9 Feb
2000
9 Feb
'00
11:21 a.m.
At 03:35 PM 2/9/00 -0800, Mark Price wrote:
Do they have signs threatening dumpster-divers with
slow painful
death like the thrift stores do?
No, they bring their garbage to the curb on Monday morning,
right on time and in place for my drive to the office.
I know them well enough, but all the begging in the world
hasn't convinced them to set every last living bit of
something with a wire on it for me like I've asked.
Another great source of machines is company auctions. A lot of
companies sell their old written-off computers at deep discounts
to their employees or anyone else who will pay for them.
You'll only hear about these if all your friends know you're a
scrounger.
- John