A similar tragedy (although on a much smaller scale) last week. Arrive at coffee at 11:15 to be told that an IBM PS/2 P70 (386 plasma luggable) has been placed/thrown on the skip. This is in direct contravention of my standing orders that I should be told before anything is thrown away - but no one listens.... Anyway, deciding that no more damage will come to the item while I finish my coffee, I finish my coffee. Twenty minutes later and I'm standing next to the skip or more correctly I would be standing next to the skip if the skip was there - it's gone. I am overcome with guilt - if only I'd gone immediately, if only I'd broken a few legs earlier to impress upon people that I collect junk^H^H^H^H antiques. However I later discover that the skip had been removed a minute or two before 11:00, so even if I'd gone immediately on being told I would have been too late. I am now resolved to go immediately and at high speed when information is received. The baseball bat is now within easy reach on the bookshelf. Doug.