Lucky me

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:03 am

You wouldn't believe what happened today.

Here in Spain we don't have councel tips or anywhere to take household rubbish it is all put beside the communal bins out on the street, often people help themselves to furniture and things that have been left, sometimes it's very good stuff that has been dumped.

My bf found a computer beside one of these bins and brought it home to have a look at it. The only thing wrong with it was the power pack had given up. everything else was fine including the cd rewriter and dvd rewriter.

I will soon be sitting at a super fast computer when I take the bits that are better than mine.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:07 am

Wow! That's cool!

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:11 am

Wow that's very lucky.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:17 am

Not a good sign, it just means you'll have an even faster trigger finger!

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:20 am

abbey wrote: Not a good sign, it just means you'll have an even faster trigger finger!

Unfortunately I still have the same slow mouse, its nothing to do with your finger.

jennyswan · Post by **jennyswan** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:50 am

That's cool Pina, they do that in Germany as well. My sister furnished a whole flat one time like this

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:12 am

One of my mates who has lived on the Costa Del Sol in Spain for the last 3 years e mailed me earlier to let me know his new address as he moved apartment today. Said he left his computer by the side of the road as he took some other stuff inside and when he went back, someone had half-inched it. What's the world coming to?

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:16 am

Uncle Kram wrote: One of my mates who has lived on the Costa Del Sol in Spain for the last 3 years e mailed me earlier to let me know his new address as he moved apartment today. Said he left his computer by the side of the road as he took some other stuff inside and when he went back, someone had half-inched it. What's the world coming to?

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Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:26 am

SnoozeControl wrote: Wow! That's an amazing coincidence, isn't it?:wah:

My boss is always saying that he doesn't believe in coincidences. A few weeks ago I met someone else who didn't believe in coincidences either. I thought "Blimey, what a coincidence"

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:49 pm

Uncle Kram wrote: One of my mates who has lived on the Costa Del Sol in Spain for the last 3 years e mailed me earlier to let me know his new address as he moved apartment today. Said he left his computer by the side of the road as he took some other stuff inside and when he went back, someone had half-inched it. What's the world coming to?

If he wants it back its fine by me but his hard drive is at the police station. He might have a hard time explaining what was on it.

:wah:

cars · Post by **cars** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:17 pm

What great luck pina, Good for you!

But being a virgo, (COD- worry wart) just hope there is no "VIRUS" in the darn thing!!! (Maybe that's why it was discarded, but that's just me, always looking a gift horse in the mouth)

pina · Post by **pina** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:59 pm

cars wrote: What great luck pina, Good for you!

But being a virgo, (COD- worry wart) just hope there is no "VIRUS" in the darn thing!!! (Maybe that's why it was discarded, but that's just me, always looking a gift horse in the mouth)

No Virus I've kept hold of my own hard drive. I'm only using the bits that are better than mine like the processor and extra memory the rest will go towards building another computer.

It was probably thrown away because it wouldn't start up and the owner just went out and bought another one. So many people here throw things out because they are moving or have enough money to just change things when they feel like it.

That's why I said lucky me for finding it.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:15 am

pina wrote: If he wants it back its fine by me but his hard drive is at the police station. He might have a hard time explaining what was on it.

:wah:

Must have been all that stuff I sent him

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:23 pm

pina wrote: No Virus I've kept hold of my own hard drive. I'm only using the bits that are better than mine like the processor and extra memory the rest will go towards building another computer.

It was probably thrown away because it wouldn't start up and the owner just went out and bought another one. So many people here throw things out because they are moving or have enough money to just change things when they feel like it.

That's why I said lucky me for finding it.

Well then that's really great pina, I'm really glad for you. LUCKY YOU!!!