Lou, What about a shed in the backyard where BB will not have to be face to face with the inventory? You could still work on getting rid of the stuff but it'd be outta her hair.
HP my shed would have to be 16X24 feet. I had a 1200 sq ft shop before 9/11 and shortly after my busines volume droped, some due to seasonal change, some to lower printer costs (but higher cost supplies) The shop was also difficult to heat (kept the temp around 50). I moved everything home in mid 2002.
You are right about the getting the stuff out of the house. If I was going to continue working I would build an extra garage. BB wants the stuff off the property and with the way things are changing, some of my customers want new printers even if the supplies cost 25% to 50% more than they did using the old printers.
Some people panic when they think about a 10 year old work-horse of a printer just because of it's age. The Hewlett Packard LaserJet 4+ are better and more economical than some of the new printers. The trouble I am having is justifying the expence of building a storage unit to service fewer and fewer customers. I see new junk, money grabing printers in customers offices every week. When they up-grade computers, some computer expert tells them the printers are old and should be replaced. I don't advise my customers about computers. I wish the computer people did not advise customers about printers.
Most of the computer people advise customers about printers based on magazine reports. Magazine articles do not have the wisdom gained after servicing the printers for two years. I advise my customers about printers based on customer satisfaction, service history (2+ years), and operating cost.
I guess I have to spend more hours every week getting rid of things and not try to find a home for everything. I see the banks and hospitals just getting rid of good stuff by throwing it in the dumpster. I suppose that is where some of the high medical come from. Out with the old, in with the new. The He!! with the cost. Sometimes it is difficult for a semi-ecologist and recycler to think like the bank and hospital people.
I am just cooling it with the sex thing for now. I am still surfing the internet and cut/pasting UTI ideas to a wordprocessor file. I have lots of material and need to group things together, combime similar paragraphs (5) to one informative paragraph. After editing, I should have about 10 to 15 pages of good solid, useful information to give to BB. I also have the 2 UTI books.
Just for laughs. I have a big trip planned for the 4th. We will be traveling to the next town (15 miles away) to visit friends and have a burger. We have to be back in 4 or 5 hours to let the dogs out. They are always inside on the 4th because of fire crackers/fire works in the neighbohood. Not too bad for a guy that went on his last vacation in 1986. Like I said, some people are different.
Lou, I hope you don't mind my asking a technical question on your thread. I can't find anyone who knows the answer to this one. I have an HP4ML laser printer that I used to use with my Mac. As you said, it is a great printer. I would like to be able to use it with my laptop (not a Mac). The printer came with software to make is usable with Windows, but my problem is the cable. The Mac connector is a round thing... I can't remember what they call it. It's not a serial connector, and it's not a usb connector. It's something uniquely Mac. Is there such a thing as a connector that will like a Mac-type port with a PC port? I've looked all over CompUSA and can't find what I'm looking for. Thanks.
I've got a question too. I bought a hp LaserJet 3330 at a garage sale and I've found a driver that allows the printer to work but I can't find a driver that will get the scanner to work. I would offer to barter goods in exchange for any professional advice but I can't mail rare books to anonymous people .
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
Re: Lillieperl I have an HP4ML laser printer that I used to use with my Mac. As you said, it is a great printer. I would like to be able to use it with my laptop (not a Mac)
The Printer: A HP4ML is a durable printer. It has a small round Mac connecttion port mounted on an angle near the left rear of the printer and the area has a pop-off cover. Under that same cover and a little foward you will see a parallel port that is 2"' X 1/2" and slightly D shaped port for connecting to "PC" type computers.
The computer: Does your computer have a port labeled LPT1 or Parallel? It is about 2" X 1/2" and slightly D shaped and should have 25 pin sockets and nut/screw mounting on each side where the cable attaches to the computer.
The cable: The cable is a standard item for all PC's from 1980 until recently. Printer Cable, 10', Molded DB25M To Cent36m 6 to 15 feet lengths are common. Don't buy one over 15' because sometimes data going to the printer starts to get lost/absorbed.
If your computer only has USB ports (some companies switched to USB only on some computers) I saw a USB "A" to centronics 36m on the above site a couple of years ago. I don't see any now. It came with a driver disc 3.5" and cost around $25.
Adaptors: There use to be connectors that converted Apple talk to IBM/PC so you could use the lower priced PC style printers but the adaptors did not convert all of the computer data to usable printer data. IE=junk.
So Lil, what type of port is on your computer DB25M or USB or both? I looked at mt HP4ML and it has apple talk and a centronics 36M ports. I can't see your computer from here so you have to tell me if you want to. I bet the Printer Cable, 10', Molded DB25M To Cent36m would work if your computer is the "PC"/not Mac variety. I thought your bf was a computer guy? I am more into printers and pick (self taught from books) up computer stuff/knowledge so I can get the printers to work.
Books: BB is reading the UTI books. She still has an itch and I have not been near the honey hole for over a month.
We also hav a mini confrontation this AM and have each said what is bothering us as individuals. BB resents my computer time looking for R help and for her UTI problems.
I will admit to spending too much time on the internet mostly because I am still looking for things to change more than they have. Maybe I am looking too much. Maybe some how I think the more I look, the better the R will be.
BB said to quit looking and just throw out my old inventory that I at least want to donate or recycle.
JJ and anyone else looking for HP drivers. Here is the start page for HP drivers HP Software & Driver Downloads You have to specify what operating system you are using (W98, XP, 2000 etc). Sometimes drivers from an older operating system kind of work with a newer operating system. EX W95 driver works with win W98/WME. I don't think W98 drivers work with XP.
Other hard to find drivers: Another cource for drivers is Driver Guide you need a log on name (DRIVERS) and a password (ALL) these used to work but they are changing them soom. If these don't work apply for new ones. They e-mail them to you.
Not all drivers at this site work in all situations. Most drivers work well. Some drivers are sort of home made, some drivers were written for a similar machine and some drivers kind of work and a sort of driver is better than no driver.
Relligated to the dungeon this week end as it's clean out time or else.
Lou Hi not good at the advise thing but I do want to say I applaud your many efforts I have been reading your post and your advice to others you seem like a terrific person.
I will state that (and this is not advice) The moving out of the bedroom thing I would not think of as a good move. I know so many people who sleep in seperate bedrooms from there spouses for a variety of reasons snorring ect. They never have sex and I mean two years and running type never. Being a labled LD I say with truth in my words if my H moved out of our bedroom I would feel like I was granted a vacation for life. Even the few times I actually want sex would end up sexless because I am not treking down the hall or the steps in the middle of the night to persue it. Again just my thought not advice
The vacations you deserve one one you will enjoy Go on one maybe not alone take a son a son in law a friend and go do something you enjoy something you want to do. I would gather a mental list of the things the wife states she wants to do for vacation tick off the ones that sound deplorable to you agree to do the others with her tell her the deplorable ones she will have to find someone else to tag along and you go off on your own instead. Best of both worlds some for you and some for both of you. Again not advice just what I would try to do.
Now the big one the clutter. I myself relate to your wife. I get rid of everything in my house that is not used in reasonable amount of time. My H keeps everything broken or not (he is gonna fix it one day). But I don't feel you are adverse to get rid of things you just do not want to throw a perfectly good item away. I to donate all decent clothing household appl ect to either goodwill or the salvation army. They do not throw things away no matter how much you take to them at goodwill everything you bring in gets loaded on a truck and taken to a warehouse and then dispersed though out there stores. So my thought here is take a little more on your trips then you have been. Have you tried a yard sale? Good way to get items and maybe a little more then the donation value. Also the ebay thing is really a good idea and if you keep a inventory of your items already would not be very time consuming to post. I use to own a store and sold on ebay it was very effective to get rid of slow moving items. I would post part of my inventory ledger and sell as all but people would contact me for individual items. Saved cost on posting each item individually. And again in the hour it took you to deliberate about how to get rid of it you. could have gotten rid of it. Again my thought not advice.
The UIT'S sorry no suggestions thoughts or advise I use to suffer them myself . I stopped using public restrooms stopped using certain toliet papers and have not had a bath in years (No I dont stink a shower a day keeps that away). And I always clean up and so does my H after sex. Not to romantic but if it works right.
So no advise from me. You have been on my thread so you know I am in no place for giving advise. But a hug for your efforts and my thoughts on your junk.
Regarding Wham, bam, ... There is nothing I would love more than a 60 minute + session of LM, but my W wants it to be over in 10 minutes at most. When she says it's over, it's over. Maybe I should worry more: maybe she resents the quickness. But I am never in a hurry to finish, so I'm hoping she will let us go longer in the future.
My HP Laser jet 4 is nearly 10 years old and keeps on going like that duracell bunny. It's slow, but many good things are.
mandksdad LJ-4 are good LJ-4+ are even better. No visable difference outside but insides are different. Same toner cartridge. I rebuild the toner cartridges and sell them for $60. They print 6,000 pages. Some of those inkjet cartridges cost $22 and print 250 pages.
I always thought women disliked the 5 minuet sex quickies. BB liked or needed 15/20 minuets when she was hot a long time age. Since menopause she wants 5 min of sex and 2 hours of back rubs.
If I dont get my skin to skin time I don't feel sexually satisfied. Sometimes I have to lay with her skin to skin (no sex) just to feel like a person.
I realised my 20 min of skin to skin and sex was makng her resent sex more and more. Recently we had a talk and BB indicated 5 minuets is much better than 20 minuets so I will go that route for a while. BB has no problem with laying together with her on top until a hot flash starts. Needless to say the fan is on almost all of the time. I feel how uncomfortable she gets when she has a hot flash.
To all: Hot flashs, menopause, KY lube. If sex last long enough your day is coming too.
Lou, thanks for that very comprehensive answer. I do have all sorts of ports (rhymes ) on my Gateway laptop-- serial, 25-pin, and usb. The computer is three years old. I didn't realize the 4ML had a pc-type port on it. Right now, the printer is wedged on a shelf with a bunch of stuff around it, so I haven't actually pulled it out and looked at it carefully. I'll do that tomorrow. I do have some printer cables around here, so I might even have one that works. I have three Macs and three pc-type laptops... who collects stuff? Not me!
I bought a hp LaserJet 3330 at a garage sale and I've found a driver that allows the printer to work but I can't find a driver that will get the scanner to work. I would offer to barter goods in exchange for any professional advice but I can't mail rare books to anonymous people 
) on my Gateway laptop-- serial, 25-pin, and usb. The computer is three years old. I didn't realize the 4ML had a pc-type port on it. Right now, the printer is wedged on a shelf with a bunch of stuff around it, so I haven't actually pulled it out and looked at it carefully. I'll do that tomorrow. I do have some printer cables around here, so I might even have one that works. I have three Macs and three pc-type laptops... who collects stuff? Not me!