9 Feb
2000
9 Feb
'00
11:45 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: thomas.h.lindberg(a)se.abb.com <thomas.h.lindberg(a)se.abb.com>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Thursday, February 10, 2000 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: Dumpster stories!
A coule of years ago we had two very tragic dumpster stories in Sweden,
three kids vere killed while reading magazines in covered
newspaper/magazine dumpsters.
The kids had seaked in through the narrow opening where we dump our old
newspapers/magazines and sat there while the truck came to pick up the
dumpster content. The dumpster was automatically emptied into a compacter
at the truck and all taken to the fragmentation site where the kids wer
found crushed.
The dumpster openings are now just about the size of a mail box.
I can't believe some list members here dive into dumpsters for computers.
That's dangerous. There could be dangerous,sharp items inside some. Toxic
residues (not all companies respect the environment), Legal reasons (maybe?)
not to enter one.
There are so many better ways to find old computers in much better condition
than something thrown into a dumpster with everything else piled on top.
john
PDP-8 and other rare mini computers
http://www.pdp8.com
Thomas