On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, George Currie wrote:
> > > So let me get this straight, if you had an opportunity to buy an item
> > that is potentially worth $30000+ for only $1000 you would all pass it up?
> > Hard to believe. Well I guess everyone else on this list is so rich that
> > the thought of making 30x profit is nothing. Me on the other hand, even
> > if I _hated_ Apple, wouldn't pass up such a bargain. >
> >
> > Not everyone is in it for the money. This is a hobby, not a business. If
> > I were a broker sure I'd take it, but that's not what I do. I write
> > programs, I build controllers, I don't broker used equipment.
>
> No, no, no. I think many people missed my point. I am not "in it for the
> money" either. For one, you can't really make enough to make it worth the
> time required. Secondly, I started collecting for the same reason that
> many/most of you did, for the love of tinkering and the machinery.
Well, I don't know about you guys, but I collect computers so I can meet
chicks!!
Oh yeah! They dig this stuff. Really!
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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