OT Re: Pair of HP 1000 E-Series minicomputers on eBay

[js at cimmeri.com]

On 1/30/2015 12:13 PM, tony duell wrote:
>> Here:
>>
>>   http://www.ebay.com/itm/141300893919
>>
>> The seller has them listed at 'Buy-It-Now' for $1,800, but the listing does
>> say 'make an offer', so you might be able to get it down a ways, to something
>> more reasonable. They seem like they have an interesting (non-identical) set
>> of peripheral cards. However, I know nothing of HP's, so take this all with a
>> large grain of salt!
> Pity they're the wrong side of the Pond :-(...
>
> -tony

It's not a pond.. it's an ocean.  Why do 
some people insist on calling it a pond?

And "whilst" I'm at it, why do some 
insist on using "blinkenlights" in re 
CPU front panels instead of correct 
English -- blinking lights?

- J.