Leaving the hobby

From: loedman1_at_juno.com <(loedman1_at_juno.com)>
Date: Mon May 19 22:45:00 2003

R. D. Davis provided this good advice (from experience ?)

>And, let's not forget to insist that the judge address you as "your
>royal holiness of technology preservation." Refuse to address the
>court without being bowed to. Insist that the judge, and everyone
>else, who doesn't collect computers, waits for the royal wave from you
>before they speak. Lastly, when asked any computer-related questions,
>insist that you be allowed to consult your followers and members of
>your extended royal family, the classiccmp group. If they attempt to
>charge you with contempt of court, plead permanent insanity (remember,
>insanity is a good thing). When they try to cart you away to the
>funny farm, claim that you're not mentally unstable, just eccentric,
>but not crazy like everyone else who doesn't preserve vast quantities
>of computers. Swear on the Weeks and James book "Eccentrics," and a
>stack of holy 7th Edition UNIX source code, that it's the truth. ;-)

To which Rich (who never learned when to remain silent) replied

This could work as long as I was careful not to quote any CP/M commands,
" Yes your Honor, pip pip findbad movcpm. And furthermore, alias sub and
era", one way ticket to 72 hours observation.

                                                       Rich
Received on Mon May 19 2003 - 22:45:00 BST