1 Apr
1999
1 Apr
'99
10:23 a.m.
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
Like, I imagine, most people on this list, I do not regard myself as sane.
That said, I think the morning is a sadly under-rated time of day. My alarm
clock goes off at 6 am whether I need to go to work or not. I get up any time
between 6.00 and 7.15 on work days, 6.00 and 8.00 on other days. It is not
quite random - if I have been short of sleep lately, or am in the middle of a
good book, I tend to get up later.
And I find it quite hard to do anything remotely involving the brain after 10pm.
Am I really that unusual?
Philip.
1 Apr
1 Apr
12:43 p.m.
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999 Philip.Belben(a)pgen.com wrote:
> What is it about hamfests that cause otherwise
> sane individuals to get up at the crack of dawn?
The hordes of gorgeous, single women...
And I find it quite hard to do anything remotely
involving the brain after 10pm.
Wait, that's got to be a typo...you meant *before* 10pm, right???
Aaron
2:57 p.m.
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4:13 p.m.
On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
I don't even pretend to be...
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
215 Shady Lea Road,
North Kingstown, RI 02852
"Casta est qui nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
Like, I
imagine, most people on this list, I do not regard myself as sane.
I know I'm not sane... 
4:04 p.m.
Upon the date 05:23 PM 4/1/99 +0100, Philip.Belben(a)pgen.com said something
like:
No, my sked is the same. However, my brain locks up around 9PM. My wife,
however, gets up at 04:30 and is out the door to work at 05:25.
Wish there were more hours in a day and my body would last longer in a day :-/
Regards, Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net
Member of Antique Wireless Association
URL: http://www.ggw.org/awa
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
Like, I imagine, most people on this list, I do not regard myself as sane.
That said, I think the morning is a sadly under-rated time of day. My alarm
clock goes off at 6 am whether I need to go to work or not. I get up any time
between 6.00 and 7.15 on work days, 6.00 and 8.00 on other days. It is not
quite random - if I have been short of sleep lately, or am in the middle of a
good book, I tend to get up later.
And I find it quite hard to do anything remotely involving the brain after
10pm.
Am I really that unusual? 
5 Apr
5 Apr
6:28 a.m.
At 17:23 01/04/99 +0100, Philip.Belben(a)pgen.com wrote:
Like, I imagine, most people on this list, I do not
regard myself as sane.
Me too (referring to myself of course).
That said, I think the morning is a sadly under-rated
time of day. My alarm
clock goes off at 6 am whether I need to go to work or not. I get up any
time
between 6.00 and 7.15 on work days, 6.00 and 8.00 on
other days. It is not
quite random - if I have been short of sleep lately, or am in the middle of a
good book, I tend to get up later.
And I find it quite hard to do anything remotely involving the brain after
10pm.
Am I really that unusual?
Well, I used to be in the "no point in getting up before noon" computer
group, now I'm in the 7am start, 11pm finish crowd. Why? FOD/FOG (FOD =
Fear of Death, FOG = Fear of God). It's amazing what you can do when your
cardiologist points out that heart attacks are inherited and that you've
reached "the age". I now get up and gym three days a week and swim a couple
of others. If I could find a hamfest in Melbourne I could be one of those
there early...
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au
Information Technology Services | Phone: +61 3 9479 1550 Fax: +61 3 9479
1999
La Trobe University | "If God had wanted soccer played in the
Melbourne Australia 3083 | air, the sky would be painted green"
10:47 a.m.
Huw Davies wrote:
At 17:23 01/04/99 +0100, Philip.Belben(a)pgen.com wrote:
Yes, it is amazing what practical "education" can do! When I had a quint.
bypass a little over a year ago, some practical education set in :). I
rather suspect that age has something to do with becoming more a morning
person, and I also was able to sleep in to noon years ago without much
effort. I am still a night person, but it takes some effort to sleep much
later than 8am or so.
BTW, are you saying indirectly that they don't hold hamfests in Melbourne,
or that you can't find one?
That said, I think the morning is a sadly
under-rated time of day. My alarm
clock goes off at 6 am whether I need to go to work or not. I get up any
time
Well, I used to be in the "no point in getting up before noon" computer
group, now I'm in the 7am start, 11pm finish crowd. Why? FOD/FOG (FOD =
Fear of Death, FOG = Fear of God). It's amazing what you can do when your
cardiologist points out that heart attacks are inherited and that you've
reached "the age". I now get up and gym three days a week and swim a couple
of others. If I could find a hamfest in Melbourne I could be one of those
there early...
9:04 p.m.
At 08:47 05/04/99 -0700, Marvin wrote:
Yes, it is amazing what practical "education"
can do! When I had a quint.
bypass a little over a year ago, some practical education set in :).
Yep. My Dad had one about 10 years ago and is about to have another. I'd
prefer if he was the only member of the family to have one, thanks all the
same.
BTW, are you saying indirectly that they don't hold
hamfests in Melbourne,
or that you can't find one?
Well, there are these very organized "swap meets" where you can buy new
computer bits at a good price and occasionally some older things (like
5.25" SCSI disks) but I've never seen anything interesting for sale. I'm
sure there are places where old computer gear is sold but I've never come
across one...
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au
Information Technology Services | Phone: +61 3 9479 1550 Fax: +61 3 9479
1999
La Trobe University | "If God had wanted soccer played in the
Melbourne Australia 3083 | air, the sky would be painted green"
10:44 p.m.
Huw Davies wrote:
There is a very active group of hams down your way who are into ARDF (I can
send you addresses if you are interested) and I have found hams to be a very
good source of older computers!!! And as an aside, current research seems to
show that expending over 2200 calories a week can slow up, and even reverse
the clogging of arteries that lead to some major inconveniences (such as a
bypass.) ARDF can be a really fun way to expend some calories for those who
have a competitive and technical bent.
At 08:47 05/04/99 -0700, Marvin wrote:
BTW, are you
saying indirectly that they don't hold hamfests in Melbourne,
or that you can't find one?
Well, there are these very organized "swap meets" where you can buy new
computer bits at a good price and occasionally some older things (like
5.25" SCSI disks) but I've never seen anything interesting for sale. I'm
sure there are places where old computer gear is sold but I've never come
across one... 
6 Apr
6 Apr
8:59 a.m.
At 12:04 PM 4/6/99 +1000, Hum wrote:
Well, there are these very organized "swap meets" where you can buy new
computer bits
<snip>
Go to them and stike up a conversation about old computers. You'll find
lots of people that have old computers and are glad to give them to someone
that will use them. That's how I found out about a big lot of XEROX stuff
that I got last week. Word of mouth is still the most effective form of
advertising.
Joe
8:36 a.m.
There is a ham swapmeet this coming sunday in framingham, Mass...
I'm not affiliated with the group... I just saw a sign this
morning...
9am - 1pm
I don't know how much computer stuff might be there... I suspect
a little...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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