7 Jan
2009
7 Jan
'09
11:38 a.m.
On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 00:03 -0500, Ethan Dicks wrote:
When I was younger (in high school), I had a couple of
minor incidents
moving big DEC equipment - nothing requiring more than first aid, but
enough to keep me cautious. Now that I'm substantially older, I'm
eyeing that lift as an essential tool - most of my close calls have
When I was moving house, I went to load my PDP11/73 onto the van with
all the drives racked up. It was a bit heavier than I expected, but it
was just a case of rolling it up to the back of the van and then lifting
it in as I tipped it backwards. Getting it up two steps at the back
door of my new place wasn't as much fun.
Oh, and let's not forget the Fujitsu Eagle which has a sticker on it
saying "CAUTION: 70kg" - on the bottom! A few years ago I used to carry
around 25kg bags of horse feed three at a time. I'm so unfit these
days. I should ditch all this computer nonsense and go back to working
on a farm...
Gordon