"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" wrote:
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>>I'm back now! Computer had a bad folder. Shop had to repair it. Then I
>>was using the wrong password for Eternal September. Am sick though with a
>>stomach thing and have a fever so may be more in bed than on here.
>
> Welcome back! Ya know these days it costs less to buy a new computer
> than to pay for shop time... hardware costs less than software, and
> definitely costs less than techy time.

My HP flatbed scanner has just packed up and I think it may be cheaper to
buy a new one.
I hate the waste that we put up with in electronic gear these days.
Graham