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After concluding his case in front of a judge (he fought it himself) my brother was packing up his stuff and as he was about to leave the sheriff escorted him through door number 2. He did not think anything of it until the door closed and it was a little room to sit in. He thought this should not take too long until they handed him a bagged lunch. Oh oh. In the end he was let go. He brought a gun to the courtroom to explain his point (the case was about a fire arm regulation). The Crown's lawyer was pissed off (My brother nailed the first part of the case) and told the sheriff he brought a gun into the court room. My brother did have the proper paperwork and informed the court he was going to. It took some time to straighten out and he was let go but realizing you are powerless to just leave does impart a moment of helplessness.
 
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Well this is a thread for what makes ya happy, this computer is for a poor guy who doesn't have a lot of resources. I might get back into repairing computers, getting broken systems from facebook and give them away locally to those in need. Nothing too serious, just minor stuff to get things back up and running. I don't want to get into it too heavily and not commercially!

I bought a Dell studio 17 laptop computer at Nora's a few years ago for $5! It had a smashed power button but was still useable and I used it as a second computer on the work bench for years. I'm trying to repair it now to give away to a friend.
About 6 months ago it had power connector issues and died. So last night I hacked the case open (forget disassembling it, I watched the video!) to access the connector. I had it powered sporadically by wiggling the connector, so if find the break I'll be able to fix it. The battery is shot so it will just be used as a desktop, so I might even wire it directly to the power supply.

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It's alive and stable, runs without the battery (on the side). None of the wires are broken and I hacked the connector with tinfoil! Now to glue everything back together and gussy her up. I've got to update windows, retrieve files and clean the thing off. It's booting slow as molasses and I need to figure out what's slowing it down.

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The giveaway computer is on the work bench updating windows now. The plan is to uninstall most everything I put on it, scan it with the antivirus SW then uninstall it and install another free scanner. I've gotta go through the registry and wipe the free space on the drive(s). It's running pretty slow right now, so it's tell it to do something and come back when it's finished.
After I get everything working right, I'll glue in the connector (so it can be removed if required) and glue the bits of the case back on that I hacked to get access. Next plug it in again and see if it still works!
 
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mooray said:
That kind of thing is fun. Plenty of them out there with broken power connectors on the mb.
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There are videos on disassembly and this one was a nightmare! I didn't want to spend too much time on it, but the part to fix it right was only $10, but required disassembly.
 
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and the cop let me stuff it under the back seat
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That had to be at least 40 years ago I would say.
Cops back in the 60's/70's and even up to the mid 80's were a different breed
When they weren't beating up hippies or Blacks they were mostly cool at least where I grew up
They were more humane than todays cops it seems to me.
I knew most of the cops around my town, both professionally & socially :)
Yea, I got popped a couple of time for smoking in public, but after I was let out I would go have a drink with the cop that busted me.
Weird shit, huh?
It was like that then.
I could tell you stories that would make you cry laughing about my interactions with my local cops, it was pretty funny :)
But today, no breaks or simply being a human, it's all by the book, they're robots now.
I had 2 DUI's in my life & one occurred around 25 years ago in front of my house.
No shit, right in front of my fucking house.
I was coming home one evening from work in NY to my home in CT, a 45 minute or so ride & as a habit, (yes a bad habit I'll admit that) I would stop at the local deli & purchase 2 Fosters Oil cans (those big motherfuckers :) ) for the ride home.
So, I drive home & finish my 2 beers and threw the empties behind the seat in my truck.
I pull onto my street, whistling probably, and then the fucking lights on the fucking cop car that was fucking behind me that I didn't fucking notice go on with a blast from the siren,
"FUCK" I say's to myself.
Now, I was like 50' from my fucking driveway & this 20 something twit with a badge comes up and asks for my license/registration/insurance cards.
"Do you know why I stopped you"
"No, I don't officer"
"You have a brake light out" (SHIT!!! I thinks)
Then those fucking words
Cop "Have you been drinking?"
Me "Yes officer, by chance, I have"
Cop "how many"
Me "Two (sorta the truth :) )
Cop "Could you please step out of the truck" he asks.
Me "Go fuck yourself"
(Only kidding, I didn't say that :) )
Me "Ok" as I tearfully exit the vehicle :(
So, fucking listen to this BS (luck of the Irish? Blo me)
He makes me walk the line & do a jig & I nail it, no wobbles/like a rock.
Me "Ok, I passed right, can I leave?"
Cop "Hold on for a minute"
So let me finish this shit story.
Another car pulls up with a Sargent and he gets out and walks over to us, holding an object in his hand.
You know what's coming up next, right?
A motherfucking breathalyzer & right then I knew I was fucked.
I blew a .09 & was .02 above the limit.
I then ask that cocksucking little shit if I could simply go home, pointing at my house that was RIGHT FUCKING IN FRONT OF US!!!!
Cop "Sorry sir, your under arrest and you have the right.......blah,blah, fucking blah.
This is the song I was whistling when they locked me up :)


Luv ya/Peace out/stay safe
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Jimdamick said:
That had to be at least 40 years ago I would say.
Cops back in the 60's/70's and even up to the mid 80's were a different breed. . . . . .
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About 38 years ago. When I got out of the Navy I bought the Pinto Bean. It was cheaper than a plane ticket home. But the tie-rod ends were screwed, so it had a good deal of play in the steering wheel. I was coming home from the bar and the Sheriff got the town cop to pull me over. (we had one cop in my town) So after he gave me the roadside test he said he was placing me under arrest and to please empty my pockets. When I stuck my hand in my pocket, I felt the baggie and said, "oh shit." He felt my pocket and ask if it was dime bag. I said, "yes sir." He told me to put everything back in my pockets and get in the car. Needless to say, it got stuffed before I got to the jail. But then when I had my court date, we all piled into the judge's quarters and he spoke up and told the judge what a polite young man I was. The judge dropped the charges down to reckless driving, but I did go on probation until I got my fine paid.
 
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injinji said:
About 38 years ago. When I got out of the Navy I bought the Pinto Bean. It was cheaper than a plane ticket home. But the tie-rod ends were screwed, so it had a good deal of play in the steering wheel. I was coming home from the bar and the Sheriff got the town cop to pull me over. (we had one cop in my town) So after he gave me the roadside test he said he was placing me under arrest and to please empty my pockets. When I stuck my hand in my pocket, I felt the baggie and said, "oh shit." He felt my pocket and ask if it was dime bag. I said, "yes sir." He told me to put everything back in my pockets and get in the car. Needless to say, it got stuffed before I got to the jail. But then when I had my court date, we all piled into the judge's quarters and he spoke up and told the judge what a polite young man I was. The judge dropped the charges down to reckless driving, but I did go on probation until I got my fine paid.
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A fucking Pinto?
Holy shit, your lucky you lived :)
Fucking death traps/cost Ford mega-millions in settlements to the families of those incenerated by those moving crematories.
Did it look like this?

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Or this?
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My friend had a '73 & 5 of us would get into that thing, praying we would be alive to see the sun rise the next day.
We would go to a nearby city, New Rochelle, NY (40 miles away) that had like 18 bars in 6 blocks on North Ave & on Thursdays they had Happy Hour & they were packed with loose women :)
We were 17 & the drinking age then in NY was 18 (If you were old enough to die in Vietnam, you were old enough to have a beer, right?) and a perfect situation developed & that was the development of cheap copying machines/laminators & draft cards.
We would make our own & the bars/liquor stores around us were our oysters :)

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Then I got the real deal the next year but they had stopped sending troops over by then.
I was lucky but some of my friends weren't.
That was when I started to hate Republicans.
I didn't like them ever, but with Nixon, that changed.
Fucking lying dog.
Anyway, on a brighter note, I'm still working on transferring photos to another drive, so until I'm finished with that, I'm gonna share some moments of my wonderfull life with you :)
This is my wife when she noticed that I had farted :)

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A Donkey in Ireland
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Horses in Ireland
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My son in Ireland
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And my family in Ireland
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Bye :)
 
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My brother bought a Pinto from a car dealership in '78, for $50. And then he asks for a spare. The car made it around the block and then stalled. Towed it hom and after a new timing belt he had the thing running and it lasted a year. They were really not that bad, he bought another one but I think it was a '74 this time. Have fond memories about those cars, those times also.
 
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My brother bought a Pinto from a car dealership in '78, for $50. And then he asks for a spare. The car made it around the block and then stalled. Towed it hom and after a new timing belt he had the thing running and it lasted a year. They were really not that bad, he bought another one but I think it was a '74 this time. Have fond memories about those cars, those times also.
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Do you remember these, the Gremlin?
Another disaster from Detroit in the '70's :)

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We spent days driving around with like six people in one, smoking & drinking & carousing. (Laughing now at the memory) & the best part?
We survived, but the car didn't :)

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Oh yea, those were the days :)


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My hoopty was a Dodge Caravan.

I used to have to get it to about 25 mph and turn it off and turn it back on again for it to go into a higher gear.

I left my keys in the ignition at all times too, one night it got stolen, and a few months later I got a letter that it was impounded and if I wanted it back I would have to pay for the tow/tickets on it. Turned out they got about a block or two away from my apartment before they pulled over and left it.
 
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