On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, Chris M wrote:
the idea was that if someone reasonably close was
willing to grab the stuff, and perchance didn't want
some of the items (as said they was obligated to take
it all), those that had interest in particular pieces
might score. Nobody said it was written in stone (that
they would get any of it), just that it wouldn't hurt
to express their interest...
OK
that makes sense
Are there any chicky-poos on this list. I had to go
back and change *he* to "they" for fear of offending
the weaker sex. Wouldn't want to do that.
Well, Allison is a woman, but I'd be scared to call her a "chicky-poo",
since she definitely does NOT seem weaker.
Seriously
there seems to be so few gals in this hobby
(understandably). I did catch one skirt bidding on an
Amiga (how fitting) 1000 on one of the auction sites a
while back.
A lot of it is because a significant part of the motivation for this hobby
is memories of bygone days, and there were very few women involved with
computers in those days.
In my company, people chose their own job titles. When my VP (self
inflicted title) hired a woman to work in our Comdex booths, she gave
herself the job title of "bait"
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at
xenosoft.com