[rescue] storing old Suns and parts

[Dave McGuire]

   coffee -> keyboard

On 4/11/26 16:06, Robert Toegel wrote:
> Yes, Dave.  But remember, marriage is grand, divorce is a hundred grand, 
> lol.
> 
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2026, 15:43 Dave McGuire via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org 
> <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>> wrote:
> 
> 
>         That's what divorce attorneys are for.
> 
>                  -Dave
> 
>     On 4/11/26 14:28, John Hudak via rescue wrote:
>      > Just an observation from personal experience...reasonable spouses
>     can
>      > become unreasonable.  My PDP 8/E in a full size rack has followed me
>      > from grad school (in my apt) and joined along the way by a
>     collection of
>      > PDP 11/34s, 73's and assortment of uVax'es (4000/300 and high
>      > performance graphics stations) into our house with a good size
>     basement
>      > and garage.  As we have an eye to downsizing at this point in
>     life, that
>      > question that has become the forcing function is 'what are you
>     going to
>      > do with all those machines??? (she is, btw an advanced degree CS
>     major).
>      > and the corollary  'You don't turn them on anymore, or if you do, it
>      > becomes more of fixing them rather than doing anything with them'.
>      >   Hmmm logic vs emotion/enjoyment.   Answers still TBD......(the
>     answer
>      > of 'one of these days' begins to sound hollow after many
>     years....)  To
>      > each their own....
>      >
>      > Prying the logic analyzer pod ' from my cold dead hands'....lol
>      > John
>      >
>      >
>      > On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM Dave McGuire via rescue
>      > <rescue at sunhelp.org <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>
>     <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org <mailto:rescue at sunhelp.org>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >         You're hanging out with the wrong crowd. ;)  We meet
>     people at LSSM
>      >     all the time, including just yesterday, who have a great
>     interest in
>      >     all
>      >     of these systems.
>      >
>      >         Maybe there's some way to get the word out.  The hard
>     part would be
>      >     weeding out the scumbags who will turn around and put stuff
>     on eBay.
>      >
>      >         One thing I've noticed, though, is that a lot of them are
>     college
>      >     students who have no space.  The disturbing trend of people
>     living with
>      >     their parents until well into adulthood isn't making that
>     situation any
>      >     better.  So it becomes important to catch people after they
>     have become
>      >     established as adults and have a little space, but before
>     they marry
>      >     unreasonable spouses (as they invariably do) won't let them own
>      >     anything
>      >     that they want to own.  There's a narrow window there.
>      >
>      >                     -Dave
>      >
>      >     --
>      >     Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>      >     New Kensington, PA
>      >
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>     Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>     New Kensington, PA
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA