Post #1769739
2026-04-29 02:53 UTC
🤔 I think the laptop 💻 :laptop_parrot: gods are watching👁️ over me because my 14 year old Thinkpad has been through multiple drops, water then hot chocolate spills, banged around in a backpack on city buses, knocked off hospital beds, and tonight it went flying halfway across the room landing on a cement floor as someone holding a *heavy* multicooker lost their balance and dropped it from a high shelf onto the edge of the open laptop sitting on a table.🫢 🙈 😱
After picking up the pieces and retaping it together, holding my breath I touched the on button...and the screen lit up!!!!
Whew!! What a relief because I can't replace it.
#ThinkpadsAreToughStuff!
#Tech
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@SnowyCA@social.vivaldi.net 2026-04-29 03:13
Oh well. It was past due time to replace the worn out duct tape holding the case pieces together. (A thousand curses on the person who worked on it before me and forced the screws instead of using a gentle touch!)