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Grex Classified Item 1197: Wanted: computer deliver to Westland; electric frypan; Win9X games
Entered by keesan on Wed Jan 16 21:56:13 UTC 2008:

Can someone deliver a computer to Westland in the next couple of weeks? We 
put it together for someone who had a recent leg amputation, and her 
friend was going to come get it with her van, but the engine blew.  It is 
for the use of her four kids, who are doing a lot of the housework.  Her 
friend's truck also broke, after he picked up a wheelchair from us for 
her.  He will eventually get it working again, but it is 30 miles each 
way.  Does anyone drive there from Ann Arbor (or Ypsi) anyway?

Also she could use an electric frying pan since she cannot stand to cook at
the stove.  Her kids help all they can.  We can pick up by bike from 
westside Ann Arbor.  We are using ours.  

Win95 or Win98 games or encyclopedias would be fun for the kids.  They 
have three games.  We put on a bunch of very old free DOS games.
They are 9, 11 and 13 (I think).  

She did not ask for any of this stuff, or for help in pickup.  We offered 
to try to help.

7 responses total.

#1 of 7 by tod on Wed Jan 16 22:15:19 2008:

Electric frying pan sounds kinda dangerous with kids in the house.

#2 of 7 by keesan on Thu Jan 17 00:50:46 2008:

The kids are cooking at the stove.  They are ages 9 through 13.  Their mother
prepares the food first.  With an electric frying pan she could sit at the
table and cook.  We found a few game CDs, Grolier, some music CDs.

#3 of 7 by keesan on Fri Jan 18 00:21:57 2008:

Someone coming from Ypsi tomorrow morning for two computer repairs, also on
the freecycle mailing list, offered to deliver the computer to Westland after
church (in Plymouth) Sunday.  I just had to ask enough people.  One computer
went to Romulus with a list moderator who sometimes works there.  Another list
moderator picked up a computer from Milan for repair when she worked there
one day.  A bunch of really helpful people.  The guy getting a video card is
bringing some drives to someone else in Ypsi, and also probably giving us
a pile of computer parts and maybe two computers.  Someone who wanted a laptop
power supply will come over and help put one together out of our parts and
bring a bunch of computer parts (he fixed computers but apparently does not
replace the capacitors on the boards, like Jim does did with a donated board).
A surprising number of people in Ypsi have been donating to our project.  The
computers tend to end up east of there.
Tsty ought to clean up this conference.  If I email him will my twit filter
filter out his email?

#4 of 7 by tsty on Fri Jan 25 06:18:05 2008:

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#5 of 7 by keesan on Fri Jan 25 06:40:44 2008:

The laptop power supply was not hard to build, but the laptop Jim made it for
does not even light up so he will attempt to run power into the battery
compartment after the battery store tells the owner which pins of the battery
the power is on.  Power supplies are 19-20V, batteries 11V.  The extra 8V is
for charging.  You can run computers with a 12V power supply if you don't
charge the battery.  Six more desktop computers showed up this week, not
counting the two that just followed Jim home.  One has 8 exploded capacitors
and a memory card reader.

#6 of 7 by tsty on Wed Oct 22 15:01:31 2008:

based on recent bbs entries you can send me email.

#7 of 7 by tsty on Wed Mar 25 03:53:21 2009:

but you have to  be able to read my repsonses....

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