Sorry, Thor, sir, no go.
I took the tower and hard-drive to the computer experts in the big city.
They admired that it was pretty new and virtually unused, but apparently I would have to have it upgraded from Windows 98 to a newer version, as Windows 98 won't support IE.7 and Firefox, being nearly obsolete by now.
At a cost of circa $200.
Well, my deal is, I just spent $425 the day before yesterday (Tuesday) on new tires for the motor vehicle, which pretty much consumed all of my disposable spending until January when income tax work starts coming in.
(Not for anybody to worry; I of course cover all necessary expenses all the time; what I am talking about here is disposable money, throwaway money.)
I'm thinking about just taking something short-term, a job, to get the dough for something considerably better, but that takes a couple of weeks before anything materializes.
Which doesn't solve the problem at hand, at least right now.
Anyway, so I posted at the local grocery store a message I'm interested in buying a used tower and hard drive, but this time specifying that it apparently must be Windows XP or Windows Vista, to Hell with its gigabytage (which I had always thought, apparently erroneously, was the most important thing).
It's been a very exasperating day, a wearying one. I also spent a long time looking into cellular telephones.
I resent this, having to pay for things one can't use or doesn't need; this "tax on the deaf" thing which I whined about some days ago. We all, including everyone here, of course has to pay for things we don't want or don't need--the subway cat and her support and maintenance come immediately to mind--but that's a tax that applies to everybody. I'm describing more specifically those things the deaf have to pay for, even if one doesn't need or use them.
When I was still living in Omaha, one time I computed that 30% of my disposable non-grocery spending was for things I didn't want or couldn't use. I'm really tired of this shit.
The hard-of-hearing and deaf primitives of course deserve all the misery they get, because of their attitude that they"re "entitled" to all things hearing people get.....and "entitled" to society in general paying for these things. Which is of course the opposite the way I feel about the matter. Worthless rectal apertures, the hard-of-hearing and deaf primitives.
I don't want "things;" I just don't want to have to pay for things I can't use or don't need.
Okay, whining over.
I'll be in touch tomorrow (Friday).