Sam Ismail wrote:
> When unfortunate neighbors who walk by my garage make the mistake of
> actually showing interest in all these old machines I have stacked up in
> there, they get caught in my nerd spider web and I end up talking their
> ear off for as many hours as it takes for them to finally overcome their
> politeness and yell "Enough already! You sick bastard!" Actually, the
> two neighbors I have met this way were both techno-dorks like me and
> enjoyed all the old memories (one is a guy who moved here from Scotland,
> his first computer being the Sinclair ZX-80).
>
> I wish more people would show an interest since I love to talk about the
> stuff. Maybe I should put up a sign when I'm working in the garage that
> says "Don't be afraid to ask what all this junk is." :)
Problem is, where you live it rains a fair amount, so much of the time
you need to close the garage door. (Not as bad as our members up in
OR and WA, but a lot more than in my old L.A. hometown [don't ask about
the bloody weather here in New Jersey where I'm stuck until my
father-in-law outlives me -- his family normally hits 90 {he's 79} and
I'm 43 {and my family rarely hits 50}] but I'd love to move everything
to the dry climate [it does snow some in Winter] of Wyoming).
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Received on Tue Jun 23 1998 - 21:58:57 BST