[rescue] sun servers going spare
Steve Hatle
shatle at nfldinet.com
Sun Oct 25 16:57:18 CDT 2020
I did some trades with Mike off the list here a long while back. He
seems like a good guy.
> Jay York <mailto:jay_york at verizon.net>
> October 25, 2020 at 4:55 PM
> I first met him when he was up in Edgewood.B The last I heard of him was
> oddly enough in a hobby shop, now closed, in a shopping center nearby,
> now abandoned.B I was buying an RC helicopter.B I heard the guys behind
> the counter talking about Nicewonger, and I asked if that was Mike
> Nicewonger, and they said yes.B It's a small world.
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> Dave McGuire <mailto:mcguire at neurotica.com>
> October 25, 2020 at 3:38 PM
> On 10/25/20 4:32 PM, Jay York wrote:
>>> B B B B We'd love to have a '1000!B I had all but given up on finding
>>> one.B I
>>> don't think we can take a '2000 anytime soon though, due to needing a
>>> truck and such, there's too much going on these days for us to manage
>>> that right now.B But perhaps in the not-too-distant future.B I can come
>>> down there in a minivan with seats removed soon, in the next week or
>>> two
>>> I think.B The '1000, 4/260, etc are no problem in a minivan.
>>
>> The 2000 is a beast.BB I had a small pick up truck then, which I drove
>> around and backed up to the back of the house.BB It weighs about 900
>> lbs.BB It has casters of course, but they have grease fittings too,
>> which
>> you don't always see.
>
> B Yep, I moved one of those once...I'd not try it without a truck with
> a lift gate.
>
>> Sometime in the next few weeks would be fine.BB I'll get in touch
>> directly, off-list.
>
> B Sounds good.B Let's discuss it soon, as it occurs to me that I'll be
> doing a small road trip this coming week and I may be able to swing
> through that area during that trip.
>
>>> B B B B BTW, I used to live in Laurel, and Silver Spring and Greenbelt
>>> before
>>> that.
>>
>> I moved from Columbia to Simpsonville/Clarksville/Fulton quite a few
>> years back.
>
> B Ahh ok, I know where you are.
>
>> Did you know Mike Nicewonger?BB He was my "connection",
>> feeding my "habit" for a while.BB I still have at least one of those
>> machines.
>
> B Mike was my best friend and next-door neighbor!B I met him at the
> surplus dealer that he and I frequented on Saturday mornings.B He
> later bought the house next door to me.B Drunks obsessed with good
> computers, we were. (are)
>
> B B B B B B B B B B B B -Dave
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