[SunRescue] (way OT): Pallets

[Mike Hebel]

	Not to take the list metaphysical but I think people have much more power
over this sort of thing than they think.

	For me it depends on how weird the equipment is.  For instance I've always
wanted a mainframe style computer - more for nostalgia than anything else -
but it took a long time before I could pull one of those in without paying
an arm and a leg for it.  In the end I paid gas money/hotel charges only.

	I think it varies from person to person.  I tend to focus on weird stuff so
I have managed to learn where to "pull" to get it.  It all depends on what
you want.  I decided that I wanted to play with Macs, I pulled a little in
that direction and got Macs.

	You get what you want but only if you truly want it.

	*sigh* I just wish I could master wanting a winning lottery ticket bad
enough. ;-)

Mike Hebel

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Mike Turner
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 2:07 PM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] (way OT): Pallets



	Mike's line about "You just have to keep your feelers out there and
draw things to you." got me to thinking , has anyone else noticed that you
do not seem to get stuff given to you until you have gotten one by other
means?
	 For example I forever wanted to get into SCSI for my PCs but did
not want to incur the cost of buying a card and drives ETC. I got a chance
to get both a card and a burner for some work I did as payment and I took
it. Ever since then SCSI stuff just falls into my lap, Card, drives, etc. No
end of the stuff in sight. Has anyone else expereinced this having to "prime
the pump" before stuff is given to them? or is this just some weird thing
about me?


	Michael A. Turner


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Hebel [mailto:drone8of9 at crosswinds.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:52 AM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] (way OT): Pallets


True most of us work in the IT field and get cast-offs but a big part of
most of the equipment I get is just keeping my ears open.  I only rarely buy
things.

For instance - how I got the Macs, an Alpha, quite a few VT terminals, as
well as some other stuff:
I was helping a good friend of mine with his system at home and happened to
mention to his father that I was a packrat at heart.  His eyes lit up and
said "We're throwing some stuff out at work want to stop buy and take a look
at it?".  Now even had I not worked in the IT field he probably would have
said this because he knows how much of a computer enthusiast I am.
Regardless my friend and I went to his office with my friend's pickup and
basically reduced a 30 foot diameter pile of equipment to 1/3 it's size by
the time we were done.  Thus I ended up with 6 Quadra(s) of various types
and 6 Mac SE(s) of various types as well as quite a few more pieces of
equipment.  (I even got a couple of easily repaired chairs for my home
office.)

You just have to keep your feelers out there and draw things to you.

"What we don't have we'll make.  What we can't make we'll borrow.  What we
can't borrow we'll steal." - Honor Harrington, On Basilisk Station.

As for the Mac I'm not interested unless it's PPC in nature.  (I have far
too many 68K Macs.)
;-)

Mike Hebel

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Chad Fernandez
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 10:37 AM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] (way OT): Pallets


Mike,

I am just suprised at the speed.  I am a pack rat, and I do have way to
much stuff.  I am trying to get rid of stuff..... to make room for more
:-)  I guess I just take longer to accumulate it.  Part of it is because
I don't work in the computer field, so I can't get company cast-offs
like a lot of you can on the list.  I have to rely on Goodwill amd
Ebay.  Most of my stuff is PC related, although I have a bunch of
Apple// stuff too.  Fortunetly, I managed to get the Apple// stuff down
to a level I am happy with.  My PS/2 collection has grown a little
recently, However.

You want another Mac.... I have one I'll sell you cheap :-)

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

Mike Hebel wrote:
>
> I can tell your addiction hasn't caught hold yet! ;-)
>
> Some times it just happens:  I'm a PC/SPARC guy, why do I have a dozen or
so
> different 68K Macs?  Like I said - sometimes it just happens.
>
> Mike Hebel
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