes or buttered noodles. I'd LOVE to have a can myself!! The peanut butter is OK, but I prefer chunky. But, you can use it to make cookies.

Oh, and if I eat a lot of cheese - there is no plugging taking place. Believe me. My pipes get cleaned better than Roto rooter!!!

Hey Girlfriend; What a day its been; my friend Shirley came by to visit
before she went to her doctor appointments, then two of the neighbor
kids came by to visit for awhile, YEAH RAH! had to shooooooo that kid
away I swear she'd just move in here if I let her..GTF REAL!!!!

I've not opened up the pork can yet since Shirley brought me some eggs
today I used a couple of them to make those salmon croquettes...

they didn't give me any peanutbutter, its just that I've had a steady
diet of it A LOT this month and I'm so sick of it;

I've not tried the box of cheese yet, some cheese's plug me up
while others like you said its a massive CLEANING OUT TIME...LOL!!!

and I dearly love cheese but boy it sure hates me...like I said I'll
either be plugged up, or loosey-goosey...LOL!!!

I've had a monster headache most of the day today, need to go to my
chiro but NOOOOO money this month I've suffered and suffered and suffered and now
I have a headache daily...(sigh)!!

COME ON MONDAY...JAN NEEDS SOME MONEY!

I'm running on "fumes" in my car...had to "ask" for toilet paper money today;
do you know HOw much I detest having to degrade myself and ask my Father
for TOILET PAPER MONEY...he acts like he is so damn broke too, he has had
major tractor repairs this month not once but twice, but good grief, he acts
like its a thousand dollars for each dollar given..(sigh)!

Thankfully the guy that does his hay fields has started, and he will get money
for his hay now, and he can SHUT UP about that too...the guy is late again
this year getting it put up..well the man works..and then we've had so much
rain...what does he expect huh?

gonna go watch big brother and then fall into a medicated coma into bed;

ttyl

Ow! My head and Owweee my body!!

Remember you can make mac and cheese, grilled cheese, cheese omelets, cheese sauce for other things, cheese and crackers as a snack (make them Wheat Thins or a generic and they're actually healthy while tasting pretty good). You can freeze half the cheese so you still have it next month.

Did you call the people about the computer?

Also with the pork, you can make a stew like you would with beef - add some cut up carrots, potatoes, chopped onion, maybe some peas or string beans or limas or all of them and thicken the broth, maybe adding some gravy mix for more flavor. Eat with biscuits or put in a pie shell with another on top and make a meat pie. I wish I lived closer - I'd come take one of those off your hands!!

Or, add BBQ sauce to the pork in a crock pot and cook until it all falls apart and eat as sandwiches like pulled pork! YUM!! (Top with some of that cheese - damn I'm hungry!!)

Hey Girlfriend: been having a rough weekend not feeling good at all and having
mega pain in my foot and leg/left leg/foot more than usual...

and a headache from pure hell I know its mostly due to the fact that I need
to see my chiro...going tomorrow no matter what else is going on around me;

got a nasty gutache too, its finally reached a point of "too many pain pills"
I think...LOL!

UGH! somebody shoot me and put me outta my misery;


I might try that pork in my crockpot with some other stuff added of course; (G)!

I won't freeze the cheese as I'm sure I'll have to be eating more of it
throughout the month than I want too...

counting the minutes until the morning when I'll have MONEY on my debit card
from the gov...a$$holes never load the thing until the last minute
only if/when there is a holiday or something will they load it sooner;
probably after midnight or around 2;00 a.m. I'm guessing money will be transferred;

I'LL BE DEAD TO THE WORLD at that time I hope (G)!

anyway going back to my heat pad now...

have felt so bad and there is/has been absolutely CRAP on all weekend long aka
my cable...

Oh yeah I told the person I'd be emailing them back tomorrow after I take
care of bills/etc....etc..etc... to see what I have left I also will be picking
up the neighbor's tv tomorrrow WOOOHOOOOOOO!!! A CLEAR TV SET...what shall I
ever do My poor eye's won't know what to do either...holy sh!t!!!

ttyl

Did you get the Angel Food email I sent to you? There are two locations near you - well, for the plains, anyway. 15 miles west or 16 miles northeast. $30 and enough food for a family of 4 for a week. So, that ought to help you a bit. Check it out.

HI {{Elic}}, that's great!!! Its nice to hear that others too have
had some good luck with their puters and have lasted a long time
thank God!!

I'll still keep using mine until she falls apart completely but I have
a feeling that day is fast approaching, the old girl just does not
act right anymore;

it would still work, but it can't get online anymore - thanks all to the good work of my geek

LOL! I have a few of those computer "geek" friends too thank God!

HI Polly; Well that's good, so far so good with it right?

I know what you mean I've self taught myself a lot of the tricks of the trade
too, Oh I've always used computers and even when I worked at old Walmart
but all of their programs was just that PRE-PROGRAMMED STUFF You know?
but I'll keep using this one until her last "croak"...LOL!

Sometimes when I first turn it on I think Oh Sh!t this is the day its just
gonna be DEAD on me...then she slowly comes to life...slower and slower
and slower no matter what I do to it, or run on it...she's just dying
a slow death here like the rest of us...LOL!

Time to put her to rest ...

how ya doin??

hows things going with the HOUSE APES being gone? LOL!

Hows things going with the HOUSE APES being gone?

Ahh!!!!!, Blissful!!!, Peaceful!!!!, Wonderful!!!!!, Amazing!!!!!

My living room is clean and is staying clean, the stove top stays clean, The dishes aren't piled up. I could go on and on, but I think you get the idea and I don't want to jinx myself and get too happy, LOL

Its a good thing none of them have ever joined mylot, Hehe.

Maybe its time to start sweet talking that machine of yours, you don't want her to give up on you. Take care.

HI Smartie; I know what you mean I get nervous too being on disability
and being home 24/7 I use mine to death;

I guess one never knows for sure just how long anything will last but
it sure is nice when we at least "think" we get our money's worth out of it
you know?

HOpefully your laptop will keep working awhile longer for you too;

to be honest I don't think anything that is made now a days last long
at all, these companies just want our money over and over and over again;
and then too technology is constantly changing...sometimes for the better
sometimes not..(G)!