God does not want me to get an AK (humor?)

[fightingquaker13]

OK
I have been playing Hamlet over the AK vs AR issue to the point everyone, including me is sick of it. Problem solved,an unexpected $500 insurance payment coinciding with a sale on AKs from a reputable dealer. Too good to be true, right? Just so. My Mother@#$$%^&  computer has died two months out of the extended warranty I paid for. Thus also my dreams of a $400 AK with extra mags go with it . I yield this to Path and Rastus who will say that God loves not an an Episcopalian or a Libertarian (and in this case they're right). But honestly guys, I was this close to having both the AR AND the AK. Now, I get to spend my money on yet another stupid electronic box that if I'm lucky, will make it five years.
FQ13 who wonders why his 10 year old truck and 90 year old shotgun run fine, but his 4 year old computer will cost more to fix than replace
PS All jokes (and I know they are both coming and deserved, and politics aside), you drop $1.5K on a machine and get four years? WTH? I get that it is cheaper to replace and make new than train repair techs, but this seems more than a little bit Fall of the Roman Empire to me. No, I'm not being melodramatic either. My greatgrandad bought his (now my) Parker in 1917. Its held its value. My 1998 F-150 runs as good as the day I bought it. Is it too much to ask that a $1.5K machine will see it's fifth birthday and not be seen as disposable trash? Just askin'
FQ13

[alfsauve]

Bummer FQ. 

Just got an insurance bill so my dreams of squirreling away a few bucks this month also went out the window. 

I have to ask, what level computer does your mother require.   I mean if it's a MAC then you're screwed cause they' 2-3x the price of a comparable PC.  But a decent PC is available for around $299.   I'm lucky in that we have a MicroCenter nearby and I've bought their house brand for years.  Mostly when they've died it's been the hard disk (replaceable).   At least you'd have a few dollars left over to save towards that AR.

[Timothy]

I work with 'puters, every day and have for nearly thirty years. 

I have a $400.00 laptop at home and a $600.00 desktop that are going on seven years.  It's not how much you pay, it's what you pay for!  Crumby components make for crumby computers.  I'm also not afraid to replace any piece of the hardware myself!

Most times, with desktops, it's the power supply that you can replaced in about five minutes and costs under 50 bucks....

[Pathfinder]

OMG, another FQ thread about his life as an unemployed college spelling teacher and faux "libertarian" who has an AR but now has serious buyer's remorse about 2 things and not so secretly yearns to have an AK who routinely turns every life event into a melodrama worthy of the daytime soaps (got your eye patch yet?) whose computer has now apparently gone tits up.

Got news for you, your computer didn't just up and quit - it committed suicide, just couldn't put up with the drivel you type!




 

[Timothy]

Heeee, heeee, heeee, haaaawww, haaaawwwww......

ROFLMAO and I think I spotted I laughed so hard....

[Sponsor]

[ericire12]

Actually God loves all people...... except lawyers, politicians, and members of the United Methodist Church.

[philw]

look at one of these  will do the trick  

[tombogan03884]

FQ, I paid $600 including the replacement power supply, I've had it for over 5 years.
And YES, God has hated Episcopalians ever since they promoted Gene Robinson.

[Walter45Auto]

Yeah computers suck. As soon as you buy them, and learn to use them, they're obsolete or break down or both.

[Texas_Bryan]

Go build a new machine.  Cost you the same as buying one retail except it won't suck.  What the hell are you typing on now?