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On 6/17/25 15:59, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 6/16/25 21:58, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>> On 6/10/25 09:41, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>> On 6/5/25 06:06, John wrote:
>>>> Ah yes, the 'collectors' who are not 'enthusiasts' or 'hobbyists'.
>>>> Somewhere they heard these things are valuable so they want to cash-in.
>>>> No concern for preserving history.  Makes my stomach turn.
>>>
>>>    "Wurfers". (google it)  We at LSSM get hit with those guys all the time.
>>>
>>>    Just last week we got this: "I gots this HUGE antique computer, one of 
>>> the VERY FIRST computers, I want $5K for it!"  (and the pic shows a 
>>> trash-picked Dell Pentium4 machine complete with bird poop on top)
>>
>> Honestly, you couldn't make this stuff up...  Most of us in the community 
>> have seen it all by now.
> 
>    I tell ya Steve, the gene pool needs some chlorine.  Desperately.
> 
>    Good to see you here, BTW.

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