Hmm.. Rescued waste: I once got a '68 Rambler American destined for the scrap yard for the cost of installing a new windshield washer vacuuized (sp?) modulator (ran great for 3 years until...) and a hand made Sansone double French horn destined for the dumpster.. Does this count? :-)
Best regards, Dana p.s. The horn also played great for 3 years; then the Rambler got severely rear-ended and the faulty party's insurance co. totaled it - the horn was in the trunk; it too was totaled. Oh, well...! On 8/19/04 11:25 AM, Bruce Johnson of [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent > > On Aug 18, 2004, at 7:18 PM, Philip Stortz wrote: > >> >> hell, i got one piece of electronics for $2, got hard up for money and >> sold it to a used >> equipment store for $600, and they calibrated it and resold it for >> $1800! i have a few >> valuable pieces of equipment that were almost free, and i got a lot of >> junk i took apart >> for parts etc. if not for me, that $1800 piece of test gear would >> have been hit with a >> hammer and tossed in the dumpster, they wouldn't have even asked the >> college or local >> schools if they wanted it, and it was a reasonably popular piece of >> test gear (krohn >> height (sp?) 3322r dual filter, very nifty). the government didn't >> invent waste, but they >> are the major supplier. > > Bernie, the instrument repair whiz at a lab I used to work in, and I > once got a large autocycling Labconco lyophilizer (aka freeze-dryer) > for the cost of rolling it away from the dumpster it was too big to fit > into, changing out the oil and one diaphragm in the vacuum pumps and > replacing a (very hard to replace and I have the scars to prove it) 4" > piece of vacuum tubing. > > Easily $50,000 - $60,000 replacement cost. > > It's stunning what gets tossed out sometimes. > > (oh yeah, it was being tossed by a private company, so, no, the > government has got NO monopoly on waste.) > >> -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharm acy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
