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Though I really wish we could have found another computer. The old E-Machine is a study in just how stupid Celerons and onboard video really are. Poor Jim.

We found a 19" monitor, new in the box for less than $50. And I got a new CD burner for another $25.

That, and the farmer's market produced a pound of white nectarines and peaches, leetle green beans, a basket of small sweet onions, a bunch of beets, a bar of lovely handmade soap (Yosemite Joe scent...My Beautiful Soap was the vendor...this bar is a "manly blend of cedar, sandalwood and pine." Itsch Loverly.) and a jar of sage honey. This market is every Saturday - we'll be back. You could get full on the samples alone - mmMMmmmMMMM!

So I give the 17" monitor to the E-Machine. It chokes on it. *kicks*

Cedric was with us all morning shopping the TRW swap meet - keep in mind, this is not a computer swap - this is truly a geekmaster's "bring out your dead" swap. It's hosted by the ham radio club. Among the many, many, light-up keychains, I saw:

1 six-pack of original seltzer bottles - mercury glass and all.
1 box of 4-track tapes
1 reel tape drive for a computer rack. I think those guys were 3/4" -
1 reel-to-reel audio tape deck.
Many boxes of 5 1/4" floppies, still shrink-wrapped.
Boxes of vacuum tubes.
Lots of radios. Parts of radios.

Like turning down the fresh tomatoes at the farmers market because I did not want to take on salsa making today, I turned down the various parts and pieces and 500 Mhz (approx) machines.

Went to Lowes to get a kitchen fixture for Cedric to install; we ate lunch at the scramble area at Mitsuwa. Okonomiyaki, tempura and soba omlettes. ALL good.

Came home, sat down and got attacked by a nap.

Getting hungry. Eating fruit now.

Oh, and that E-Machine is evil enough to kick this machine off the network if it logs on first. Vile creature.
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