Woops. Just noticed your note to call rather than email. Will do. > Hi Tim. I have an HP ZV6000 laptop that you can use until you get squared > away. I just have to get all of my data off of it. The "-" keytop came off > recently, but the "-" still works. Where are you located? Email > joe(at)actionline.com > > >> Hello Fellow Penguins, >> >> My name is Tim Bogart. And I'm in need of some friends right now. I am >> a >> long time Linux supporter and I need some help. >> >> I have been in Phoenix off and on now for the last 14 months. I have >> been >> out of work for 7 of them. I have a toshiba laptop that has just bit >> the >> dust. The hard drive seems to have gone south on me, and the cd drive >> hasn't worked since I bought the machine used in South Carolina a year >> and >> a half ago. >> >> I need a machine to stay connected to the web and get a job. I work >> Dice, >> Careerbuilder, Monster, Indeed Jobing.com and jobfox, but can't do >> anything without a computer. >> >> I have very limited funds. I have a good samaritain who is letting me >> sleep on her couch right now and keeping a roof over my head. Food is >> my >> own responsibility. So, my life functions are okay, and I am in good >> health, and don't need money. But, without a computer, I'm screwed. >> >> I need somebody to donate a hard drive or a cd-rom to me to get things >> working here so I can get on the job boards and find work. I just don't >> have the money to go and get a new hard drive. Maybe I could do a >> network >> install somehow? I don't know. I'm open to suggestions. Another thing >> I >> just found out is that I can't use the computers at the library without >> a >> local library card, and I can't get one of those without an electric >> bill >> or something else to prove to the library that I am a local person. >> Apparently they don't trust the DMV because while I've been here I have >> gotten my vehicle registered in Arizona and have turned my WV drivers >> license in for an AZ license. Oh well. >> >> Anyway, if anybody has any ideas or is in a position to help me, please >> call me on my cell phone at 281 450 2763. Any and all suggestions are >> welcome. Oh, and BTW... the lady who is letting me sleep on her couch >> has >> made it clear that using her computer is definately not a permanent >> option, so if you have a suggestion, or can help...call. Sending me an >> email will result in the suggestion sitting there until I can somehow >> get >> on a computer again. Maybe somebody out there has enough parts laying >> around to cobble something together or help me do it. >> >> Thanks ever so much, everybody. >> >> Tim Bogart >> >> Want to read about a couple of my contributions? >> >> (Yes, I'm the guy who started the OS presence at FOSE in DC.) >> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/00/04/21/1044236/Linux-And-The-G-Men-FOSE-2000?art_pos=7 >> >> I'm also published ... >> http://www.informit.com/library/content.aspx?b=red_hat_linux7&seqNum=4 >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss