Ashes to ashes
My faithful Lexmark X83 has passed.
He was crippled for a long time, unable to print from his black cartridge. I couldn't stand to see him like that so I decided to attempt a routine cartridgectomy. I cleared a sizable blockage of ink from one of his main nozzles and carefully re-attached his delicate side panel. The operation complete, I plugged him in, and his eyes lit up ... and then blinked frantically as an awful banging sound came from inside. With no time to waste, I tore off the front panel, performed an emergency cartridge realignment and plugged him back in. One last horrible crunching noise sealed his fate.
Blinking back tears, I slowly closed his paper tray and set him gently back in the same box from which he sprang four short years ago.
On a completely unrelated subject, have I got a great deal on a used printer / copier / scanner for some lucky consumer! Hurry! Supplies are limited!
Posted by Brian at 11:53 PM
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Posted by: chris on February 8, 2005 06:36 AM
I suggest a burial at sea. If you've got a big enough hammer, you can smash his carcass into tiny pieces, and flush him like so many of Vicki's fish. Failing that, chuck the motherfucker in the river. It'll make a great artificial reef... for one luck mud crab.
Posted by: Vicki on February 8, 2005 12:35 PM
I'll have you know I'm running a fish farm now ... It's all about fish sex in my tanks ...
Posted by: SharonZ on February 9, 2005 04:41 PM
What else would be going on in your tanks if not for fish sex? Turtle sex? Hot tetra on tetra action?
Posted by: Vicki on February 9, 2005 11:11 PM
Well Zimmermna, it all started out with fish cocktail parties ... these long drawn out affairs that eventually led to sex and killed many of my early fish. Their little hearts just couldn't take it (too much partying). So, as fish will do, they cut to the chase and just started making babies LOTS of babies. In the early days, my tanks were the killing fields, not many fishes survived for long ...