Sophie Laughing

Is this green?

I don't know about "green", but it's certainly seeming to be a good move for the green in my wallet.

I purchased a 1996 Cavalier that needed some work:

$500 car
$15 part to fix it
$120 two tires
$40 battery
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$675 in total

Today, I re-filled the tank. Just shy of 400 miles on that tank, with a good mix of city and highway driving. I achieved 29.25 mpg. Not bad for a 12 year old car that's been sitting for 2 years, eh? :-)

Now if my truck would stop overheating and a fishing boat would magically appear in my backyard, I'd be all set!

Treasure hunt

I think this place would be a blast to visit. I would find it fun to imagine the story behind some of the items for sale there.

Speaking of treasures, my father-in-law came over the other day with a truck full of computers and parts. We spent a few hours gutting the old systems and testing some things before recycling the remaining things we didn't want. I have a box of DVD/CD drives, some old RAM, NICs, a nice SATA controller, a TV Tuner card, some great Antec power supplies, a working 17" LCD monitor, a laptop to work on (seems to have a short in the keyboard), and some SoundBlaster sound cards. $10 for all of it. :) Good geek kill indeed.

Odd choice for categories, Amazon

I don't think I really need to comment on this.