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[Foxfyre]

Compared to many, I've got off lightly. For example, reading about the lady who lost everything in the CA fires.


But.......my shoulder, following surgery, is taking ages to heal.

I hear that Mindful. We need to put you on the vigil list yes? But shoulder and knee surgery does seem to take longer than other kinds of corrective surgery.

Yes the do.

Soooo, you never answered my questions about Hombre's HP. Is it a desktop? If it is the model number should be on a sticker on the side.

Oh I'm sorry. I thought I did. It's a fairly new HP Pavilion desktop. Model #590-p-0020

Okay, another 4GB RAM (4GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM) is what Crucial says is compatible with Hombre's HP and is around $20. The problem is usually you can't just buy another 4gb stick and add it unless it's the exact same one that's already installed, sometimes......... What the specs tell me is you have one 4gb DDR4-2666 SDRAM.
I found one that exactly fits what you have but it's $60......... Soooo, if that's the case you can actually upgrade to 16gb of RAM........ Wait for it........ Cheaper!

This is supposed to fit your HP but I need to double check.

OLOy 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model MD4U082616BGDA - Newegg.com

If you choose the Parrot Red it's a dollar cheaper.

I copied it down and will check it out.

 

[Ringel05]

Compared to many, I've got off lightly. For example, reading about the lady who lost everything in the CA fires.


But.......my shoulder, following surgery, is taking ages to heal.

I hear that Mindful. We need to put you on the vigil list yes? But shoulder and knee surgery does seem to take longer than other kinds of corrective surgery.

Yes the do.

Soooo, you never answered my questions about Hombre's HP. Is it a desktop? If it is the model number should be on a sticker on the side.

Oh I'm sorry. I thought I did. It's a fairly new HP Pavilion desktop. Model #590-p-0020

Okay, another 4GB RAM (4GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM) is what Crucial says is compatible with Hombre's HP and is around $20. The problem is usually you can't just buy another 4gb stick and add it unless it's the exact same one that's already installed, sometimes......... What the specs tell me is you have one 4gb DDR4-2666 SDRAM.
I found one that exactly fits what you have but it's $60......... Soooo, if that's the case you can actually upgrade to 16gb of RAM........ Wait for it........ Cheaper!

This is supposed to fit your HP but I need to double check.

OLOy 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model MD4U082616BGDA - Newegg.com

If you choose the Parrot Red it's a dollar cheaper.

I copied it down and will check it out.

Right now they're $10 off, think the sale lasts a week but don't quote me on that.

 

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.
And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for:

Harper
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Wellness for Foxfyre's sister and Hombre's sister
Montrovant for continued progress in his transition.
JustAnotherNut for strength and wisdom dealing with challenges.
Gracie & Mr. G in difficult transition and for positive trend to continue.
Seagal and Mr. Seagal.
Peach for healing
Beautress for wellness
Kat for wellness
Mindful and her shoulder for healing
Mrs. Ringel05 for good results and comfort with new meds.
Gallantwarrior for strength, patience, healing, comfort in his challenge with caring for Rod and Rod's healing.
All those we love and care about who aren't on the list.

And we keep the porch light on so that those who have been away can find their way back.

As I sign off tonight my darlinks, I notice that for most of us, it is Friday the 13th. And there will be a full harvest moon tonight. So. . . .if things get a bit wierd, you'll know why.

 

[Ringel05]

Finally the PackRat is gone so there's another $200 per month to go into savings.

 

[Foxfyre]

Drama queen

 

[Foxfyre]

 

[Ringel05]

We have a set of 400 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheets I bought just over a year ago, soft as a babies bottom. Ordered a couple of sets of 500 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheet sets on sale. The first arrived yesterday, opened the package and felt the sheets....... Not soft and silky as advertised but rough and scratchy, already gave a bad review and they're going back.

 

[Montrovant]

Compared to many, I've got off lightly. For example, reading about the lady who lost everything in the CA fires.


But.......my shoulder, following surgery, is taking ages to heal.

I hear that Mindful. We need to put you on the vigil list yes? But shoulder and knee surgery does seem to take longer than other kinds of corrective surgery.

Yes the do.

Soooo, you never answered my questions about Hombre's HP. Is it a desktop? If it is the model number should be on a sticker on the side.

Oh I'm sorry. I thought I did. It's a fairly new HP Pavilion desktop. Model #590-p-0020

Okay, another 4GB RAM (4GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM) is what Crucial says is compatible with Hombre's HP and is around $20. The problem is usually you can't just buy another 4gb stick and add it unless it's the exact same one that's already installed, sometimes......... What the specs tell me is you have one 4gb DDR4-2666 SDRAM.
I found one that exactly fits what you have but it's $60......... Soooo, if that's the case you can actually upgrade to 16gb of RAM........ Wait for it........ Cheaper!

This is supposed to fit your HP but I need to double check.

OLOy 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model MD4U082616BGDA - Newegg.com

If you choose the Parrot Red it's a dollar cheaper.

Also one other thing I noticed, it's horribly under-powered with a 180Watt power supply unit. Heck I didn't know they even made them that weak any longer. If he ever wants to add a graphics card at some later point that will have to be upgraded.

180 Watts?!

Did they have a bunch of old unused power supplies sitting around I wonder?

 

[Foxfyre]

Compared to many, I've got off lightly. For example, reading about the lady who lost everything in the CA fires.


But.......my shoulder, following surgery, is taking ages to heal.

I hear that Mindful. We need to put you on the vigil list yes? But shoulder and knee surgery does seem to take longer than other kinds of corrective surgery.

Yes the do.

Soooo, you never answered my questions about Hombre's HP. Is it a desktop? If it is the model number should be on a sticker on the side.

Oh I'm sorry. I thought I did. It's a fairly new HP Pavilion desktop. Model #590-p-0020

Okay, another 4GB RAM (4GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM) is what Crucial says is compatible with Hombre's HP and is around $20. The problem is usually you can't just buy another 4gb stick and add it unless it's the exact same one that's already installed, sometimes......... What the specs tell me is you have one 4gb DDR4-2666 SDRAM.
I found one that exactly fits what you have but it's $60......... Soooo, if that's the case you can actually upgrade to 16gb of RAM........ Wait for it........ Cheaper!

This is supposed to fit your HP but I need to double check.

OLOy 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model MD4U082616BGDA - Newegg.com

If you choose the Parrot Red it's a dollar cheaper.

Also one other thing I noticed, it's horribly under-powered with a 180Watt power supply unit. Heck I didn't know they even made them that weak any longer. If he ever wants to add a graphics card at some later point that will have to be upgraded.

That's probably why it was ridiculously cheap. He doesn't do any serious gaming at all and rarely needs any additional power. But it just is a little slower navigating and bringing up websites etc. than he would like. But then so does my computer which is almost identical to his but has 8 gigs ram. So any modifications probably wouldn't help him all that much?

 

[Foxfyre]

We have a set of 400 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheets I bought just over a year ago, soft as a babies bottom. Ordered a couple of sets of 500 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheet sets on sale. The first arrived yesterday, opened the package and felt the sheets....... Not soft and silky as advertised but rough and scratchy, already gave a bad review and they're going back.

You know we have bought the expensive sheets and they are very nice. But lately, because we are on a tight budget, I scour the world looking for real bargains and have found the microfiber sheets to be very soft and comfortable and also very cheap. Elegant they are not. But they get the job done for us at a fraction of the cost. And so far they have worn like iron. We are getting our money's worth and more.

 

[Hossfly]

I hear that Mindful. We need to put you on the vigil list yes? But shoulder and knee surgery does seem to take longer than other kinds of corrective surgery.

Yes the do.

Soooo, you never answered my questions about Hombre's HP. Is it a desktop? If it is the model number should be on a sticker on the side.

Oh I'm sorry. I thought I did. It's a fairly new HP Pavilion desktop. Model #590-p-0020

Okay, another 4GB RAM (4GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM) is what Crucial says is compatible with Hombre's HP and is around $20. The problem is usually you can't just buy another 4gb stick and add it unless it's the exact same one that's already installed, sometimes......... What the specs tell me is you have one 4gb DDR4-2666 SDRAM.
I found one that exactly fits what you have but it's $60......... Soooo, if that's the case you can actually upgrade to 16gb of RAM........ Wait for it........ Cheaper!

This is supposed to fit your HP but I need to double check.

OLOy 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model MD4U082616BGDA - Newegg.com

If you choose the Parrot Red it's a dollar cheaper.

Also one other thing I noticed, it's horribly under-powered with a 180Watt power supply unit. Heck I didn't know they even made them that weak any longer. If he ever wants to add a graphics card at some later point that will have to be upgraded.

That's probably why it was ridiculously cheap. He doesn't do any serious gaming at all and rarely needs any additional power. But it just is a little slower navigating and bringing up websites etc. than he would like. But then so does my computer which is almost identical to his but has 8 gigs ram. So any modifications probably wouldn't help him all that much?

 

[Ringel05]

I hear that Mindful. We need to put you on the vigil list yes? But shoulder and knee surgery does seem to take longer than other kinds of corrective surgery.

Yes the do.

Soooo, you never answered my questions about Hombre's HP. Is it a desktop? If it is the model number should be on a sticker on the side.

Oh I'm sorry. I thought I did. It's a fairly new HP Pavilion desktop. Model #590-p-0020

Okay, another 4GB RAM (4GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM) is what Crucial says is compatible with Hombre's HP and is around $20. The problem is usually you can't just buy another 4gb stick and add it unless it's the exact same one that's already installed, sometimes......... What the specs tell me is you have one 4gb DDR4-2666 SDRAM.
I found one that exactly fits what you have but it's $60......... Soooo, if that's the case you can actually upgrade to 16gb of RAM........ Wait for it........ Cheaper!

This is supposed to fit your HP but I need to double check.

OLOy 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model MD4U082616BGDA - Newegg.com

If you choose the Parrot Red it's a dollar cheaper.

Also one other thing I noticed, it's horribly under-powered with a 180Watt power supply unit. Heck I didn't know they even made them that weak any longer. If he ever wants to add a graphics card at some later point that will have to be upgraded.

That's probably why it was ridiculously cheap. He doesn't do any serious gaming at all and rarely needs any additional power. But it just is a little slower navigating and bringing up websites etc. than he would like. But then so does my computer which is almost identical to his but has 8 gigs ram. So any modifications probably wouldn't help him all that much?

Not sure though there is modification on both that would work wonders and that is to replace your hard drives with solid state drives and more RAM which could easily be done but that could cost as much as $150 per computer (just the parts, free for me to install). Surfing the net is a whole different animal, who are you using as an internet provider and what download speed are you paying for?

 

[Ringel05]

We have a set of 400 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheets I bought just over a year ago, soft as a babies bottom. Ordered a couple of sets of 500 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheet sets on sale. The first arrived yesterday, opened the package and felt the sheets....... Not soft and silky as advertised but rough and scratchy, already gave a bad review and they're going back.

You know we have bought the expensive sheets and they are very nice. But lately, because we are on a tight budget, I scour the world looking for real bargains and have found the microfiber sheets to be very soft and comfortable and also very cheap. Elegant they are not. But they get the job done for us at a fraction of the cost. And so far they have worn like iron. We are getting our money's worth and more.

My problem is we both have issues with man-made fabrics, most man-made fabrics I should say and aren't those microfiber sheets hot?

 

[Ringel05]

We have a set of 400 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheets I bought just over a year ago, soft as a babies bottom. Ordered a couple of sets of 500 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheet sets on sale. The first arrived yesterday, opened the package and felt the sheets....... Not soft and silky as advertised but rough and scratchy, already gave a bad review and they're going back.

You know we have bought the expensive sheets and they are very nice. But lately, because we are on a tight budget, I scour the world looking for real bargains and have found the microfiber sheets to be very soft and comfortable and also very cheap. Elegant they are not. But they get the job done for us at a fraction of the cost. And so far they have worn like iron. We are getting our money's worth and more.

My problem is we both have issues with man-made fabrics, most man-made fabrics I should say and aren't those microfiber sheets hot?

Okay, I'm going to give them a try but instead of pure microfiber I'm getting the bamboo/microfiber blend. Makes them lighter and more breathable at the same price.

 

[Foxfyre]

Yes the do.

Soooo, you never answered my questions about Hombre's HP. Is it a desktop? If it is the model number should be on a sticker on the side.

Oh I'm sorry. I thought I did. It's a fairly new HP Pavilion desktop. Model #590-p-0020

Okay, another 4GB RAM (4GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM) is what Crucial says is compatible with Hombre's HP and is around $20. The problem is usually you can't just buy another 4gb stick and add it unless it's the exact same one that's already installed, sometimes......... What the specs tell me is you have one 4gb DDR4-2666 SDRAM.
I found one that exactly fits what you have but it's $60......... Soooo, if that's the case you can actually upgrade to 16gb of RAM........ Wait for it........ Cheaper!

This is supposed to fit your HP but I need to double check.

OLOy 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model MD4U082616BGDA - Newegg.com

If you choose the Parrot Red it's a dollar cheaper.

Also one other thing I noticed, it's horribly under-powered with a 180Watt power supply unit. Heck I didn't know they even made them that weak any longer. If he ever wants to add a graphics card at some later point that will have to be upgraded.

That's probably why it was ridiculously cheap. He doesn't do any serious gaming at all and rarely needs any additional power. But it just is a little slower navigating and bringing up websites etc. than he would like. But then so does my computer which is almost identical to his but has 8 gigs ram. So any modifications probably wouldn't help him all that much?

Not sure though there is modification on both that would work wonders and that is to replace your hard drives with solid state drives and more RAM which could easily be done but that could cost as much as $150 per computer (just the parts, free for me to install). Surfing the net is a whole different animal, who are you using as an internet provider and what download speed are you paying for?

We have Xfinity high speed internet bundled with cable and phones. It is excellent and very reliable--rarely ever goes off and when it does it is rarely for more than a very short time. We really have all that kind of capability we need. I am relaying our discussions here to Hombre and he says he really isn't frustrated--at least not often --with his computer's performance and for the simple things we do with the computers and on line, they really are adequate. He doesn't want to spend any more on them than absolutely necessary.

Don't tell him but I am looking for a good deal on a 27" monitor for him for Christmas though.

 

[Ringel05]

Oh I'm sorry. I thought I did. It's a fairly new HP Pavilion desktop. Model #590-p-0020

Okay, another 4GB RAM (4GB DDR4-2400 UDIMM) is what Crucial says is compatible with Hombre's HP and is around $20. The problem is usually you can't just buy another 4gb stick and add it unless it's the exact same one that's already installed, sometimes......... What the specs tell me is you have one 4gb DDR4-2666 SDRAM.
I found one that exactly fits what you have but it's $60......... Soooo, if that's the case you can actually upgrade to 16gb of RAM........ Wait for it........ Cheaper!

This is supposed to fit your HP but I need to double check.

OLOy 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 (PC4 21300) Desktop Memory Model MD4U082616BGDA - Newegg.com

If you choose the Parrot Red it's a dollar cheaper.

Also one other thing I noticed, it's horribly under-powered with a 180Watt power supply unit. Heck I didn't know they even made them that weak any longer. If he ever wants to add a graphics card at some later point that will have to be upgraded.

That's probably why it was ridiculously cheap. He doesn't do any serious gaming at all and rarely needs any additional power. But it just is a little slower navigating and bringing up websites etc. than he would like. But then so does my computer which is almost identical to his but has 8 gigs ram. So any modifications probably wouldn't help him all that much?

Not sure though there is modification on both that would work wonders and that is to replace your hard drives with solid state drives and more RAM which could easily be done but that could cost as much as $150 per computer (just the parts, free for me to install). Surfing the net is a whole different animal, who are you using as an internet provider and what download speed are you paying for?

We have Xfinity high speed internet bundled with cable and phones. It is excellent and very reliable--rarely ever goes off and when it does it is rarely for more than a very short time. We really have all that kind of capability we need. I am relaying our discussions here to Hombre and he says he really isn't frustrated--at least not often --with his computer's performance and for the simple things we do with the computers and on line, they really are adequate. He doesn't want to spend any more on them than absolutely necessary.

Don't tell him but I am looking for a good deal on a 27" monitor for him for Christmas though.

Well, the 16gb of RAM will noticeably speed it up. We're not talking WOW factor speed increase but noticeable.
An M2.2 solid state drive would give the WOW factor but again, they're still sorta expensive, no where near as expensive as they used to be but still more expensive than a old style disk drive without the large storage space provided on old hard drives.

 

[Ringel05]

Last two Fridays in a row the wife wanted Dion's, make the call and order, wait the 15 minutes then head over. The closest one to us is on Montgomery and Morris so with lights and traffic about a 5 minute drive. Both times get there and there's a line of vehicles wrapped around the building waiting for pick up and almost all the parking spaces full....... Fifteen minutes later ya finally make it to the delivery window...... Next week I call then head right over.......

 

[gallantwarrior]

We have a set of 400 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheets I bought just over a year ago, soft as a babies bottom. Ordered a couple of sets of 500 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheet sets on sale. The first arrived yesterday, opened the package and felt the sheets....... Not soft and silky as advertised but rough and scratchy, already gave a bad review and they're going back.

You know we have bought the expensive sheets and they are very nice. But lately, because we are on a tight budget, I scour the world looking for real bargains and have found the microfiber sheets to be very soft and comfortable and also very cheap. Elegant they are not. But they get the job done for us at a fraction of the cost. And so far they have worn like iron. We are getting our money's worth and more.

We like flannel sheets, warmer when the weather gets cold.

 

[Foxfyre]

Well the day passed without any noticeable wierdness here. So I trust all are in good shape and looking forward to the weekend. Good night darliinks No change in the vigil list.

 

[Foxfyre]

We have a set of 400 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheets I bought just over a year ago, soft as a babies bottom. Ordered a couple of sets of 500 count 100% Egyptian cotton sheet sets on sale. The first arrived yesterday, opened the package and felt the sheets....... Not soft and silky as advertised but rough and scratchy, already gave a bad review and they're going back.

You know we have bought the expensive sheets and they are very nice. But lately, because we are on a tight budget, I scour the world looking for real bargains and have found the microfiber sheets to be very soft and comfortable and also very cheap. Elegant they are not. But they get the job done for us at a fraction of the cost. And so far they have worn like iron. We are getting our money's worth and more.

My problem is we both have issues with man-made fabrics, most man-made fabrics I should say and aren't those microfiber sheets hot?

Okay, I'm going to give them a try but instead of pure microfiber I'm getting the bamboo/microfiber blend. Makes them lighter and more breathable at the same price.

I don't find them to be hot. But you might. Don't know if the bamboo will be as soft but it could be worth a try.

And I've already tried twice to get to bed tonight and keep winding up back at the computer. Third times a charm?. . . . good night.