On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 01:17:35PM -0800, Mark Price wrote:
> OT, sorta: Our local Goodwill stores here in Portland have the maddening
> habit of putting all the monitors on these shelves, all the boxes on those
> shelves, and all the keyboards in that big bin over there... Found the
> keyboard for a Mac 512k or Plus but could never find the monitor&breadloaf.
> Then, in the checkout line, I saw it in a cart! Didn't get the machine, but
> the guy was happy I found the keyboard for him. Later, I thought Idiot! I
> shoulda checked their dumpster for other odds'n'ends. I've volunteered
> before to help assemble complete systems, but they don't have the shelf
> space for it.
Here in Austin, they have a "Goodwill Computerworks" - all they sell is
computers. They'll routinely get FOUR OR FIVE semi-truck-loads of equipment
in at once - but they have signs up threatening arrest for dumpster diving,
and the police routinely patrol around back. 8-(
I've seen pallets full of equipment SIT OUT IN THE RAIN before. 8-(
Bill
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