Upon the date 11:26 AM 10/8/99 +0100, John Honniball said something like:
>
>On Thu, 07 Oct 1999 19:59:30 -0700 Kevin McQuiggin
><mcquiggi_at_sfu.ca> wrote:
>> At 09:42 PM 10/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
>> >You drove 1500 miles to maybe find the correct connector?
>>
>> Well the trip was actually to pick up a dual RX01 floppy drive from John
>> Lawson in Los Angeles, the trip from LA to San Diego was to visit one of my
>> friends who lives there.
>>
>> I found the connectors during a junk scrounge with my friend.
>
>Well, I went from Bristol, UK to Dayton, Ohio (via Boston)
>in order to visit a junk emporium and buy:
>
> NIXIE TUBES!!!!
>
>And I even got them back through the airport X-ray machines
>without any questions...
I bet you went to Mendelson's, my all-time favorite "Emporium of the
Electronic Junque". I get lost for hours at a time in there whenever I visit.
Regards, Chris
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Received on Fri Oct 08 1999 - 09:19:42 BST