I’ve been picking trash since I was about 6.
I suppose it came naturally to my brother and me, as we grew up in a low-income family, completely unsupervised, given no allowance and were taken to “thrift stores” where were fitted with other people’s discarded clothes. We stole candy from the corner store and threw eggs at the nasty dry cleaner who labelled us, along with 5 other kids, “The Hoodlums at the Corner.” During the winter we “hopped cars” and buses (now called bumper surfing) at stop signs. And we picked through our neighbor’s trash on Tuesdays.
These days I no longer make a pastime out of it , but if someone puts stuff out on a table with a sign saying, “Free Stuff”, I’m game.
I was riding through Skaneateles on the ’83 a few days ago, and just such a sign caught my eye. This is the town where Bill and Hillary vacationed at their friend’s house during his presidency, so the pickings can sometimes be “upscale.” I went for the gizmo, a Radio City signal generator, Model 701. I hadnt brought the knapsack along, so I was sorta stuck on the transport issue. It was heavy. But I spied a large spool of bell wire (free) and a some silk tablecloths, and voila !
Question : I have only a vague idea what this signal generator would be used for. I'm sure that at least half the members could tell me.....
And there was an Army surplus tube PA system amp, which I passed over, as I'm into 70's stereophonics.
I also left the 1980's Carver Sonic Hologram Generator.
SO, I know what a visual hologram is; who could forget Data's holographic remembrance of Tasha Yar ??
But, what the heck is a sonic holographic generator ?
I suppose it came naturally to my brother and me, as we grew up in a low-income family, completely unsupervised, given no allowance and were taken to “thrift stores” where were fitted with other people’s discarded clothes. We stole candy from the corner store and threw eggs at the nasty dry cleaner who labelled us, along with 5 other kids, “The Hoodlums at the Corner.” During the winter we “hopped cars” and buses (now called bumper surfing) at stop signs. And we picked through our neighbor’s trash on Tuesdays.
These days I no longer make a pastime out of it , but if someone puts stuff out on a table with a sign saying, “Free Stuff”, I’m game.
I was riding through Skaneateles on the ’83 a few days ago, and just such a sign caught my eye. This is the town where Bill and Hillary vacationed at their friend’s house during his presidency, so the pickings can sometimes be “upscale.” I went for the gizmo, a Radio City signal generator, Model 701. I hadnt brought the knapsack along, so I was sorta stuck on the transport issue. It was heavy. But I spied a large spool of bell wire (free) and a some silk tablecloths, and voila !
Question : I have only a vague idea what this signal generator would be used for. I'm sure that at least half the members could tell me.....
And there was an Army surplus tube PA system amp, which I passed over, as I'm into 70's stereophonics.
I also left the 1980's Carver Sonic Hologram Generator.
SO, I know what a visual hologram is; who could forget Data's holographic remembrance of Tasha Yar ??
But, what the heck is a sonic holographic generator ?