Ooops!

This is just down the road from me!

Plane flips after emergency landing. 

No injuries, they say.

When I first saw the pics I thought it looked like a very survivable crash.

I Have Fond Memories Of MAD Magazine

 

FB

I'm reading about how Boeing got the contract for the Air Force's F-47A.

Most of the press is saying that it's Boeing's first "clean sheet" fighter design.

That's not true.

The FB was not developed from another design.  Nor was the F2B.  Nor was the P-26A.

The first clean sheet design since the merger with McDonnell-Douglas?  Yes.

The first clean sheet design ever?  No.

I read the story and went looking for the P-26A as the first clean sheet design and was surprised that they'd made two fighters for the Navy before they made the Peashooter for the Army.

Not Suppressing Your 1st Amendment Right

I am not saying you cannot say that.

I am not trying to forbid you from saying that.

I am making fun of you for saying that.

Things You Can't Do Anymore

In 1984 or 1985 the motorcycle gang club my dad was a member of decided to do a winter road trip to Mexico.

We started in Minneapolis.

In WINTER.

If you rode the whole way, you got a special patch!

Since I already had all the winter gear from riding three-wheelers in the snow, I opted to ride the whole way.

I, foolishly, left my patch jacket with my dad when I moved back to Iowa. 

However, this story is not about that!

This is 500 bikers descending on Mexico in January for three weeks.

Actually, it's not a story.

It's mentioning that I climbed the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan.

That is no longer allowed.

I can understand why.

Still, it's neat to be able to say I did something like that.

It also occurs to me that seeing both the Teotihuacan site and several Egyptian pyramids (though from a distance) makes me a bit unusual.

The trip to Egypt was taxpayer funded and the whole battalion got to go play in the desert with our tanks.  The exercise was cancelled because of a terrorist threat, so it was really camping in the desert with tanks rather than a real joint exercise.

The ride on the ship across the Med was fun.

Grecian Formula

This is an M1951 web gear compatible Greek M1 Garand ammo pouch.

It is 2 lb. 11.5 oz. with four 8-round en bloc clips and 8.4 oz. empty.

There are M1951 style grenade loop and retainers (as shown with my fetching dummy grenades).

The clips need to be inserted as shown!  If they are both nose down or nose up, it's very difficult to get them out with the pouch loose in your hand, and would be impossible with it attached to your web gear.

 

If you have the outside clip nose up, the back of the inside clip snags on the hem of the mouth.

A decent means of carrying 32 rounds for your Garand and, I assume two pouches were given each soldier for a total of 72 shots.  Less than the 104 carried in the WW2 pouches, but all of them are more readily accessible in the Greek method.  Three pouches and a canteen would balance OK to tie the capacity of the old 1923 belt.

By way of comparison the M1956 Universal Small Arms Ammunition Pouch is 12.5 oz. empty and 2 lb. 15.7 oz. loaded with two 20-round FAL magazines.  With a basic load of two pouches and one mag in the gun we have 100 rounds on tap for just a 1/4 lb. more on your belt and a pound more in your arms. 

Loading a field dressing and four 20-round M16 magazines loaded with 28 rounds each is 3 lb. 6.6 oz.  Two pouches and 18 more in the M16A1 gives 162 rounds.  For about 3 lb. more on your belt and almost the same less in your hands.

A Soviet pigskin ammo pouch for a Mosin Nagant carries 30 rounds on 5-round clips for 2 lb. 4.4 oz. (6.6 oz. empty) and you get a much lower rate of fire for not a lot of weight savings.

Daytona Spring Fling 2025

The Beast and the car formerly known as Biscayne SS.

My buddy JT rode with me and we met with Adam.  Adam is whom I sold the Biscayne SS to and from whom I bought The Beast.

Attendance was, I am told, down from last year.  They suspect that was because of the admission going from $40 to $60 per show car.

There were still some interesting cars:

'62 Biscayne with a 409 and three on the floor!

I took this shot because I loved the color.  It did not photograph well.

'70 Mercury Cyclone.  A friend of mine had three of them and all met bad ends.

Dodge Custom with lots of subtle changes.  Including a 6.2 Hemi™.

Just room for your ass and a can of gas!

Motivated seller.

This car, also, didn't photograph well.  It looks black until the sun hits at the right angle then it's a dark bronze.  Epic Mercury Moterrey!

Mandatory General Lee.  Required by law at any car show with more than 20 cars south ot the Mason-Dixon line.

 

Update:  

There were many fake Camaros at the event.

 Just as all Chevelles are SS's, all real Camaros are SS/RS/Z28 Yenko Pacecar Convertibles.

Don't be fooled by kit cars.

I Don't Remember It Being This Complicated

My dad and I dropped a 250 into a '47 pick-up and it didn't seem as complicated as this to get the electrical system updated to 12v in 1984.

 We replaced the entire starter and alternator without rebuilding anything.

Are parts to do the conversion in one step no longer common?

How Did I Miss This!

Feeling It

Both knees and my left hip don't appreciate the activity of messing with the wheels and cleaning the car.

Luckily, there's self-medication!

Beer!

Doesn't dent the neuropathy in my shins, but it does help with arthritis. 

It's as close to exercise as I can manage and a lot of it is completely off my legs anyways.

I have a little roller stool instead of "rice paddy prone" for lifting the wheels back on and the behind-the-bumper work was sitting on the cold, hard concrete floor of the garage.

Cleaning the car needed more standing up, but I could brace off the walls and such.

Ready To Roll

The Beast is not getting smaller as she ages.  I started washing at about 4:30 pm and am just getting done waxing at 8:00pm.  The pic is from before I started waxing.

I took a few breaks, had dinner and helped the neighbors hang a blind in there too.

I don't wax her every wash.  McGuire's TechWax2 is pretty resilient stuff, I get 6 months easy before it stops beading.

Adam's Wheel and Polish's Wheel and Tire Cleaner is the shit!  Spray it on the rims and brake caliper, let it sit for a minute and hit it with some high pressure water and VIOLA! them rims and calipers be CLEAN!  Best wheel cleaner I've ever used.  Thanks to Marv for finding and trying it out.

Now I am ready to leave in the wee hours for the Daytona Totally-Not-Spring-Fling-Because-That's-Trademarked-By-Somebody-Else Turkey Rod Run Spring Car Show!

We still call it the Spring Fling and have to remember Turkey Rod Run to find the show information...

I have not gone to this show in 10 years.  Last time I took The Precious.  The Biscayne SS went several times too.

 

A Duel!

I hearby challenge President Donald J Trump to a duel!

Between whatever 150/40/5 point GURPS 4e character he dares bring to the table and a character of my own creation of the same points!

Winner gets to brag about it.  If I win I'm framing his character sheet and hanging it on my wall!

I will supply dice, snacks and beer.

Our seconds can decide the TL and weapons allowed to the characters.  They will also decide if dropping all 150 points into a single skill is allowed.

I'd argue against it, a well rounded and complete character will make for a more interesting game.

I'd say it was a duel to the death, but I doubt there's any physical risk past a paper cut and an imaginary character really isn't alive so it can't die.  Also, The US Secret Service gets REALLY touchy about even joking about killing the president.

I'm not even threatening him.

Though it might be hilarious to see what the Secret Service does about having the president visit the home of a gun owner to play a couple hours of GURPS.  Prolly insist we meet someplace a bit easier to secure.

Detailed Documentary About How USAID Works

 

Rare Pic

 Check out that grenade launcher on the left port side!

That's a Mk 20 Mod 0 40mm automatic grenade launcher.  It fires normal 40x46mm grenades. 

It's not often pictured, they didn't make very many.

It's hard to tell, but that's actually a color picture.

L->R Mk20 Mod0, 2x M16A1, M79, 4x S&W Model 15-2, 3x M16A1, M60C and the muzzle of an M60 blurry in the foreground.

Non Video Version

To ghost load your Remington 870:

Load the magazine with as many rounds as you want with the action open.

Drop a round in the chamber.

Place a round on the elevator.

Push down on the round as you partially close the action to get it started.

Pust the elevator back up as you close the action the rest of the way so the nose of the round partially enters the magazine.

Viola!

I don't know if this works with other pump shotguns.

In Phase

Prior to taking the front wheels off to gain access to the fog light housings, it was smooth sailing up to about 60, then the steering wheel would shake until about 70 when it would clear up again.

One, or both of those tires are slightly out of round.

A trip to meet a friend for dinner had a more pronounced vibration at 55 that kept getting worse past that point. 

Rotating the front-right wheel two lugs forward seems to have corrected the issue and I'm back to smooth up to 60.

Even better is the wheel shake is less at 60 and hardly apparent at 65+.

Victory!

The ultimate solution will be to get new tires that haven't been screwed up by worn suspension components.  But we're not to affording that yet.

Torque

I previously lost confidence in my torque wrench because the rear axles came loose on The Precious.

I have been suspect of its replacement because of a recurring vibration at about 60 that can get worse if the wheels are out of phase.

Tonight I took out the old one, dialed it to 140 and checked it against the lugs which had been torqued with the newer wrench.  It clicked without moving them.

Then I moved one wheel two lugs over and torqued it down with the old wrench.

Then I checked the torque with the new wrench.

They agree!

The problem with the axle nuts on the C6 wasn't torque, but it's really not a good design.  I ended up using a jam nut arrangement to keep them secure.

The vibration is from damaged tires from the ruined front suspension and taking way too long diagnosing it.  Holden really did a number with the geometry and it defies my double-A-arm education.

Tentative

If we can believe the statements of the Secretary of Education, the dismantling of her department is not supposed to get in the way of student loans.

That's a sigh of relief for small colleges all across the nation.

A big fear of these places is that the only source of higher education would be the state run land-grant universities and the states choosing a path that eliminated competition.

Eyes crossed most selfishly because Harvey works at such a small college.

The Hook

Remember back when they declared Biden not competent enough to stand trial over those documents?

Think they will use that to show he wasn't competent enough to sign pardons?

Interesting times.

What About Higher Ed?

All the news talk about shutting down the Department of Education is talking about concerns K-12.

Nary a peep about what higher ed programs are affected or what's to become of them and how this will affect colleges, big and small.

Our secretary of education keeps repeating that she wants services to continue to the people who need them, but the details are scanty.

Installed a better quality fog-light housing into The Beast!

TYC vs West Taiwanese No-Name:

Pic of the new housing installed without the bezel in the way so people can visualize how to do it:  Bog standard M6-12 flange-bolt and flanged nut.  GM uses a $9 plastic nut that clicks into the hole and you screw the bolt in from the front.  Since you have to access the tabs for the bezel from the back anyways...

 

The TYC has a better pattern than the West Taiwanese version (though they're prolly both made there) and they're aimed better because both bulbs are seated correctly.

Ghost Loading

I never take a shotgun when making a character, but this is a neat trick that you'd have to show the GM the video for them to let it happen.

 

Update:  Hope everyone saw that, YouTube has decided that loading an extra round in your shotgun is violation of their terms.

Mom's Favorite

I found this great spot on a grassy knoll and I'm standing there, braced and aiming when his fucking head explodes!  Then the bimbo is on the trunk lid picking up parts and they speed off.

I didn't even have to shoot!

That fucker you picked to take the blame actually did it!

Yes, I still want paid, you cheap bastard.

Not Cool

One nice thing about having never been cool is that I'm never going to try to get it back.

I feel left out of the cool kids things from time to time, but it's better to have never been cool than it is to have once been.

Bonus, there's no urge to change to remain cool or cutting edge.

I don't have to jump to the next big thing just to stay where I am.

I'm looking at a couple of bloggers who're clearly broken by Trump 47 in a way they never were by any previous president.  They say they aren't, but didn't feel the need to justify their actions when they were doing then what they are doing now...  Even though now is much more pointed, harsh and frequent than then.

I will even cop to agreeing with several of their points!

I can't put my finger on, exactly, what reads different now, but it is different.

It might just be that it's no longer cool do be doing their schtick with the current Ocupante de la Casa Blanca.

The Science Is Settled

Neil DeGrass-Tyson says there's only eight planets.

OK Boomer. I have a different scientist of equal credibility!

Interplanet Janet says nine.

 If you've ever answered a test question by singing a School House Rock song to yourself, you might be Gen-X.

Positive Note

Got a couple pieces of good news from my doc at the VA.

First, for the first time ever, I lost some weight!  Just five pounds from last year, but it's not a ten pound increase like it's been for the past five.  At this rate I will get to my target weight just in time to die of old age.

Second, he's referring me to the neuro people to confirm the neuropathy diagnosis I'd gotten after my bone scan five years ago.  If they confirm it, then it will go a long ways towards increasing my disability percentage.

My cholesterol is par for the course for my family.  Higher than they like, but without any of the things that it's normally a precursor to.  McThags don't have heart problems as long as we avoid diabetes (and my A1C is perfect!).  We have cancer, liver and dementia killing us.

I Learned It From YOU OK?

What makes a battle rifle?

What distinguishes it from an assault rifle?

Easy, right?

Turns out, it's nothing official.

The M16 isn't called an assault rifle.  It's just a rifle.  "Rifle, 5.56mm, M16" in fact.

Change that to M16A1, M16A2, M16A3 or M16A4 as needed.

Surely the M14 is a battle rifle then?

Nope, "Rifle, 7.62mm, M14."

Yet.

We know what we mean when we say "assault rifle" and "battle rifle" don't we?

They're informal designations.

Looked at one way, "assault rifle" can mean any rifle used in an assault.  A battle rifle can be any rifle used in battle.

But we typically mean that an assault rifle is select fire, detachable magazine fed and firing an intermediate power round.

A battle rifle is the same, but firing full power rounds.  Right?

But isn't a Garand a battle rifle?  K.98k?

Not so clear cut is it?

Especially since battle rifle is used informally for any military issue rifle, regardless of if it's full power or intermediate.

I know where I first saw the distinction.  Twilight: 2000.  The FAL and G3 were battle rifles.  The M16A2, AKM and AK-74 were assault rifles.  I am sure they didn't invent the terms.

And Everyone Knew It At The Time

The agreement to defend Ukraine's borders if they gave up their nukes was meaningless when they wrote it up.

The president of Ukraine was Moscow's buddy and they were really looking for assurances that NATO wasn't going to invade them and if they did, Russia would help stop the slavering western hordes.

NATO knew they weren't going to invade because NATO doesn't do that.

Russia knew they weren't going to invade because they had an agreeable government in place in Kiev.

That Ukraine would become pro-West and anti-Russia was never contemplated.

Russia invading wasn't on anyone's bingo card in 1994.

It was a big, meaningless media event calculated to make Bill Clinton and the UK leadership look good in the press at the time.  "Look!  We're bringing peace forever by reducing the number of nukes out there."

Actually it was good, those nukes were aimed at the West at the time too.

The Budapst Memorandum is doubly meaningless because the actions required of the signatories are minimal.

All it really says is Ukraine's borders will be treated in accordance with the Helsinki accords.

You know the non-binding Helsinki Accords?

So if you're on your high horse saying we betrayed Ukraine, remember that doing nothing is allowed under the Helsinki Accords.

But I was around and blogging in 2014 when Russia invaded Ukraine the first time.  Ukraine didn't give Crimea to Russia.  Russia took it by force of arms.

Where were you Uke boys then?  I heard nothing for 8 years.  Obama certainly didn't send troops or arms.

Well, if you read the Budapest Memorandum and Helsinki Accords, we're supposed to head to the UN and hammer it out there.

1. Respect the signatory's independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act).
2. Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
3. Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus, and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind.
4. Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used".
5. Not to use nuclear weapons against any non–nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state.
6. Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments.

We sure made some sternly phrased resolutions.  That we did!  Just like the non-binding-never-ratified memorandum says we should.

Read that part again.

NEVER RATIFIED! 

Without ratification we're not obligated to do fuck all.

For 20 years everyone acted like we'd ratified it, but we hadn't.

It's like going to court for a crime that congress passed but the president didn't sign.  It's not a law, so your behavior wasn't illegal.

So, for the "nobody is ever going to trust us again" crowd; you've been complaining for three years about something that wasn't ratified for 30.  Where were you then?

I know where I was.  I was thinking it was pretty slick of Willy to have gotten those nukes away from a pro-Russian state without giving them anything in return.  And I hate that fucker.  THAT was our national interest and national interest goal achieved without any losses.

I think a lot of people need to learn how things really work out there before they go a ranting about betrayal.

Second Attempt

There's rumors flying that Neill Blomkamp is going to make a new Starship Troopers movie.

Further, the rumors state that he's going to stick to the book.

That's better than the previous attempt by Paul Verhoeven, if true.

Not sure how well the book can be translated to film, but I've seen a Japanese anime that did a better job than Paul "Everything Military Is Nazis" Verhoeven.

I've ranted continuously that if you're going to license a property, then DO that property.

We've got a few great examples that show that it's a good plan.

The Hunt for Miss Red October.  <- This one stands out because other adaptations of the Clancyverse failed to adhere to the books and didn't do near so well at the box office.

The Lord of the Rings.

Harry Potter.

300.

Dune.

Stick to the source material and the fans who've been keeping the books in the best seller rack since... a long fucking time ago will plant their asses in the seats with popcorn.

Notice that the fans will forgive some departure from the text because they understand the differences between the mediums.  But you have to hew close to the source!

Rubbing My Meat

I tend to be someone who yanks it out of the package and slaps it on the grill.

Tomorrow, though, is the inlaws anniversary and we wanted to make it special.

When they lived in Iowa, they'd hit Texas Roadhouse for dinner and split a ribeye.

They've complained about other steak places around here for not tasting right and I figured it had to be because of a rub.

Well, I found three sites with recipes that agree about what Texas Roadhouse is using for a rub and The Lovely Harvey said, "we have all that!"

So she mixed up the spices and I applied it to the steak for them tomorrow.

Plus a different rub that I had erroneously been led to believe was a clone of the one we found later.

I've never done a rub before.

We're going to cook them up and see if it triggers happy feelings.

They like medium well.  Ugh!

I prefer medium minus.  Maybe I can slip it past them cooked properly! 

Harvey also says I should salt the others before cooking because it helps make a crust and retains moisture in the meat.

Going to be fun no matter what.

We're thawing some hamburger in case of a disaster.

Even if all goes wrong with the steaks, there will be baked potatoes.  I know how to do those!

We Have Been Ordered By The Court To Say

I noticed at the local tobaccanist there's a sign that says that "RJR Tobacco has been ordered to display this sign stating that smoking is harmful to your health by court order wherever our products are sold."

The phrasing of that really makes me think.

They're not saying their products cause harm.  They're saying they've been ordered to say it.

It's like when your parents told you say thank you for the slipper socks from your aunt.

It's like then the coach tells you to say you're sorry and shake hands.

You don't mean it, but you have to say it.

Now, I am not saying that smoking is good for you.

I will go out on a limb and point out that neither side is being completely honest and that every single study on tobacco use was paid for by one side or the other and the results are suspect because of the "he who pays the piper calls the tune" bias.

Round-Up herbicide is the same sort of thing.  Convincing a jury to pay out is not the same thing as the plaintiff's claims being actually true.  There's a part of me that still believes that if it were truly harmful that after losing that case, the regulatory agency in charge of it would be forcing them to pull it off the market.

Just Empty Every Pocket

Helped a buddy replace the evaporator and heater core on his '99 TJ Wrangler.

That's a remove entire dash deal.

Just like The Beast will be.

Unlike my car, someone has been in there doing wiring.

Someone who wasn't very good at it.  Worse than me!

It seemed to go pretty smooth until it came time to recharge the AC.

First we found that Marv's new AC gauges and lines leak like sieves.

His old set with the battered gauges work great and he ran home to get them.

That let us get the system evacuated and confirm that it'd hold a vacuum.

Then we couldn't get the compressor going.

Jumpering the pressure switches didn't engage the clutch, confirming that they were seeing pressure.

Jumpering the AC relay, however, did engage it.  That let us finish charging it up.

We did a whole lot of tracing wires until I found that the damned fuse for the AC relay was missing.  My buddy thinks that a fuse-tap got taken out of that slot and put back in another empty position in the fuse box.  Putting a 10a fuse in the AC relay spot made the AC work correctly!  HUZZAH! 

Then there was no heat.

The heater hoses were getting plenty warm, so it wasn't a blockage.

I speculated it was the blend door being hung up and the blend door motor was visible with the dash back together.  It was moving, maybe 10° when it needed to move 90°!

I pulled the motor and found that the blend door wouldn't move at all by hand.

We think that we got it jammed when we put the heater box back together.  It's a fiddly part of the reassembly.  To fix it would mean pulling the heater box back out and that means taking the whole damn dash apart again.

Summer is coming and winter is a long ways off.  He's leaving it until then.

Can't says I blames him.

PEBKAC

Note to self.

Function F1 toggles the touchpad.

Control F1 does not.

That's important.

Clean Enough

It's a long standing axiom in engineering that the last 10% of improvement costs the same as the first 90%.

It can be rephrased as, "perfect is the mortal enemy of good enough."

I was a kid in the 70's.

I remember all the pollution my, not liberal at all, parents talked about.

I got to experience the change in air quality as it was happening in the suburbs of Chicago.

The pollution was real.  The improvement was real.

I've worked in water and wastewater treatment.  One of our bread and butter items was selling treatment plants to places that had run out of grandfathering.  The pollution was real.  The improvement was real.  Seeing how little a 1960's plant did to make the water better compared to a late '90's plant was sobering.

One of the things you get to see is the little chart of what's allowable.  Get a substance below x parts per million and you're legal and it's good.

What if x is arsenic?  Arsenic is poisonous!  That's bad!  Get rid of all of it!

Reducing it below the threshold where your body can deal with it is fairly simple and very cheap.  Getting rid of all of it is not.

And that's where we are with the environmentalists.

We've gotten rid of most of the air and water pollution.  Gotten it down below the harmful thresholds and life should be good.

But perfect is lurking, waiting, to kill off good enough to make life impossible.

That the environmentalists don't really seem to care about pollution but forcing a non-industrial lifestyle on everyone is evident in their making up new pollutants.

I am also old enough to remember when the goal was to get combustion from cars down to carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and water vapor.  The GOAL!

As soon as the automakers had pretty much done that and horsepower was returning to cars...  Nope!  Carbon emissions need to be zero!

Plus, food crops cannot be counted for carbon absorption.  Can't have man benefit from carbon in the air.

Blood Moon

 Got it right at peak!

Canon EOS M50; EF-S 55-250 IS II; f/5.6; 1/15"; 250mm; ISO 12,800

I'd have made a cropped version, but it's pretty fuzzy from the -3 exposure stops and the relatively high ISO.

Hand held, auto-focus, stabilization on...

That's A Relief

Ain't heard from Willard in about a month.

So...

Why react when you can overreact?

So I searched for his full name and tagged it with "obituary."

No hits on obituary, but his full name got to his voter registration.

"Republican."

Excellent.  That means he's still alive and kicking because if he wasn't, he'd be registered and voting Democrat.

Five Million

Five million visitors and bots have hit this blog since I moved over from LiveJournal.

Huzzah!

Odd Feeling

Neither of the buildings I attended school in Ames still exist.

Welch Jr High is gone.

Ames High School is still on the same site, but they tore down the building I went to school in.

The school I attended in Nevada, Iowa for 5th and 6th grade, Milford, is still there, but it's a house now. 

Oddly the school in Bolingbrook, Illinois I attended from K to 4th grade is still there.  I was there on day one when Wood View Elementary opened.

The schools I went to in Blaine, Minnesota for 9th and 10th grade are both still there.

The university that I graduated from is both out of business and the building is gone.

I'm not old enough for the world to have changed this much!

Cheaper Better K

Just three years ago I bought two 8gb SODIMMs for Crispy IV.

They were $55 from Amazon, Timetec brand.  1,333 MHz, DDR3, PC3 10600, 204 pin SO-DIMM.  They are $19 today.

2 8gb sticks for DerpyPuter were $35.  Crucial brand.  1,600 MHz, DDR3, PC3 12800 204 pin SO-DIMM.

I like how things keep getting better and cheaper with most electronics.

It keeps my antique laptops running!

All I Wanted Was A Little More K

DerpyPuter has gone from a $1 laptop to a $93.05 laptop with the replacement of the keyboard, battery and upgrading the RAM from 8gb to 16gb.

Pretty good price, overall, I think.  Thanks FuzzyGeff!

Huge processor upgrade from Crispy.

I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Next is to replace the hard drives so I can bring some movies along.

That's another $130 which will have to wait a bit, but it's a want rather than a need.