In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Hey Brenda,
Getting hard to reply to these long threads.
It sounds like you might just bite the bullet and buy a new computer and re-type your work. If you change your mind and want to try to buy a monitor to get the old one working first, let me know if you have any questions.
When buying a new PC, just keep in mind that everything you'd want to do with a desktop you can do with a laptop, assuming you buy one with the right outputs.
What I mean to say is that any laptop will give you the ability to plug in your own mouse and keyboard, so you wouldn't have to use the annoying trackpads and often uncomfortable keyboards.
And you would be able to plug it into a flat screen monitor or even two. You could even plug it into your TV and buy a remote keyboard and mouse and do your internet surfing from the couch.
I mention this because having the ability to detach the monitor, mouse and keyboard and take your laptop on the go if you wanted to go outside and get a change of scenery when you do your work is always an option that you wouldn't have if you go the desktop route.
Lots of options available to you with a new rig. And they're cheaper than ever and easier than ever to connect everything.
Any questions, just ask.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
I agree especially when I get the quoting right in one then muck up the next.
I am thinking like I did say just because I don't know what damage might have happened at the crappy place to the system and its age.
Yup, got that all in mind.
I am not much on lugging anything around that I don't have to. Need something to stay put.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Yo Brenda! THANKS!
Welcome Kiki.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
I agree especially when I get the quoting right in one then muck up the next.
Tell me about it. I end up spending twice as much time editing and re-editing these posts than I do writing them when we start doing that.
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I am thinking like I did say just because I don't know what damage might have happened at the crappy place to the system and its age.
Yup, got that all in mind.
I am not much on lugging anything around that I don't have to. Need something to stay put.
I hear you. I don't even want a cell phone that has a computer on it. But I'm not a writer myself, so I didn't know if the idea of being able to sit under a tree in the park and type would be appealing to you.
If you go the desktop route, it will be cheaper and/or you can get a better PC for your money.
For your needs, I wouldn't really worry too much about the performance of the PC, since nearly anything you buy will do what you need it to do. In fact, if you could manage to get somebody to order you one, they have refurbished units that they sell on Amazon all the time for a song compared to a new unit in a big box store that should be great for you. Amazon stands behind all of their refurbished goods and you don't have to worry about getting a lemon.
With all that extra money you save you could get a nice 40+" monitor to go along with it if you wanted to.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Soggy, soggy June. BC is over our usual rainfall province wide. And next Saturday is the first day of Summer.
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I bought organic seeds. No point in getting the bees and birds and butterflies poison!
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
I agree especially when I get the quoting right in one then muck up the next.Quote:
Tell me about it. I end up spending twice as much time editing and re-editing these posts than I do writing them when we start doing that.Quote:
Yup, then as I said mess it up while trying to answer.Quote:
I am thinking like I did say just because I don't know what damage might have happened at the crappy place to the system and its age.
Yup, got that all in mind.
I am not much on lugging anything around that I don't have to. Need something to stay put.Quote:
I hear you. I don't even want a cell phone that has a computer on it. But I'm not a writer myself, so I didn't know if the idea of being able to sit under a tree in the park and type would be appealing to you.
If you go the desktop route, it will be cheaper and/or you can get a better PC for your money.
For your needs, I wouldn't really worry too much about the performance of the PC, since nearly anything you buy will do what you need it to do. In fact, if you could manage to get somebody to order you one, they have refurbished units that they sell on Amazon all the time for a song compared to a new unit in a big box store that should be great for you. Amazon stands behind all of their refurbished goods and you don't have to worry about getting a lemon.
With all that extra money you save you could get a nice 40+" monitor to go along with it if you wanted to.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Do not get me going on cell phones. I got rid of the last one I had because I now have a landline. I will not have one again.
That doesn't really appeal to me as I like music on when I am working on my computer and I know I could do both when out. But I like to not be worrying about the time and stuff if I get caught up in something.
I doubt anyone would do that for me. And I think Best Buy up here does sell some refurbished stuff. Like I said I am going to a store on Wednesday at least that is the plan. Also want to hit up a bookstore in this mall as well.
Kinda kill 2 birds with one stone thing.
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Quote:Awesome! Do you think you might buy some bumblebees anyway?
Originally posted by SignyM:
I bought organic seeds. No point in getting the bees and birds and butterflies poison!
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You can buy bumble bees?
Anyway, I looked online further tp see what the problem might be, and in addition to peppers and tomatoes being pollinated by bumble bees they're also wind-pollinated because the flowers normally pollinate themselves, or you can hand pollinate them by briefly touching an electric toothbrush to the back of each flower. I kid you not.
The flowers are facing downwards (as you know) and the pollen-producing stamens are higher up, the pollen-catching pistil below, and the flower needs to be shaken (as by wind) or vibrated (as by bumble bee) so that the pollen falls onto the stigma part of the pistil.
Seems we've had enough wind for that!
OTOH, you can get "blosson drop" with excessively high temperatures, so maybe the problme was the latest heat wave, which hit right when the plants really started to blossom.
I know that some people think that heat makes gardens grow faster, and I'm sure that's true, up to a point, but I've noticed - during our roller-coaster weather - that when it gets above 85 and especially above 90 growth stalls out, even with plenty of water.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Getcher' bumblebees here! Bumblebees! Bumblebees!
https://www.planetnatural.com/product/bumble-bees-natupol/
But I think you're right, it was the heat.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Do not get me going on cell phones. I got rid of the last one I had because I now have a landline. I will not have one again.
Good for you.
I don't know what's worse these days, living with a cell phone in your life, or the annoyance other people have for you when they find out that you don't have one, which pops up again any time they want to text something to you and you have to remind them of that fact.
Just kidding. Having a cell phone is worse.
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That doesn't really appeal to me as I like music on when I am working on my computer and I know I could do both when out. But I like to not be worrying about the time and stuff if I get caught up in something.
I doubt anyone would do that for me. And I think Best Buy up here does sell some refurbished stuff. Like I said I am going to a store on Wednesday at least that is the plan. Also want to hit up a bookstore in this mall as well.
Good luck. Let me know if you have any questions.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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