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#951 Old 31st Jul 2025 at 4:06 PM
Quote: Originally posted by simmer22
The laptop is probably running on fumes (it's around 5 years old, how time flies ) but I'm hoping it's not on its last leg yet...

My sims computer was built in 2012, it's had some new hard drives but that's about it! It's a legend in my house.
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#952 Old 31st Jul 2025 at 6:39 PM Last edited by simmer22 : Yesterday at 8:48 PM.
Quote: Originally posted by simsample
My sims computer was built in 2012, it's had some new hard drives but that's about it! It's a legend in my house.


My laptops have mostly reached around 5-7 years old, and the desktop one did started failing after around 8-ish years, but they've all been heavily used and travelled with (even the desktop one, which had to endure some rounds - quite well packed, as I kept the original box and all for that purpose. The screen cables got the worst of it, so I always had to adjust away the ghost images )

EDIT: Seems the issue I had with the laptop was fixable, and it also got a cleaning job while they were at it, so hopefully it lasts for a bit longer . It had its first trip outside the house in a somewhat improvised backpack setup (can't find a cover for the thing, too big) and the weather was kinda iffy, so I was just hoping it wouldn't rain (just a few drops, nothing got wet).

EDIT again:
Wasps! Was making dinner and noticed something tickling my arm. Swatted it away, thinking it was a fly. Then mom yells, "Wasp!" and I panic, and run out of the room (I have this thing with small flying critters that potentially can sting... Actually, most small flying critters, really :/) - anyway, we try to use a vacuum cleaner to get at the thing. Suddenly it's gone. We peek in. The stupid buzz-ball has drowned itself in the frying pan (yuck!) . We fish it (and some surrounding stuff) out, and carry on with the dinner. Suddenly I see a streak of black from the corner of my eye, again thinking "fly", but this time being a bit more cautious. Again, it turns out to be a friggin' wasp. It meets its end in the vaccuum cleaner (one wasp in the dinner is enough, and the window gets closed immediately, because our dinner is clearly smelling better than flowers outside . About 15 minutes later we take a walk, and - I'm not even joking - another wasp decides to try and ruin our evening (but at least it flies away after buzzing around for a bit). I swear, if I never see a wasp again, it's too soon
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