Howdy Fellow Commodore Users!

As of this writing, our inventory project has been completed for our hardware inventory. I'd like to thank those that managed to not get lost and show up for a full day of work at our Vice-President's residence. Those that made it included: Julie and David Barr, Roger Hoyer, Carl Menne, and of course yours truly, along with Janet and Steve Winkle, who already knew how not to get lost getting home.

After a late start, waiting for everyone to show up, we dug in to the project at 11:30, about an hour later than hoped. We started with monitors, and printers, then broke for lunch.

Lunch was prepared by yours truly, with a bbq grill in tow. It wasn't a hibachi like some thought I was bringing along, but a full sized grill. We feasted on hamburgers, hotdogs, knockwursts, and bratwursts. I know I worked up an appetite as I ate two double cheeseburgers, a hotdog and a bratwurst. Some food was left over, as we were expecting a couple more to show up that didn't make it. Food was provided by the club as a benefit for volunteering. I think everyone had their fill.

After lunch, we went back to work on disk drives and finally computers. When we finally felt we were completed counting everything, a wave of accomplishment swept across all of us as we looked at the amount of room that had been made by organization of the project. Instead of tripping over everything, we could walk around with ease and find each category of our inventory within easy reach. As a bonus to completing this project, our for sale list will be the most complete list in a long time. We found items that were not listed, but probably more importantly we deleted a lot of items from our listing, due to inoperable and damaged equipment. When Roger gets our listing completed, be sure to look it over. Some of the items we found probably won't last long. We pretty much started our individual journeys home between 7 and 8 PM.

I personally returned on Sunday back to Steve Winkle's to see what else needed to be disposed of. On Saturday, Carl Menne took as much as he could load in his car, I took a large amount on Saturday, and Roger took some items home with him that needed to be added to our other inventory lists. I left Sunday with only part of my car loaded down, not nearly as much stuff as the nite before. I had to ask Steve if everything was truly picked up, and after checking both of us were sure it was truly everything. On my way home, I took some personal time to do some photography on a railroad bridge I saw between Morrow and Blanchester on Ohio Route 123. I passed it on Saturday and wished I had my camera with me, so I used the opportunity on Sunday to fulfill my wish.

It was a big project, but a long overdue project.

See you at this month's meeting at October 20th