Daily Archives: September 16, 2011
RV Surplus and Bob Evans . . .
I got up a little early this morning, about 9:30, so I could go over to the RV/MH Hall of Fame and pick up one of the computers that I’m installing so I can get all the bloatware taken off, and everything else set up.
Getting back to the rig, I made coffee and then got started on the computer setup. I was immediately impressed by the speed of this Acer mini-Tower. I have a 2 year old version of this model, and the difference is extreme. I normally upgrade my computer every two years, so this looks good.
A 2.66 GHz Core 2 Duo processor with 4GB of RAM, a 1 TB HD, DVD drive, and HD 5.1 Audio. Not bad for under $400.
One thing I found out in ordering these computers is that Amazon has a purchase limit.
I tried to order 5 computers, but they would only let me purchase 4, even though I was trying to do it on 3 separate orders. When I inquired about how to know how many I could buy, I was told to check the ‘Quantity’ dropdown box right above the ‘Add to Cart’ button on the item page. The max quantity shown in the dropdown box is how many you can buy every 7 days, in this case, 4.
But apparently, the weekly quantity varies from item to item. Amazon will sell me 99 of the LCD monitor that I ordered, and will even sell me 999 of the Kindle that I bought this week, but only 4 computers. Go figure.
About 12:30 Nick and I headed out on some errands to the bank and then to RV Surplus to pick up some door prizes for the Eastern Gypsy Journal Rally that starts September 26th.
Later in the afternoon I finished up the computer setup. I’ll take it back tomorrow morning.
Nick and Terry were having dinner with Charles and Chris Yust so a little after 5pm Jan and I headed out to Bob Evans for supper. And as usual we had another great meal, and then we split a Pumpkin Cheesecake for dessert. YUM!
Just as we were finishing up, our daughter Brandi called with the latest Landon story.
It seems that last week while he eating lunch at his daycare. they had a fire drill. And after a few minutes later when they had all the kids outside, someone noticed that Landon was still holding his fork. Apparently he thought that wherever they were going, there’d be food there, and he was going to be ready. That’s my grandson.
About 8:30 Nick called and said to come over and help Chris Yust with a computer problem. Chris said to bring the ‘pretty one’, too.
But the ‘pretty one’ was already in her jammies and dozing off, so it was just the ‘not so pretty one’ who went over. It was a great time with a lot of laughter. A great way to round out a day.
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Thought for the Day:
Somebody said that this country was a lot better off when cigarette companies could advertise and lawyers couldn’t.
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