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| BillyO:
--- Quote from: MarkS on January 05, 2023, 07:19:55 pm ---Turned in my semi today. I was a truck driver. Now I'm a full time cancer patient. --- End quote --- Wow, dude here's hoping get through this! |
| nctnico:
@MarkS: get well soon! To get back on topic: I unhoarded a bunch of PCs (well, mostly casings with some remaining parts). Now I have a lot more space. It doesn't look like much in the picture but it is somewhere between a quarter and half a cubic meter in volume. I listed it on a local 'graigslist' for 5 euro and I actually got a few responses within a day. The guy who picked it up came from 200km away! :o |
| wn1fju:
Got rid of about 4,000 - 5,000 pieces of paper. For years and years, I've been taking all the bank statements, bills, financial records, etc. that I was afraid simply to throw into the garbage and have been piling them up in a spare bedroom. I finally bought a heavy-duty shredder and disposed of them once and for all. It took me three hours and I filled up four 30-gallon trash bags. Of course, a metal bucket, some lighter fluid and a match would have also solved my problem, but I am willing to bet that is illegal where I live. |
| Chris56000:
Hi! Tons and tons of oscilloscopes, from the days when oscilloscopes WERE oscilloscopes – all need to be repaired & their calibration checked! Mainly older British models, kept from the days when equipment was built to a specification and not down to a price, (I wouldn't dream of dumping them because of the ewaste mountain!) –I'm hoping to find them new homes in the not–too–distant future! Chris Williams |
| hvontres:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on December 30, 2022, 09:11:54 pm --- --- Quote from: Tomorokoshi on December 30, 2022, 08:13:35 pm --- --- Quote from: SiliconWizard on December 30, 2022, 07:42:19 pm --- --- Quote from: Tomorokoshi on December 30, 2022, 06:15:19 pm ---I don't understand... get rid of something? I'm having difficulty with trying to understand that concept. --- End quote --- The whole 5S concept. --- End quote --- They try to apply 5S where I work. In the prototype / warranty return / test lab. A: "What is this thing?" B: "That's a doohickey cabulator! We haven't used this in 5 years! Throw it out!" some time later... C: "Where is the doohickey cabulator? A warranty return came in from a customer. They have 10-year-old equipment." A: "We through it out in the last 5S round." B: "Let's get a new one! I'll get the purchase order going! How much are they, $10,000?" --- End quote --- Yeah. It's supposed to clear your mind. I don't know about that, but it does clear your wallet. --- End quote --- Hey, I love 5s (or 6s as they call it at my job, not sure where the extra s came from). It has provided me with tons of stuff for my home lab :) I just had this mental image of Jim Williams and Bob Pease cornering Marie Kondo at a party..... |
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