31 Mar
1999
31 Mar
'99
12:35 p.m.
In a message dated 3/31/99 8:42:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
rigdonj(a)intellistar.net writes:
That's exactly right. A lot of the vendors
have sold their stuff and
left by 1:30. That why you found piles of trash that they'd left. I
usually register as a vendor and pay the extra fee just so I can get in
ahead of the public. I can tell you for a fact that the BEST deals happen
long before the public gets in the door. If I couldn't get there before
1:30 I would bother going even if it was across the street!
agreed. there's a hamfest thats coming up in two weeks here and a friend and i
are going as vendors with a small cache of junk to sell. the best deals can be
found the night before when everyone is still setting up. still havent gotten
over being 30 seconds too late buying a small robot...
1 Apr
1 Apr
2:14 a.m.
Ok...
What is it about hamfests that cause otherwise
sane individuals to get up at the crack of dawn?
Almost every computer involved person I know who
has any control of their work schedule:
1) Gets up after the sun has properly warmed the earth
where they live
2) Eats lunch for breakfast
3) Eats dinner for lunch
4) Has Chinese delivered at 1 a.m. for dinner
5) Sleeps till 2 or 3 p.m. on Saturday if at all possible
4:49 a.m.
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
Ok...
What is it about hamfests that cause otherwise
sane individuals to get up at the crack of dawn?
You *GO* girlfriend!!
Almost every computer involved person I know who
has any control of their work schedule:
1) Gets up after the sun has properly warmed the earth
where they live
O yeah.... sing it!
2) Eats lunch for breakfast
That's the 4-1-1
3) Eats dinner for lunch
Doesn't everyone?
4) Has Chinese delivered at 1 a.m. for dinner
Vegetarian South Indian Curry Pizza (alternate)
5) Sleeps till 2 or 3 p.m. on Saturday if at all
possible
Perfect: one is awake in time for a proper lunch.
I and some friends attempted to start up a TRW-type swap meet here
in SoCal.. we were thwarted by the $1.5 million liability policies
everyone wanted... but the prime criteria was: load-in at 11:00,
meet starts at 12:00 and wraps at 5:30 or so..... alas it was not
to be.
Note to Philip Belben, re: early AM when one doesn't have to...
SICK! SICK! SICK!!! :}
This being said... my particular job situation requires my presence
at about 7:30 am local... many times earlier... I really hate it
but it pays the bills. Of course I get to stay most days till 9:00
or so pm... so that makes up for it. (huh?)
And now back to your regular-topic List.
Obclassiccmp: Anyone have a FSW Votrax (the commercial version)
for sale or trade? I think on of my PDPs ought to be able to talk
back at me...
Cheerz
John
6:50 p.m.
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, John Lawson wrote:
I and some friends attempted to start up a TRW-type
swap meet here
in SoCal.. we were thwarted by the $1.5 million liability policies
That's hardly as daunting as it sounds. My two day $1mil general
liability policy for the VCF runs around $300. A full year would only be
a grand or so. This would be covered in the first two-four meets by
seller fees, depending on how much you charged.
everyone wanted... but the prime criteria was:
load-in at 11:00,
meet starts at 12:00 and wraps at 5:30 or so..... alas it was not
to be.
There's just something about having to get up at an insanely early hour
(for a weekend) to beat everyone else that has a certain charm to it.
A 12:00pm starting time cuts into the rest of the day. I'd want it to
start at 8am. Enough time for sleep if you stayed up late the night
before (like I always manage to do despite my best efforts) and early
enough that once you're down scrounging you've still got the rest of the
day to play with what you found.
Note to Philip Belben, re: early AM when one
doesn't have to...
SICK! SICK! SICK!!! :}
You'd be amazed at just how much you can accomplish before 9am if you get
up by 7am. Really! Try it sometime.
This being said... my particular job situation
requires my presence
at about 7:30 am local... many times earlier... I really hate it
but it pays the bills. Of course I get to stay most days till 9:00
or so pm... so that makes up for it. (huh?)
Mandatory early morning work hours suck hardcore. I never came in before
9am unless I absolutely had to. If I'm going to work until 7, 8, or even
9pm then I'll damn well come in when my body feels like its had enough
sleep.
Obclassiccmp: Anyone have a FSW Votrax (the
commercial version)
for sale or trade? I think on of my PDPs ought to be able to talk
back at me...
Speaking of which (sort of) there was a voicemail system from the 70s
(forgot which one, VMX maybe?) that was based on a PDP-8 with proprietary
voice processing cards for the telecom interface (Omnibus I suppose, or
Unibus?) Just something else to look for when you're out and about
scrounging.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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7:59 a.m.
At 11:14 AM 4/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
Ok...
What is it about hamfests that cause otherwise
sane individuals to get up at the crack of dawn?
The bargains and finding stuff that hasn't seen the light of day in 20
years! It's that or pay E-bay prices to someone else that IS willing to do it.
Almost every computer involved person I know who
has any control of their work schedule:
1) Gets up after the sun has properly warmed the earth
where they live
2) Eats lunch for breakfast
3) Eats dinner for lunch
4) Has Chinese delivered at 1 a.m. for dinner
5) Sleeps till 2 or 3 p.m. on Saturday if at all possible
Well I obviously don't have control of my work schedule! :-/
Joe
6:37 p.m.
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Bill Sudbrink wrote:
What is it about hamfests that cause otherwise
sane individuals to get up at the crack of dawn?
The fact that if you don't some other insane geek will, and will properly
scoop up all the good stuff before you've even completed your morning pee.
Almost every computer involved person I know who
has any control of their work schedule:
1) Gets up after the sun has properly warmed the earth
where they live
1.5) Pees.
2) Eats lunch for breakfast
3) Eats dinner for lunch
4) Has Chinese delivered at 1 a.m. for dinner
5) Sleeps till 2 or 3 p.m. on Saturday if at all possible
Sure, but the Saturday and Sunday hamfests are an exception to that
otherwise cozy schedule.
And I haven't slept in til 2 or 3pm on a Saturday in years. Those were
the good old days.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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