27 May
2010
27 May
'10
11:10 a.m.
>Like any show - computers, cars, dogs, model
trains, stamps, sex toys
>- always far more social than stuff-oriented.
MOST hobbies, especially sex toys, are more fun with somebody else. But computers can be enjoyed in quiet isolation.
Quiet? What with cooling fans, 'washing machine' disk drives, dot matrix
printers and ASR33s? Surely you jest....
>Just make sure you get enough pizzas and
beer.
When this thread started, Tony very politely bowed out of going with an
excuse ("mostly financial").
We (I) were insensitive, and called him on his excuse, with offers to
handle the financial aspects. He did NOT gratuitously insult those
involved.
We PUSHED Tony to reveal his "real reasons", and eventually he did. Now
some people are grievously offended by why he feels that it would be
better not to go.
That was due to MY insensitivity, NOT Tony's manners.
Even if I were to start actively giving all of this crap away, there would
I know the feeling. And it's not just the machines. There are boxes of
spare parts, odd PCBs, manuals, my notebooks, etc.
still be a lot left when I die. Rather than risk a
Maslin, I've asked my
executioner (and I intend to add it as a codicil) to make every effort to
Err, don;t you mean executrix (female executor) here?
get hold of this list, Sellam, and Tony to "get
rid of all that useless
obsolete crap" (her words). She would be willing to mail the Tessina to
Tony, but if he wants the Epson QX10 (I need to confirm where it is) or
Thanks... But needelss to say I hope I never receive it (in that I hope
you outlive me).
As for the QX10, I do regard it as being one of the best CP/M machines
ever produced. But I already have one. So again, thanks for the offer,
but I am sure another collector is more deserving of it.
the Linhof, then he will have to get actively involved
in the shipping.
Now, maybe THAT will get Tony out of the house :-), but I won't live to
see it.
I am not sure what you are trying to convince me to do here..
-tony