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On 2/9/2006 at 8:51 PM ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote: Consider the big picture--there are folks who collect everything from barbed wire to bottlecaps. I once knew a fellow who collected Mrs> Butterworth's Syrup bottles (they all looked the same to me, but he said there were significant differences and he had hundreds). It's entirely likely that I've recycled barbed wire or tossed a bottlecap in the trash that some collector would have given his eyeteeth for. I used to run into old glass power-line insulators all the time when I was clearing brush--I threw them away or gave them to neighbors who used them as something pretty to put in the garden. I didn't know that there were avid collectors out there. To most folks, an old computer is just that. Don't blame them for throwing them into the landfill. On the other hand, many disposal authorities now demand that you take your old electronics gear to a specialy recycler (who will usually charge a fee to take something off your hands). That's good--not many people will spend money to throw something away. Cheers, Chuck