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Tomato, to-mah-to.
Anyhoo. Found a computer desk on Amazon (not in the Amazon mind you) which suited my desires/needs/wants/requirements. Which would be the beast in the opening photo. It will fill that corner and then some, one wing overlapping to under the window (off camera to my right in the previous photo). Which suits me fine.
The two computers will be more naturally positioned in relation to each other and the laptop will be far more viable for, you know, important things, like gaming. The old ASUS desk top, which is still plugging away, will be kept in service until such time as she gives up the ghost.
So the computer desk ...
Because I had purchased the new laptop from Amazon (and a pricey beast she was) it gave me a whole bunch of Amazon points which I wasn't aware of, until I proceeded to the "Payment Method" of Amazon's ordering process for the desk purchase.
Now the desk wasn't my first choice, it became my first choice (it's a nicer desk than my first choice) when I noted that it was 27% off, making it cheaper than my first choice. So there's a win right there, even without the Amazon points.
Which, I calculated, would cover not only the cost of the desk but the shipping as well! He shoots, he scores, GGGOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! (To quote certain South American sportscasters.)
So in some ways, in fact all ways, it's a free desk.
"Well, you had to use points so it's not really free," one might argue.
However, my son The Naviguesser bought me the first (dearly departed) laptop which was far pricier than the current model. So a more modern laptop, with greater capabilities (and hopefully more longevity), was had for less money (remember The Naviguesser had paid for a warranty, so the warranty company sent me a check for the value of the old laptop, full value I might add). So, the purchase was essentially done with The Naviguesser's money.
So essentially I expended zero dollars for the whole kit and caboodle.
Yay me.
As to Sunday's topic.
I'm looking at the end of June for calling it a career. That's not official yet, still have to get approval from Congress (The Missus Herself), but it's a target date. Fall back is end of September.
We shall see.
My morale has already improved.
Again ...
Yay me.
Now I just have to figure out what to do with all my old USNI magazines. Library maybe? I'm loathe to part with them, but I know I'm not going to read them again. That's the bulk of that pile behind my chair in the second photo.
Breaking News: Congress disapproves retirement plans, Sarge is distraught. Film at 11! (Not.)
Nice looking desk there Sarge, plenty of room and now that corner will get cleaned out good now also eh? Library sounds good, ask first before just dropping them off though.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, that corner will look much improved. I never show up hoping to dump something without asking first.
DeleteSarge, first see if you can access electronic copies, otherwise select the best of the best. I ruthlessly purged my carefully hoarded magazine collection when I moved and now regret it.
DeleteAs a member of the USNI, everything is online. If not, oh well. It's not like I'm going to read them again.
Delete!!! Good for you!!!
Delete😎
DeleteAgree, a lot of librarians will "accept" them for politeness, then dumpster-recycle.
ReplyDeleteYour new desk is nearly a clone of THIS ONE I'm pecking out my comment on. A fair bit of parts nicely bagged, mostly labeled (A, B etc.) I managed to assemble it without resorting to salty language because I read the directions and put things in order on the floor.
Looks like a lack of competence on a ship handling team just destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. That's a major highway part of the Baltimore loop. Hopefully by now the estimated 20 folks in the water have been recovered.
Interesting times.
I saw that first thing this morning, terrible accident. (And yes, part of me wondered if it really was an "accident.") Last news report I saw said two rescued. What a mess!
DeleteGood Morning Sarge - I'm 67 and hva ebeen pushing my retirement date out for a few years now - I'm leaving end of June alos - no longer any fun
ReplyDeleteDon't leave it too late.
DeleteGood God - my spelling - sorry about that
ReplyDeleteFirst thing in the morning and you're worried about spelling? My keyboard will often do whatever it wants, no matter how I type. (Yes, I always blame the keyboard. And spellcheck.)
DeleteI’d be interested in your review when it comes in and is in use. I could use a bigger desk. But I’m pretty sure the pristine condition of the desk in the Amazon picture will last only a few nanoseconds after I sit at it the first time.
ReplyDeleteAfter all “Junk expands to meet available space” is one of the immutable laws of nature.
Just sayin’.
juvat
The various storage drawers are fabric, which gives me pause. But as we don't have cats anymore (something else Congress disapproved) that isn't a real drawback. I know that desk will fill up, but it will be more space than I have now.
DeleteReview will happen. (POCIR)
I like the size of the new desk! You're going to have fun!
DeleteFabric drawers? That's different enough from my world that I might say "no" ... but my second thought is I could build real drawers! I do like the size of the new desk and a drawer is a drawer.
The desk I'm at now only has those thin top drawers, I found a roll around file cabinet with three drawers that sits next to my desk. The file drawer has files in it and the other two have "more stuff" in them. Too much stuff has always been my problem..
Me having "too much stuff" is my wife's club for beating me about the head and shoulders. Not saying she's wrong, but ...
DeleteIt is my stuff.
That is a super fancy looking desk Sarge. This discussion is timely, as we are discussing "The Great Relocation" and what stays in New Home with Na Clann and what comes out here (versus what makes sense to just buy new).
ReplyDeleteI am sincerely hoping Congress can be swayed. June will come quickly!
Oh yeah, you are in the apartment phase once again. What fits, what doesn't, I remember those days, and not fondly.
DeleteCongress seems dead set against my retiring any time before December. I am rather irked about that.
I have an idea for your USNI mags- throw them away and be careful not to become a hoarder. When my aunt and uncle passed away, we were finally able to visit their back den where I had spent thousands of hours in my youth and even one college summer. They wouldn't let anyone in because they were absolute hoarders- so much saved stuff- newspapers, clippings, coupons, books, USMC memorabilia, port-call souvenirs, magazines, yard sale finds, rubber bands, plastic bags, zip ties, screws and bolts, excess furniture, etc. My cousins had to get rid of it all, which took days and days. Your desk is no where near where their den was, but still.
ReplyDeleteThat's probably what will happen.
DeleteI was called by my cousin to salvage any worthwhile stuff when my grandparents old house was torn down after his death. My uncle had brought of stuff when he had moved "to be sorted out later". It was trying to keep ahead of the big trackhoe. One treasure was a shoebox of canceled checks telling the life of my uncle and his wife that his children did not know (I transcribed the most significant ones). A single alphabet block I found in the dirt that we had played with as children. A can of knitting needles of his wife appreciated by her granddaughter. And in the dirt was an ornate empty whiskey bottle (possibly saved for a special memory) that had evaded the tracks and buckets of both the trackhoe and skidloader several time. The neighbor doing the demo finally pointed at it and told me "Pick it up. It's a survivor".
DeleteNow that's some history right there.
DeleteEnd of June retirement? That means you can do what you want in July! (And Aug-Sept-Oct... :-)
ReplyDeletePick a date and do it....
Well, if you noticed the update, that whole "end of June" thing has been put on hold.
DeleteIf all else fails offer to split the difference and stay until end of September. You comprise as does she.
DeleteThat was part of the revised plan, also rejected.
DeleteYour new desk creates envy here. Inertia and logistics keep it from happening. Miss my truck, retired because of the ##$%$^ emission test it won't pass. On the glass half full side, "Yes I have a truck. No, I won't help you move". Good luck shifting and sorting all that accumulation. Will the end result pass a hard nosed NCO inspection?
ReplyDeleteThe beauty of it is, no, it would not pass an inspection by me. As it's mine, I really don't care.
DeleteAs an aside: You would not believe the number of inspections I slid by on in the USAF when I still lived in the barracks. Might be s story there.
Sarge, I'm aiming to retire in July! We will have to celebrate!!
ReplyDeleteSigh, that whole "end of June" thing has been put on hold.
DeleteMy wife was horrified I would be hanging around the house full time and getting underfoot. The economics did not make sense for me to go to work, I actually made more money retired than I did working. An agreement was reached when I was voluntold to volunteered at a food bank and other establishment so I did go out on my chosen date. Good luck!
DeletePerhaps she is resistant to having me "underfoot." I could volunteer to stay in mu man cave and play video games during my former working hours. Then, no doubt, she would point out that I don't exercise enough. Seems to be a no win situation. Volunteering is simply working someplace for free. Homey don't play that.
DeleteDon't discount the fringe benefits of a part-time volunteering gig. Helps others, makes God happy, fills your soul.
DeleteAs I said, it would have to be a very specific volunteer-type gig to get me interested. I dig the helping others, not sure that actually makes God "happy," and I'm not real sure my soul needs "filling." Remember, I'm a Baptist, we don't have that built in guilt thing going on. 😉
DeleteI just turned on the BBC news to see the bridge coverage. Dear Lord! How fast were they going??
ReplyDeleteDo a search on YouTube for that bridge, there are some excellent videos out there, one has a harbor traffic map side by side with footage of the impact. They weren't going all that fast is my read, but something that heavy doesn't need to be going fast to cause significant damage.
DeleteI was surprised how that bridge collapsed like a house of cards.
An awful lot of foot pounds of energy are expended when something that large hits something stationary.
Deletejuvat
It was nasty!
DeleteSo is retirement still set at End Of This Year or some End of Some Year In The Future?
ReplyDeleteAs to fabric drawers, you can get baskets that fit in the drawer slots, or get juvat to build you some actual wooden ones...
Very weird world we live in...
It remains NLT the end of the year, but could happen sooner if I whine enough.
DeleteI don't intend to put anything in the drawers which would penetrate the fabric. That being said, baskets are a good idea. Actual wooden ones would probably be too heavy.
"...for calling it a career."
ReplyDeletefor calling it an end to my current career - perhaps.
Oh! and the number of papers/items on a desk is highly indicative of IQ: the more the higher.
I must be a freaking genius!
DeleteOr an incredible slob.
Perhaps a combination of the two?
(Attributed to A. Einstein) "A clean desk represents an empty mind".
DeleteYup.
Deletewell - volunteer retirement is preferable to the alternatives so good luck & best wishes for a smooth, healthy & mentally stable transition Sarge. --Anyway , I believe an opportunity for a very entertaining chronicle of your experience with "some assembly required" was missed here had you ventured into the IKEA realm of furnishings.....
ReplyDeleteI've done the Ikea thing, left me traumatized it did!
DeleteAfter a career starting in high school that included store clerk, tank commander, laborer, petrochemical operator, forklift driver, welder, electrician, high voltage electrical technician, and technical specialist, 1968-2024, I'm hanging it up April 12.
ReplyDeleteThat's quite a career, you deserve to relax!
DeleteVery nice desk!! I would hope that the fabric in those drawers is a canvas variety, which will hold a lot more than ya might think. That has been my experience. I had a set of shelves that was metal framed with cloth shelves. It fit into the budget at the time, was only meant to be a temporary thing, lasted 2 years before having any defect developing, then I cut off the top 3 shelves, and it continues to live upstairs in the "storage room".
ReplyDeleteRetirement: My supervisor announced this morning on the phone meeting she is retiring and out the door as of April 19. I'm bummed. She is one of the top 3 bosses I have ever had...further more she is a year younger than me. Tried to coax her into staying until the of December, which is my line in the sand. But the new software/documentation system has been the last straw for her, so she is heading out after 40 years of nursing. She is the seventh supervisor I have had at this job in the four and half years I have been there. I'm tired of breaking in new bosses. Sigh...
Suz
Breaking in new bosses can be, shall we say, a challenge.
DeleteSuz,
DeleteDon't want to know the answer, but...if you're financially able, call it quits. If not, do the best you can to get to that position. One of the benefits of your career is you get to do good for people that are in trouble with health. If that's still satisfying to you, stay. If not, call it a day. There are all sorts of things to do, from doing mindless wood working things to volunteering at something you're good at and makes you feel worthwhile. As I said earlier, from your side of the decision, it feels like the Grand Canyon. From mine, and yours after squeezing the handlers, it's like a crack in the sidewalk.
Do the pro's and con's, make the decision and continue on with life.
juvat
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DeleteMoving ahead on multiple issues. Well done, even if details remain to be sorted out.
ReplyDeleteJB
Advancing, better than holding one's position or retreating.
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