I'd dump the wife...
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Em s?b, 18 de set de 2021 22:33, Mike Katz via cctalk
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classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> escreveu:
??? I have a basement but I also have a wife who complains everytime I
??? bring
??? some orphaned computer part (or camera) home and to the basement.? In
??? her eyes it's all junk.
??? Which is worse, no basement or a wife ?
??? It was because of my first wife (now ex) that I sold my 2 full
??? racks of
??? PDP-8/E equipment.
??? On 9/18/2021 3:40 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
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??? >> On Sep 18, 2021, at 1:01 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk
??? <cctalk at
classiccmp.org <mailto:cctalk at classiccmp.org>> wrote:
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??? >> Went over to chip away at the Bob basement, and this time Alex
??? came with me. This is not a bad idea as if one of the piles shift
??? and I get stuck it would be nice to have someone there to call 911.
??? > You might be joking, but this is no joke, it?s a *VERY* good
??? idea.? Back when my collection was in storage units, I took a
??? large vintage TV to the head.? Thankfully I was okay, but it could
??? have been much worse.? After that I started being more cautious.
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??? >> Moral: Do not die with a lot of this stuff in your basement. We
??? were far more able to move this stuff 30 years ago when we were
??? young than today.
??? > Good point.? I was reminded of this a few months ago, while I
??? was working some of my old gear while on my Sabbatical.? The good
??? news, I don?t have a basement. :-)
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??? > Zane
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