On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Tim Bogart <
timbogart@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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
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Please see my other (OFF-LIST) reply -- which started out with a phone call,
(since I wasn't sure if Tim could check his e-mail, "yet"!).
List readers, apparently Tim was able to borrow a laptop PC, (see one of the
earlier replies) which gets him back on the net, -- at least "temporarily"
-- to look for a job -- which was his main concern. I think Tim still needs
a job, and a longer-term solution to (fixing or) replacing his own
computer.
(I think it was the reply from "Josef Lowder" from 1:38 / 1:40 pm)
(probably followed by a phone call...)
On the subject of the Wed. night Stammtisch, (see
http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/lurker/message/20100615.220733.7683e781.en.html
),
I am leaning towards attending that, Wed. night event, ((
http://plug.phoenix.az.us/node/593)), with or without some other passengers
in my car, to carpool with.
Anyone who is similarly inclined [including Tim Bogart, "if applicable"], is
welcome to phone *me *(cell: 623-340-0442) about car-pooling to that Wed
night event. Especially if you are coming from (home or work) near the Loop
101, and/or would be willing to meet me somewhere near the Loop 101.
In fact, Tim Bogart might be looking for a ride, from somewhere near Cave
Creek and the 101, to my area (which is, near 75th Ave. and the 101). If
so, and if can get to my house by about 6:30, then both of you (everyone in
your vehicle) are welcome to go ["in my car"] the rest of the way to the
7:00 pm Wed. "Stammtisch", in Avondale.
--
Mike Schwartz
Glendale AZ
schwartz@acm.org
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