Taking control of your collection

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
Date: Tue Feb 5 12:42:45 2002

 Well I'm in a process of setting up an extra IBM 8580 for a neighbor who has
a small small-engine repair shop. Problem is that he, like many others in this
small northern community don't know a monitor from a TV but want to get into
computers since everybody says that if you don't they'll get left behind.

 Searched for some shop management programs and found that most were
extremely overpriced, lacking needed features for a small operation, and for
the most part badly written. Plus even the simplest needed some computer
knowledge. So now I'm trying to set up a program using an old copy of
Paradox for Windows. (Yeah I know many other OS are better but M-Sloth
is what they'll be exposed to in this world)

 I also set up another guy with a P66 but altho he realises the potential uses
for his small handyman, roofing business, he treats it like a game machine
cause he doesn't really know how to do anything but point and click.

 The upshot of all this is that now I've had to commit to doing a basic
computer course for them and other eager locals. And of course coding the
Paradox program. I'm no programmer and the only real coding I've ever done
was assembly back in my digital course in 82. All this takes valued time
from my pensioner pursuits like playing with my collection, music, reading,
writing, gardening, and fishing.

 If I give another one away up here, I may as well forget about being retired.
In a small close-knit community like this a, NO, can harvest a lot of negative
repercussions, especially when you OBVIOUSLY have all this free time.

Lawrence

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lawrence Walker [mailto:lgwalker_at_mts.net]
>
> > How do YOU limit your collection when you aren't a Sellam, John Keys
> > and others with warehouse space. Seriously. It must be a problem that
> > many of you have made a decision on, even when it wasn't your S.O.
> > giving an ultimatum. Any guidelines ? Be stern.
>
> Give some stuff to other people -- before, or after fixing it up.
> I try to do that with stuff I'm not as interested in, or won't
> use much. (Things that I have more than one of, for instance...)
>
> That way you at least know it's gone to a good home. :)
>
> Chris
>
>
> Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
> Amdocs - Champaign, IL
>
> /usr/bin/perl -e '
> print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
> '
>



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