Archive for May 28th, 2007

With the day off we decided to do some spring cleaning.  My office tends to pile up over the school year.  Under my desk I found two seventeen inch CRTs and a color laser printer with no toner.  Some time during the last year I went to LCD monitors.  The old ones ended up under my desk.  The laser was my old HP 2500.  Last year when the toner cartridges needed replaced, I found a new 2550 for the same price as the replacement cartridges.  In addition to all new toner cartridges, the 2550 came with a one year warranty.

I can’t bear to throw this stuff away. It cost too much the first time around.  I do my best to recycle what I can.  I always have a (rather large) shelf in the garage with “take it if you can use it” stuff.  Last year I managed to find new homes for two or three monitors, an old computer case and an HP LaserJet 4 that needed a fuser.  On top of that, a lot of stuff goes from my office right to friends or family.  I would prefer to have someone get use out of something than store it in my attic.

I have to take the trash can out to the curb now.  Tomorrow I’ll have to go shopping for some new junk.

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