Tech (grrr) and Cards (yipee)

 

Try as I might, probably like most people, I put off updating tech because it can be expensive to replace.  Unfortunately that attitude only puts off the inevitable.  Or maybe I'm jinxed.  I'm not sure, but my 10+ year old desktop that I like to use as my primary blogging device took another crap recently.  Some readers may recall my POST from this past summer of my computing woes.  This time a RAM stick went bad.  This may be more frustrating to troubleshoot than when I had to replace the GPU and drive.  I have no idea how a RAM stick just goes bad, but it happened.

The jinxed part may be due to another blog I was reading before my computer issues happened.  You see, I was reading Jon's post from A Penny Sleeve for your Thoughts.  In his post about being thankful, he had commented about how his laptop was dying.  2 days later my desktop died.  Coincidence?  Hmmm....

And it wasn't just that.  I had to replace a mouse, headset (snapped in 3 places thanks to my dog) and upgraded my iphone.  Luckily black Friday saved me some $$.

Anyway I do have some cards to show off.

I picked up a nice bunch of 1970 Kellogg's.  Well calling these 'nice' might be an overstatement due to all the cracking.  Nevertheless, these 'well-loved' cards have found a new home with me.

There were 34 cards in all,  which gives me nearly half of a full set.  Some pretty good names too.

So this was another opportunity to claim a bunch of cards from a set I didn't ever think I would collect.  I've now given myself another project.

Until next time, happy hunting and remember - respect your tech.