[ale] [OT] Great Geek Giveaway!

[Jim Lynch]

On 06/13/2011 11:22 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> In the interest of regaining my basement and my sanity, I am 
> bequeathing a large quantity of geekly items to ALE'rs who show up and 
> haul away this stuff:
>
> desktops
> laptops
> rackmounts
> monitors
> cables
> phones (a really cool Linux phone!)
> scsi gear
> connectors
> rackmount slides
> flotsam and jetsam
> assorted parts
> motherboards
> keyboards
> mice
> ram
> cpu's
> add-on cards of various types
> hard drives
> printers
> printer network cards
> UPS systems
> cases
> stuff I don't recall the purpose of
>
> the list goes on and on and on and...
>
> Basically I want to convert my man cave into a pub so the tech has to go.
>
> 99% of this stuff will be $0.00
>
> A smattering will be a few $$ (the SAS fan out cables will be $20, a 
> few other items will be $5, some will be $1 as this lot is brand new, 
> unopened stuff).
>
> At last count I had 50+ PC's in my house. This is just nuts!
>
> Most of the systems run fine. Some may be for parts only. As the price 
> is right, have a blast!
>
> I hope to have this extravaganza Saturday June 18 starting after 
> coffee (9ish) until it's gone or I tap my keg and give up.
>
> NOTE: As I'm not sure I've compacted the stuff into a single area yet, 
> I may need to assist is sorting and picking (i.e. I may have some bits 
> in the free pile that I need to hang onto as I just did a huge grab 
> and haul to start the process and was getting kind of sloppy near the 
> end :-) and the area will get crowded soon so I'm going to limit the 
> number of people in the basement at any time to whatever makes sense 
> (so be patient!). I have a handtruck and will have the dogs in their 
> crates so the back gate can be opened.
>
> If someone wants to offer ca$h for the entire pile, I'm listening :-)
Hopefully you will be posting an address before the big day?

Jim