Another DIY oportunity

[Goddard, Duncan]

>>>Junk collectors should be revered, worshipped maybe :-).  I have saved
people
> on several ocasions, because I just happened to have a "gizzmo" you just
> can't
> get anymore, and some of my other junk collector freinds have had things
> in their
> collections that have saved me.<<<
> 
and how many times do you have a big clearout, only to find a couple of
weeks later....
mostly I hate chucking stuff for this reason and because I hate waste- "if I
had time, I could make something out of this/make this work again/turn this
into....", other times, it's a mixture of sentimental attachment and knowing
that the older something gets, the more likely it is that some fool is going
to decide it's some sort of classic example of whatever the thing is. I've
always quite liked the 303, for instance; I knew how to programme patterns
into songs (tip- turn the volume down while you do it, so you don't hear the
"old" patterns as you over-write them) and so on, but I got bored with the
noise and someone offered me silly money for it. I miss it, but not that
much. now I'm holding out for a similarly inflated price-hike on revox tape
decks, while continuing to buy up wrecks to plunder for parts. and yes, I
too have rescued other peoples' busted gear using hoarded bits. typical
cancerian, I get called, but no one ever complains.

d.


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