On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, John Lawson wrote:
> I and some friends attempted to start up a TRW-type swap meet here
> in SoCal.. we were thwarted by the $1.5 million liability policies
That's hardly as daunting as it sounds. My two day $1mil general
liability policy for the VCF runs around $300. A full year would only be
a grand or so. This would be covered in the first two-four meets by
seller fees, depending on how much you charged.
> everyone wanted... but the prime criteria was: load-in at 11:00,
> meet starts at 12:00 and wraps at 5:30 or so..... alas it was not
> to be.
There's just something about having to get up at an insanely early hour
(for a weekend) to beat everyone else that has a certain charm to it.
A 12:00pm starting time cuts into the rest of the day. I'd want it to
start at 8am. Enough time for sleep if you stayed up late the night
before (like I always manage to do despite my best efforts) and early
enough that once you're down scrounging you've still got the rest of the
day to play with what you found.
> Note to Philip Belben, re: early AM when one doesn't have to...
>
> SICK! SICK! SICK!!! :}
You'd be amazed at just how much you can accomplish before 9am if you get
up by 7am. Really! Try it sometime.
> This being said... my particular job situation requires my presence
> at about 7:30 am local... many times earlier... I really hate it
> but it pays the bills. Of course I get to stay most days till 9:00
> or so pm... so that makes up for it. (huh?)
Mandatory early morning work hours suck hardcore. I never came in before
9am unless I absolutely had to. If I'm going to work until 7, 8, or even
9pm then I'll damn well come in when my body feels like its had enough
sleep.
> Obclassiccmp: Anyone have a FSW Votrax (the commercial version)
> for sale or trade? I think on of my PDPs ought to be able to talk
> back at me...
Speaking of which (sort of) there was a voicemail system from the 70s
(forgot which one, VMX maybe?) that was based on a PDP-8 with proprietary
voice processing cards for the telecom interface (Omnibus I suppose, or
Unibus?) Just something else to look for when you're out and about
scrounging.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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