[sdiy] Major Score in the Dumpster at work!

[Jay Schwichtenberg]

It's weird how some places worked.

I got bitched out at Intel once for taking a set of 3.3 DOS diskettes out
which I pulled out of the trash (this was after DOS was dead). Had to listen
to a security guard rant and rave about stealing. Funny thing is that if I
would of taken them out of their plastic bag they couldn't of bitched. Use
to be that they couldn't search womens purses. I punch of guys started to
call their bags purses and they couldn't search them.

I have a friend that works at a TV station. They can't take stuff they trash
home. What they have to do is cut the power cord to make them non-functional
and put them in the dumpster. On the way home they pull it out of the
dumpster, take it home and wire in a new power cord.

As the world turns.
Jay


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Jim Patchell
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 1:18 PM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] Major Score in the Dumpster at work!
>
>
>     They are tossing stuff left and right at work again.  I got a whole
> bunch of dual row shrouded headers...a big bag of 15000uF/100V computer
> grade caps, several tubes of IC's.  I am trying to figure out what an
> LM13080 is.  Without my glasses, I thought is said LM3080, which would
> have been cool.  But the data books I have here at work do not list the
> LM13080.  Also got a big bag of DB15P's.
>
>     Of course, this all comes at a price, seems that I am now guilty of
> stealing from BFI...which I suppose makes me a criminal dumpster
> diver..They couldn't just give me the stuff either...to write this crap
> off, it is required it be put in the dumpster.
>
>     Course, this is just what I need, more crap to find a place for in
> my house.
>
>     -Jim
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