12 Nov
2007
12 Nov
'07
2 p.m.
On Mon, 2007-11-12 at 04:39 -0700, Richard wrote:
To be honest, I don't respect the people who whine
about what other
people do with their collection.
Mmm. I'm inclined to agree, but I hate seeing stuff not being used,
*properly* used and loved for its function as well as its form.
I have a few old analogue synthesizers, one of which requires two sets
of six completely unobtainable chips. Well, truth be told, they pop up
in onesy-twoesy quantities on eBay, where if you're not careful the chip
collectors snaffle them. And you already know how much I dislike chip
collectors...
Back to the synth. A guy I know on another list said "Oh you should
sample it and then put it away somewhere, if one of the chips goes you
might never get a replacement and it would never work again, don't play
it, you'll wear out the rare chips" kind of thing. "Stuff that", says
I, "if an unobtainable part goes I'll *make* a new one if I have to, or
an equivalent, and I'll *enjoy* it while it does work."
So, no, I don't like to tell other people what to do with their
collections. But I really do hate trailer queens.
To avoid going even more OT and offending Jay's sensibilities, I won't
post the link to the James May clip about model trains. Tapping the
appropriate keywords into YouTube's search will bring it forth.
Gordon