| T i m <news@spaced.me.uk>: May 26 07:10PM +0100 On Wed, 26 May 2021 05:07:49 -0700 (PDT), "Peter W." >I have put stuff on "curb-alert" with Craig's List with 100% success - defined as *stuff gone within five (5) days*. This includes everything from old toilets & sinks to questionable electronics. Anything that has even a smidgen of residual appeal (to me) goes to Kutztown for the Buy-it-Now pile. Good to see there is some sort of plan though. Not everone has such (judging by the things that are perfectly ok after *just* being cleaned out or a fuse replaced). > The most amazing(ly awful) stuff gets a new home from that source. ;-) >But, I agree that for the most part, many things find their way to landfill due to very minor failures combined, the rarity of good repair options, I like the idea of the 'repair workshops' where people bring stuff along and volunteers try to fix it for the cost of any parts and a charity donation or similar? > and the cheapness of replacements. What get's me is also when the replacement cost is pretty high many just seem to chuck stuff away for the simplest of things (not to them obviously), or worse (unless someone else can get to it and make use of it etc), when there is nothing wrong with it but just last years model or not a colour that matches their new decor. ;-( I picked up a small Dyson cylinder cleaner that had been bought by someone, apparently it had gone wrong and a new motor fitted, then had gone wrong again and so given away on Freegle with 'needs repairing, possibly a new motor'). I collected it, plugged it in at home, wiggled the lead where it goes into the (moulded) mains plug, heard the motor spin up briefly so just cut the lead off by the plug and fitted a new one and it's been fine ever since. And this is probably around 200 GBP's worth of cleaner!? I was chatting to a good mate last night and he commented on how many people seem to be ignorant of even the most basic of 'life knowledge and so 'of course' anything that relies on such knowledge would then be a complete mystery to them ('everone to their own' of course). ;-) Like without Ohms law, or a basic understanding of material science, or the environment, or energy ... how could you then make informed judgments on anything that relied on such? I have had an electric car for over 30 years and you wouldn't believe how often I've had the suggestion of 'Why don't you fit a dynamo on one of the wheels and that would charge you up as you go along'. ;-) Cheers, T i m |
| "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>: May 27 04:40AM +1000 Commander Kinsey <CK1@nospam.com> wrote >> Depends on what it is. Quite a decent market for early personal >> computers and some more specialised stuff like SCSI cards etc. > I found a 70s Commodore Pet (8KB RAM) going for 3 grand! Its much higher with the earlier stuff. >>> who claims he will even take my CRT tvs. >> That's certainly a bit dubious. > Why? Presumably they break it for materials, like with any electronics. There isnt much of any real value in a CRT tv. Even the glass isnt of any real value because its very specialised glass and there is plenty of much more useful glass with used drink bottles. >>> A westell DSL modem Hub >> None here, we have moved to VDSL2+ now. > We have fibre optics. We do too and all the new stuff is, but we also have VDSL2+ and so do you. I could have said the original better. >>> a router without wifi? >> A few do still use those. > I virtually never use my wifi. I do for the smartphone which I use all the time and for the kindle and for all the fully automated lights etc and for all the stuff like echo dots, google home minis and for the video surveillance too. > It's only for the mobile phone, and only because I run science projects on > it which would eat 4G data. Yep, you are a real dinosaur tech wise. |
| "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>: May 27 04:46AM +1000 Commander Kinsey <CK1@nospam.com> wrote >> I'm not ready for that yet. > Has to be a fair price to bother with that. Ebay take 10%, > then you pay shipping. Or the buyer does. > If it's not going to make a profit, put it on freecycle, The local facebook buy swap sell groups work much better. > there will be someone who wants to play with old stuff, Depends on what it is. No one ever wants the old CRT tvs or monitors. > and you don't have to bother packing it, they come and collect it. Same with the local facebook groups. |
| micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com>: May 26 03:02PM -0400 In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 26 May 2021 12:53:24 +0100, "Commander >> I guess IIUC UPS would wrap things for shipping if I sold on ebay, but >> I'm not ready for that yet. >Has to be a fair price to bother with that. Ebay take 10%, then you pay shipping. If it's not going to make a profit, put it on freecycle, The freecycle here is dying away. Get far fewer emails from them than 5 years ago. Though someone did take my gas lawnmower on Monday, and I got a small stack of Handyman magazines yesterday. But those are exceptions. > there will be someone who wants to play with old stuff, and you don't have to bother packing it, they come and collect it. Ebay reaches more people. Those here who read Freecycle, or NextDoor, or a community webpage I could use, don't know how to fiddle with any of my old stuff. |
| "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>: May 27 05:18AM +1000 "micky" <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote in message news:3jpsagha5gbknqhd3up122e1qf8f5vnlqi@4ax.com... >>on the girders while still being held by the child... > I would not litter but I have broken open a couple CRT tvs, > one to see the shadow screen (is that what it's called?) Shadow mask. |
| Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid>: May 26 09:47PM +0200 On Thu, 27 May 2021 04:46:01 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: <FLUSH the two subnormal sociopathic cretins' endless absolutely idiotic blather> -- TYPICAL retarded "conversation" between sociopath Rodent and sociopath Birdbrain from August 26th 2018: Birdbrain: "I have one head but 5 fingers." Senile Rodent: "Obvious lie. You hairy legged cross dressers are so inbred that you all have two heads." Birdbrain: "You're the one that likes hairy legs remember?" Senile Rodent: "The problem isnt the hairy legs, it's the gross inbreeding that produces two headed unemployables like you." Birdbrain: "So why did you mention hairy legs?" Senile Rodent: "Because that's what those who arent actually stupid enough to shave their legs have." Birdbrain: "You only have hairy legs if both of the following are true: 1) You're quite far back on the evolutionary scale. 2) You haven't learned what a razor is for." Senile Rodent: "Only a terminal fuckwit or a woman shaves their legs." Birdbrain: "There is literally zero point in having hair all over your body." Senile Rodent: "There is even less point in wasting your time changing what you are born with." MID: <fugfg5Fu49kU1@mid.individual.net> |
| Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid>: May 26 09:48PM +0200 On Thu, 27 May 2021 04:40:42 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: <FLUSH the two subnormal sociopathic cretins' endless absolutely idiotic blather> -- Typical retarded "conversation" between the Scottish wanker and the senile Ozzietard: Birdbrain: "Horse shit doesn't stink." Senile Rodent: "It does if you roll in it." Birdbrain: "I've never worked out why, I assumed it was maybe meateaters that made stinky shit, but then why does vegetarian human shit stink? Is it just the fact that we're capable of digesting meat?" Senile Rodent: "Nope, some cow shit stinks too." Message-ID: <fv5f1tFi3f2U1@mid.individual.net> |
| Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid>: May 26 09:50PM +0200 On Wed, 26 May 2021 15:02:44 -0400, micky mouse, the notorious, troll-feeding, senile ASSHOLE, blathered again: > The freecycle here is dying away. Let's hope all you troll-feeding senile asshole will do so too, quickly! |
| Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid>: May 26 09:50PM +0200 On Thu, 27 May 2021 05:18:22 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: <FLUSH the trolling senile asshole's latest trollshit unread> -- "Who or What is Rod Speed? Rod Speed is an entirely modern phenomenon. Essentially, Rod Speed is an insecure and worthless individual who has discovered he can enhance his own self-esteem in his own eyes by playing "the big, hard man" on the InterNet." https://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/rod-speed-faq.2973853/ |
| Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com>: May 26 11:21PM -0400 On 5/24/2021 8:59 PM, micky wrote: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Westell-Wire-Speed-DSL-Modem-Model-A90-210015-04-/153433002888 > still offered for $20 plus 9 shipping, but does that mean anyone can > use it? If you have ADSL... I still have 3M DSL from the telco... I bought my older used modem on eBay a couple years ago. |
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