I only have enough common sense to know that I don't have enough of it.

There are certain things that people hold fond memories of. From what I gathered: for Paul, it was the ranching experience in Nebraska; For Jon, It's baseball; For Lester, it's Japan (If I'm wrong on any of these counts, please feel free to let me know). I know that there are more fond memories than just those, and I also know that I've made them very broad, but that's beside the point, Mrs. "Let's-make-an-interesting-paper-English-teacher". The point is, there is at least one memory that a person can go back to that makes them feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

That's what I had going for me heading into wheat harvest. My head flooded with memories of riding around a combine with my dad, for hours and hours and hours. Wheat harvest was us working as a team: combine drivers, grain cart drivers, semi drivers, support from home base... Everyone gave their all, practically working themselves insane. Nearly all the farm was enraptured in harvest.

And then, after my first real day of Wheat Harvest, 2005!, all I could think about was sleep.

The crew and equipment might have changed, but not that feeling of comradery.

But enough of my blabber. After perusing through my PC Gamer, I've come across a couple neato websites dedicated to abandonware. For you lazy people that didn't follow the link, abandonware is, in part, old software which has nobody to defend the copyright, and also is no longer making a profit. Enter the relm of "grey-area" legality, where "what is legally acceptable" splits from "what is morally justified".

There are cases when old software has been released to the public domain by the current copyright holders. No problem there. Other cases aren't quite as clear cut.

Abandonware: The land that law forgot!

the-underdogs.org makes me feel better about the whole abandonware issue, and I'm sure it will help you too. This isn't a "warez" site, or whatever it is that those hooligians call them these days. They are interested in doing what historians have been doing for centuries: Helping us preserve and enjoy the past. Or exploit the hard work of peoples blood, sweat, and tears. I guess it depends on the spin.

Another site is abandonia.com. It also seems to be a good site.

Enjoy!