23 Jul
1997
23 Jul
'97
11:12 a.m.
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Sam Ismail wrote:
If you don't have the time or the inclination - DON'T! And no Sam, I don't
think you talk for everyone here 8-)
No Sam I guess you don't. Others however think it nice to have an excuse
to fire up that old Army Duece and a half and go on a wild weekend of
cruising at the speed limit to save something for someone else, meet new
people, draw looks of amazement as wierd boxes and books get exchanged at
the local K-Mart parking lot.
Well, some of us don't have a life 8-) And then some of us USE our hobby
to do something that we normally wouldn't do in the first place.
BC
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, Brett wrote:
I am suprised every time I put (what I thought was) simple math on the
Internet 8-) 10 hours of driving at about 50mph gives you 500 miles.
This is a two way trip so you get 250 8-) Now there are two trips. One to
get and one to get rid of. That's a total of 500 miles and $20 bucks (as
an average) Ten total trips gives you about 5000 miles and gee $200
dollars AT MOST. Last time I looked at a map 8-) 5000 miles gets you from
Alaska to Florida - am I confused? If you do NOT wnat to do it - DON'T -
that's simple. But if I was driving thru on Thursday night and had the
last known working Cray - I don't think I stop by your house either 8-)
I'd go straight home 8-) The trips don't have to be done until it is
economically feasible and the intermediate has suffucient storage. Why
drive from Chicago to Minneapolis for ONE box - make it worth your while!
days. It might take months to sort it all out. If
the first guy spends
$200 on a truck and $100 on gas - so what - if he comes back with 30
boxes thats what $10 each? We got it as far as Washington or Oregon! The
next guy spends $60 bucks on gas in his station wagon - ok - he gets 6
boxes and it comes to another $10. We would be in Idaho, Utah or
California! The #1 guy gets to meet Tim - an honor in itself - but only
So what happens to the guy in Maine? Does he get to pick up the
accumulated $600 in transportation charges that the others before him
incurred? really spent a
weekend of time - he also gets some hardware of doc or
boards or whatever - if he wants any - and if you set it up so the next
crew is there to unload him - even better! In one weekend we could be
almost a quarter across the US with some of it already delivered. The next
weekend or even a month later (depending on storage 8-) the next leg goes.
Does everyone here have the time to retrieve, sort, re-package and
transport equipment in this manner? I hate to speak for everyone, but I
doubt it. Finally,
everything gets delivered. Maybe the East Coast pays $10 for 10
trips - it's still only $100 for a personally delivered/pickup computer
within 8-10 hour drive. So what if it took 2 months to get there?
You're forgetting the fact that the equipment still had to make its way
to Maine, accumulating the transportation charges the entire way. I
wouldn't expect anyone to extend me that charity. Isaac and I
have had a vision 8-) of a group of pickups and trailers all
meeting in a cornfield in Nebraska with the associated "Chinese Fire
Drill" of people running around sorting out shipments and maybe having a
campfire or pot-luck dinner! God what a life it could be! You get to do
a nice weekend drive - meet friends with the SAME interests as you - have
a nice talk - do some drinking maybe and then back to the real world by
Monday! Who could ask for more out of life? During the week set up to do
it all over again, sort some shipments - meet people closer to you who can
make it as a evening trip or even an overnighter. Poor over the docs you
*said* you didn't want but - damn - that looks interesting.
This would be nice, but again, its a matter of time and money. I and I
would expect others in this busy world have plenty to do on weekends as
it is. This hobby is not my life. It is a hobby.