[Hidden-tech] Looking for a used laptop

Tue Sep 15 15:21:57 UTC 2020

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On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 10:50 AM d. via Hidden-discuss <
hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:

> Hi, lovely H-Tech-ers:
>
> I need to share a story about H-T.
>
> Six years ago I started collecting discarded pc's and laptops to recycle
> to needy disabled vets in our area.  Last week I was emailing out a survey
> to disabled vets and instructors and accidentally butt-dialed someone for
> whom I only had a first name and "vet" in my contacts.  I didn't know who
> it was but I immediately cut off the call and thought I was faster than the
> cell company electrons.  The next day he called me back and asked my name.
> He thought he recognized my number and said he'd just been telling someone
> at work about this program that provided him with a pc many years ago and
> it was a god-send.  It allowed him to go to school.  He got sober, he got a
> Bachelor's degree, then went on to get a Master's in Social Work, and now
> he works in a social services agency in Springfield, and he's stayed sober;
> all because of getting that computer.  I had no idea because I'd never
> heard from him or followed up or even had any other contact info like a
> last name.  That was a lucky butt-dial.
>
> Often we don't get feedback on our actions that get forgotten and hidden
> in the mists of time.  I thought H-T should know that some of your simple,
> thoughtful actions have powerful, positive effects.  Keep it up.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Su
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 4:48 PM Rich at tnr via Hidden-discuss <
> hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> wrote:
>
>> I got a request for a used laptop, given the description it needs to be
>> newer than the older machines I have around.  SO suggestions or offers
>> welcome - including suggestions of commercial used machine sellers,
>> although local would be preferable.  please email offline.
>> > Needs s a PC.  He anticipates doing Zoom meetings, so it would ideally
>> > have a mic and camera.  He is a heavy Excel user ie. Excel files of
>> > roughly a mega byte in size.
>> Thanks for any input, Rich
>> Rich Roth
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