Let's not get too swept away with emotion here ... when was the last time you
saw anything well made here in the U.S, let alone computer equipment. To the
best of my recollection, the last time I saw anything that truly seemed to be
well made in the U.S. was back in the '50's, at which time the average person
in the U.S. didn't even know what a computer was.
If these computers were still useful and interesting, they wouldn't be
candidates for the crusher. Likewise, if there were any real value in those
cars to which you refer, someone would figure out a way to profit from them.
If they look good, it's probably the typcial "appearance over substance."
Those lame-brained cretins to whom you refer are really the ones driving the
SUV's that haven't killed them yet, thought at <20 mpg they're gradually
killing us all.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd_at_rddavis.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:46 PM
Subject: Destructive charities (was: STAPLES STORES...)
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > I spoke with a representative from Gifts In Kind this morning.
> > Basically, they collect the computers from Staples and divert them to
> [...]
> > > resulting systems will then be placed by Gifts In Kind. The rest are
> > > recycled.
> ^^^^^^^^
>
> "Recycled" is a politically correct term for the brutal destruction of
> useful, interesting and historically meaningful, equipment.
>
> Typical of those short-sighted charitable organizations that rely on
> the destruction of history and useful, well-made, equipment for their
> own survival. Doesn't this organization also collect cars from people
> under false pretenses and then have perfectly useable older cars
> scrapped?
>
> I've seen some extremely nice looking, rust-free, apparently
> well-maintained, older cars (e.g., late 1960's to late 1970's), with
> good interiors, new tires, etc. sitting in a junkyard with stickers
> from such charities on their windshields. These are cars that are
> driveable, that donors thought were going to be put to good use, which
> are being destroyed by the lame-brained cretins (and that's an
> extremly kind description of them) at those charities. Alas, such
> cars are often scrapped, at least in Maryland, within a week's time,
> so there's not even much time to obtain parts from them. It's my
> understanding that the titles to such cars are kept by the
> lame-brained cretins at those charities so that the classic cars can't
> be put back on the road.
>
> Now, these charities are seeking to destroy another rare commodity:
> older computers for which parts are becoming difficult to find. An
> idea: perhaps we should begin finding ways to recycle those charities
> and put an end to the damage they're doing.
>
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