29 Apr
2012
29 Apr
'12
2:04 p.m.
On Apr 29, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
I suspect it's much like the houses of most people
here. There are
classic computers, spares for classic computers, tools, test instruments,
etc everywhere. And books of course.
Certainly like the areas of my house my wife has ceded to me (the
office and half the basement, which is quite enough). There are
plenty of books from both of us everywhere, of course.
I really don't see why it's so odd to keep
bits of broken connector. I
don;t know if you know the UK mains plug, but the pins are quite
substantial pieces of brass, which are useful for making mounting blocks,
etc. And I can't beleive you've never needed a spare contact for some
type of connector which you could take from a broken one.
That may be true for UK mains plugs; Alexandre is from Brazil, and
I don't know about their plugs, but I know US plugs are worth next
to nothing for parts. We don't even have fuses in them, I guess
because we really like house fires (exception: a lot of Christmas
tree lights had tiny fuses in the plug, but I don't even know if
that's true with the LED ones now).
Spare connectors, though, yeah. I have a whole bin of 'em. In
fact, I've found my parts collection dramatically easier to use
since I've put them all in bins (and for the rest of the English-
speaking world, I don't mean the rubbish type) and sorted them.
It has the bonus effect of reducing the visible footprint of the
ridiculous amount of cables I have, which earns me free brownie
points. :-)
- Dave