Auld Lang Sighin' (January mini-rants)

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2 New Rants That Will Be Threads Of Their Own

While in Florida, my sister drove me and our mom to many thrift stores. I am trying to declutter so I resisted many great deals. My personal laptop is nearing the end of its life. Laptops no longer include DVD drives. I will need an external one. I found an LG external DVD drive for $3.99. I am havig problems getting it to work. I strongly suspect it is a driver conflict. My sister does not shop at thrift stores and has no experience reparing computers or electronics. She said the drive would not work because 'you bought it at a thrift store". My sister in law is a computer nerd. If she had examined the hardware and software, the drive would be working. Instead, my SIL who has never shopped at a thrift store, and strongly dislikes even entering thrift stores when my sister takes us, just said ‘It will not work because you bought it in a thrift store’.