Really want them? Ive had em for years. I can hold them longer for you. Both worked fine last time I powered them up.
That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there. - George Orwell
I was in Fry's Electronics walking past appliances when I realized the sound for a movie was coming out of the refrigerator section. They had an LCD on the front of the door!
Joel. phx
It being a dull day, I decide to respond to what "Joel Corwith" foisted Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:46:47 -0700 on rec.crafts.metalworking , viz:
Gack. Unless it transmits a picture of the insides (thus letting your stare at the food while you decide what you want, but not let all the cool out.)
OTOH, considering what is in most fridges ... "be afraid, be very afraid." Bwhaahahaha.
I recall as a kid "Some day in the future, there won't be any vacuum tubes in a television, and all the electronic circuits required to run one this size will be many many tiny transistors, and they will all fit on the head of a large pin, except for the picture tube. But it will take a cooling system the size of a refridgerator to keep it cool!!"
Guess he was wrong, eh?? They got the "picture tube" on it too!
Take care.
Brian Lawson, Bothwell, Ontario. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
LG Electronics - a full-size refrigerator with a built in TV/Monitor/ PC terminal from the factory. Cordless keyboard/mouse IIRC for entering your shopping list from your favorite online grocer.
Talk about your 'answer to the question that nobody asked'... I don't want to have the built-in computer die and have to lug the whole refrigerator to the PC shop, or vice versa with the refrigeration system. And what happens when you find out your refrigerator can't run the next generation of Windblows?
You carry the Laptop or Palmtop to the refrigerator to make up your shopping list. Or you grab a pencil and a piece of paper and do it the hard way.
(Of course, if they mount the processor next to the freezer compartment, you could do some /serious/ over-clocking...) :-0
The sad thing is, there's always someone who has to have the newest and fanciest gadget on the block, and they will sell some.
-->--
I don't know if you have ever been in Asia - I have - Japan and Korea... The homes are small (if they have one ) apartment... The TV saves table space. Likely the only way some could get one - buy it with something else on time.
Mart> >
Yeah, but I wasn't in the Fry's Electronics in --KOREA-- ;)
Actually, most of those folk don't spend money on all the crap (mills, lathes, welder) like we do so having a TV in the fridge isn't an outrageou$$ proposition. And I have seen monitors in the kitchen for doorbell cameras, so having one built into the fridge isn't too far fetched. I can't imagine sitting in MY kitchen watching DieHard, though.
Joel. phx
Yep, start stripping it down to what you might use in the future, likes nuts bolts, screw, etc. and bin/recycle/dump that parts that are not usable.
I convert all pipe to straight lengths, etc.
It doesn't really get rid of the useful stuff, but it makes it easier to store and creates space for more stuff {:-).
If you are really viscious, invoke the 10, 9, 8, 7, ... years rule.....if I haven't used it in 10 years, it goes out, if I haven't used it in 9 years, ditto,
The problem with the "10 year rule" is that some of the stuff I keep starts to get valuable again after about 10 years
Bill K7NOM
...snip...
The problem then is which pieces? Whilst I have made one really good sale of old stuff, I just treat that as an abberation.
Basically I don't have the space. Of course, if I had half a dozen, big old sheds, that is a different matter.
What tipped my hand was spending 30 minutes moving stuff in my garage to get a tool that I used for 5 minutes, then another 30 minutes putting everything back in its place. the clean out started with a lot of dressed timber becoming fire kindling. Then a lot of old "I can make this with that" was stripped to nuts, bolts, screws, springs, motors, etc. It really hurt to throw out all the bits of metal suitable for casting, but I could not find anyone interested in it.
I now have a bit of space and a workshop (if I can just stop putting stuff on the empty bit of workbench {:-).
Terry Collins wrote: ...
Eh - then the question is how long would it take for those sheds to fill up and you be saying "Now, if I just had 6 more sheds ...". :-)
Running out of space and having a compulsion for organization has forced me into restricting my hoarding. I have a couple of rules that help:
- I don't save anything that I can obtain easily and cheaply. E.g., bed frames - they're useful, but they're always available at the dump.
- the saving of commodity items has a space limit. When it's full I don't collect anymore. Or I throw out less useful ones to make space for more useful ones. E.g., I have a milk crate for electrical junction boxes.
- I don't save mechanisms. I often find cool ones and used to collect them, but I never used them. E.g., hospital bed elevation mechanisms. Really cool, "Boy, those will good for something!". Not! When I'm making things I find that I almost always fabricate everything.
Still, it's a major problem. Just ask my wife. NO, please don't!
Bob
PolyTech Forum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.