Printer Problems

Monday after a stay at home weekend required a trip to town today!  Groceries - we were out of bananas, apples and oranges.  That was it, but enough to warrant going to the Sprouts!

Roger is putting his Tailgater Dish satellite up for sale.  We really are ditching the cable!  He cleaned it up, gathered the peripherals and took pictures to post in the laundry room. Something as simple as that, but it turned into an all afternoon project.  Why?  

Well, you have to print out the picture to post it.  We pulled our trusty old HP out from under the desk and plugged it in.  Just because the poor thing has been sitting for about two years without being used, it complained.  I had taken out the toner cartridges and put them in sandwich bags hoping to keep them from drying out.  Well, what with the heat and cold and all kinds of temperatures in between over that two years, they leaked all over the bags.  We tried cleaning them off, and the color cartridge acted as if it might try to work, but the black one was not even going to.  Roger tried cleaning them, the inside of the printer, and anything he could find that might help but to no avail.  We ended up taking his photo card down to a Walgreens and getting a print of what he needed to make the For Sale poster.  

Now, the issue is, do we spend the $ to buy new cartridges that, if we can find them - the printer is at least 10 years old - or do we invest in a new printer?  The cost will probably be the same. We could probably get a good deal this time of year for a simple little printer. Or do we even really need a printer?  The one we have has a scan function which I can still use, but in the next five months what will likely be the amount of printing we need?  We are going to have to think this through for a few days.  

Coyotes are yipping again tonight.  They were quiet last night. Maybe it's the full moon?  Maggie doesn't stay out long when she needs to do her business after dark, that's for sure.

We were prepared for the water shut off - jugs of water everywhere and a full fresh water tank.  But, did they shut off the water?  NO.  Maybe tomorrow?

Weather - sunshine and 70 today.  Just lovely.