Goodbye Dear Friend

I lost an dear old friend tonight.  Known him for years, always there for me when I needed him.  Right from the start, we just 'clicked'.  Lately, he showed signs of failing health.  Not answering me correctly, not really sounding correctly.  I knew something was going down but I just couldn't bring myself to face it.  You know how it is when someone you've known for years suddenly has health issues and goes downhill rapidly.  And here it was, happening to me - my friend was dying right before my eyes.  He was dropping letters and numbers left and right - keys sticking now.  Yes, I'm talking about my decade-old orginal IBM AT keyboard.  The kind that made that great clicking sound when you pressed a key.  With the big 'Enter' key that couldn't miss.  Not like the new kids on the block with no sounds, no big 'Enter' key.  My friend is large and heavy - made to last for years.  Years have gone by, its time has come.  Yea, I've got 3 or 4 new style keyboards in the garage and I'll have to get one to replace my friend.   Charlene saw me hugging my friend goodbye and had to take a picture.  She wanted to know if I wanted to bury it in the backyard.  I thought about it but realized I'd have to ask Shaquille O'Neil for one of his size 27 shoe boxes to bury it.  Nah, my friend will retire to the electornic waste recycling center nearby that the State of Cowlifornia requires.  Goodbye my dear friend, you've served me well..........  Dan was beside me, agreed and said goodbye as well.  (That's him, or part of him in the pill container on the right).  Remember, if you click on the photo, you'll get the full size, un-shrunk version)