Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[Steveo]

the variation that I use at work:

[guidofatherof5]

Hit some yard sales yesterday and today. Nothing but bargains everywhere. Spent $3 on two, new in the box light fixtures that would have cost $100 anywhere else.
Started paperwork on refinancing my home. Dropped 2% points on interest, cut 6 years off the loan and got it all done for $1000. My house payment only went up $20 a month.
Going to save $56,000 in interest charges by shortening the loan.
It has been a good couple of days.

[ConcinusMan]

Wow, nice move. I'm glad I got out from under it when i did. If I'd waited any longer I would have had to sell my interest in the property and I still would owe money on it. My brother bought a house before the market collapse and now owes $80,000 more than it's worth. Yikes. That's why he hasn't paid the mortgage in 6 months and instead is saving the monthly house bill so they can move out and rent . He want's them to foreclose on it and wipe his debt.

[ConcinusMan]

Very interesting... No wonder rich people can be such pricks. I have an aunt who is that way. Feels entitled and is always offering advice on what to do about certain things while completely ignoring the fact that we can't afford to do those things. She has a hard time understanding that people who aren't loaded can't do that. our hands are tied. But do you think she would spare just a few hundred dollars to help out so we could? Oh hell no. that's out of the question. We never asked, but when we say that we can't afford it, she doesn't offer financial help either. Somehow she has it through her head that we just don't work hard enough and don't spend wisely and that's why we're poor. Fine attitude coming from someone who makes more in a day than we make working our butts off for a month, and spends more on a foot massage than we do on groceries.


Take Two 'Normal' People, Add Money To Just One Of Them, And Watch What Happens Next

[guidofatherof5]

Scored at another yard sale yesterday. Walked into the garage and saw a very new HP desktop computer and monitor(still being sold at retail stores). It came preloaded with Win 7 so I knew it wasn't that old. Picked it up for $20. Granted it's at the bottom of the line for the Pavilion series but it's up and running and appears stable. Going to wipe it out and start from scratch.
It will make a nice computer for my quarantine room.
Gotta love them yard sales.

[chris-uk]

$20 wouldn't buy a Windows 7 license (even if it can't be transferred to another machine). Nice buy.

[ConcinusMan]

Going to wipe it out and start from scratch.
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I take it you have the license key sticker and restoration CD's?? Unfortunately, using those on an HP and "starting from scratch" usually means loading it up with a bunch of garbage pre-installed software which insists on loading at startup and hogging memory. Then I gotta go in and clean it up (which speeds it up and runs better) even if it's new. They come "pre-cluttered" lol.

In terms of time spent I'm better off installing from any Windows 7 disk/key, (version must be the same) do not activate, then change key to match the license on the PC and activate.

[guidofatherof5]

Just got my $20 new/used desktop computer all situated in the quarantine room. It has what I need and nothing more.
Running Firefox, Thunderbird(email program) and Skype.
I have $35 invested and they still sell new for $350. I would have to say the yard sale gods have been good to me.

[jwolfe152]

can a wild garter sneak into the quarantine room?

[guidofatherof5]

can a wild garter sneak into the quarantine room?

Usually only the ones with medical needs and no insurance.

The whole basement is open to them all.