Long time, no play.

[perrinoia]

Normally, my seasonal employment would fizzle out around Halloween, which means I'd normally have time to play more often starting in October.

However, as you've probably noticed, I haven't logged on once, this winter.

There are two reasons. My seasonal employment is no longer seasonal and I lost my computer.

Last spring, I started maintaining the mooring field. Inspections, winterization, reinstallation, etc... Now I'm busy year round.

Last week, I brought my Microsoft surface into work to do some paperwork on a day that was too crappy to work on the boat and I haven't been able to find it since.

I remember packing it up and walking out the door with it in hand, and then I went to my aunt and uncle's condo for dinner. I don't recall putting my briefcase in my car, nor bringing it into my aunt and uncle's condo. So it disappeared somewhere between work and my car, I think. Unless someone stole it from my car.

I usually lock the doors, so I dunno how that would have happened.

Anywho, I'm on the lookout for a cheap Microsoft surface book. Preferably with an i7 CPU and nVidia GPU...

[vistalize]

Glad to see someone still alive around these parts!

[KILROY]

Man, sorry to hear that Perr. I don't have anything with that power besides what I'm currently using. The only other laptop I have only has a Duo Core Processor with Windows Vista on it and the towers I have with Pentiums. I'll keep an eye out for one at a decent price and PM you if I find one within the company I'm at.

[perrinoia]

Thanks.

Here are some photos of my new dinghy.

Nevermind, someone restricted attachment size even though attachments were already resized when posted...

I'm too lazy to crop on my phone.

Here's a link to the ad, which the seller hasn't taken down yet.

https://providence.craigslist.org/boa/d ... 45891.html

[KILROY]

WOW, NICE!

[perrinoia]

This is what I woke up to, this morning:

[AwakeV2]

Jeez.

[perrinoia]

I found my Surface last night. It has been hiding next to the time clock at work all along.

[KILROY]

Good news man, glad to hear it. I was just going to send you a post that Newegg has:

MSI GL62M 7RDX-NE1050i7

• GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB GDDR5
• Intel Core i7 7th Gen 7700HQ (2.80 GHz)
• 8 GB Memory 1 TB HDD 128 GB NVMe SSD
• 15.6" Full HD 1920 x 1080
• 15.07" x 10.23" x 1.06" 5.29 lbs.
• 1 x Mini DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI (4K @ 30Hz)
• 1 x USB 3.0 Type-C, 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0
• Red Backlit Keyboard

$734 after a $50 MIR and my promo code: EMCBCRJ68 with free shipping.

[perrinoia]

It's got the right guts, but if I'm going to replace my Microsoft surface pro 2, it's going to be a Microsoft surface book. Preferably the 15" version. They currently cost around $2500 refurbished, but I don't want to spend more than $1000, so I guess I'll stick with my pro 2, since I found it.