Mr Whipple Finds His Toga

I made it! It took a lot of work but I got the sucker running. It took a new processor (80 bucks) and a video card (40 clams) but I got Rome Total War to work. So now I have a part time job killing Gauls and Carthagenians. The pay ain't great but it is 'bout the same as my old job of being self-unenployed.

Now I have to pay back Mrs. Whipple for the use of her PayPal to pay for the parts on EBay. I got to looking at some old ham radio gear that had been cluttering up the closet. So I fired up EBay to see if it was worth anything. It was old '70's ventage tube type Heathkit gear that I thought might get enough to cover the $120 that I owed my lovely wife. After a little research I was shocked out of my mind (what little there is left after the new meds I am on). It looks like I will net out $500 or more. I had bids on some of the stuff within five minutes of posting it and the interest is growing by leaps and bounds.

It turns out that there are collectors out there that will pay a ton of money for this junk. I even mentioned in the discription that I wasn't even sure it all worked. It didn't seem to deter anyone at all.

So now I have to jump out of Rome, take off my toga, put on a tie, and be an EBay merchant every now and again. The role switching really makes my head go wagga-wagga-wagga (but then again, that may just be the meds).