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[bitterhorn]

Hope everything will be fixed and we'll get more soap and foul blendecs!

But there haven't been blendecs in years...

If you're very quiet you can still hear them rustling around out there in the jungle... 

[schplat]

Figure I'll weigh in on the fix the laptop piece since that's a good chunk of what I do for a living.  Assuming the HDD is good, and the laptop is otherwise irreparable:

Pull the HDD out of the laptop.  Usually held in by a single screw.
If it's a SATA drive, just plug that bad boy into any PC, and start yanking files off
If it's a PATA drive, then you'll need a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter (buyable at most PC repair places, also off Newegg, Amazon and the like).  Hopefully you have a PC that still has a PATA connector (wide, flat ribbon cable).
Try to do this before you send it off to repair anywhere, since repair places like to wipe drives first, ask questions later.

Look forward to the return of this story.

[Shiney]

Assuming it's a Sata, as most laptop Hard drives are, you could take it out of the lappy, and hook it do a Sata to USB Adapter, and plug it into any computer like an external hard drive, no drivers needed or anything.
You can usually get such a device from eBay for under 10 bucks, alternatively, Best Buy and Frys sell them as well, but their fancy and cost 50-100$.
Not that that's a problem, you can be like me, Buy it, Use it for what you need it for, and return it for a full refund.

Gotta love return Policies these days XD

[nanomagnetic]

Well, it makes me sad to hear that zeph's laptop died an ignoble heat death. I've been following the story (lurking) for a few updates now and it's just great writing. I hope Soaplantern makes a return!

[Yoink]

Yeah, Soaplanterns has to be one of the best-written stories on here...
Detailed, innovative, not too cluttered and very, very funny! I'm certainly hoping for a return, too.

[m4davis]

I hope you computer gets fixed soon

[Gamerlord]

We must keep this thread alive until Zephyr returns.

[kotekzot]

A forum topic is not a tamagotchi.

[katana]

Or is it?

[nanomage]

I think forum topic is more like a dwarf.

[Ahra]

I think forum topic is more like a dwarf.

prone to stupid suicide?

[nanomage]

I think forum topic is more like a dwarf.

prone to stupid suicide?

And capable of producing awesome treasures.

[Psychron]

Truly sig-worthy.

[Korva]

Damn, I hope you can get your problems fixed (and your allergies calmed down too), and not just for the sake of the fans of this fort. I found the thread myself two days ago and just finished reading it. Two thumbs up for your writing! The early struggles with the aquifer and simply trying to survive were awesome. I'm only curious why a soapmaker doesn't want his products to be used. Maybe that will be revealed eventually?

Good luck!

[GreatWyrmGold]

I'm only curious why a soapmaker doesn't want his products to be used. Maybe that will be revealed eventually?

Mr. Madushkabuk has been unhappy lately. He has suffered art defacement recently. A fellow has failed to understand the art and joy of soap making recently. He has been ridiculed for calling soap making an art recently.

Also, I would add a bit about how I hope zephyr_hound's computer problems are solved and a bit of advice, but the first is overdone and I have no clue about the second. If he ever gets Ubenudil out of his laptop, I'd advise putting a copy on the DFFD.