That's The Way The World Goes 'Round

     While it has nothing to do with ABISHAG technically, both my printer and my computer are dying or dead.

     The printer is definitely dead as while it copies and scans, it doesn't print what it copies or scans anymore. It is an EPSON and to get one of their techs to look at it, I would have to take it to one of their official tech-places, the nearest of which is north of Boston! I have no idea what it might cost, but since the printer is two years old and cost all of $65, it simply isn't worth the effort, time and money.  So I got a new one. I got it on AMAZON  and it cost $74.34, which means it was free as I got a $75 AMAZON gift card for Christmas.

     The computer on the other hand is still alive and kicking as this new POST indicates. However, it is physically falling apart. The ROM Drive works only when it wants to work. Sometimes, it won't open. Sometimes it won't read the disk. Sometimes it just run without being asked to. And for some reason the top of the laptop is slowly shifting its position and won't close completely. In fact, I actually had to trim part of the cover to get it to close.  SO I guess it was just time. It is, after all about 8 years old and I have no idea how old that actually is for a computer. All I know that whenever I call the Dell Extended Warranty/Maintenance Concierge Service, they giggle whenever I give them the service tag number and tell me how "old" the computer is, as they repair the software problems I have created yet again. I have been using DELL Computers for so long, that get one hell of a deal purchasing a new one.

     Thank goodness, I covered the boat as the ice, snow and rain that have hit here would have been a real pain to deal with.  More snow/sleet/ice/rain coming tomorrow but then temps in the 50's. Ihas been a very weird winter so far.