> One thing backing up Jinx, you must work on getting a reputation of
> collecting 'crap', that way the stuff will just find it's way to you

"Build a field and they will come"

So true - this week, without word of a lie, I've been given 100m of
heavy-duty cable, a dehumidifier, two heaters (oil/element), a fan,
a vacuum cleaner (all with minor faults), a Nokia industrial mobile
phone switch box (which includes several channels of frequency-
shifters based around steppers and waveguides, and there's more
on the way, all gold-plated, originally valued at many thousands of
dollars, yum-yum), and I could get my hands on any number of dead
PCs and related products. But I'm pretty much sated for the time
being

Q. "I was going to throw this in the rubbish anyway - do you want it ?"

A. Yes please

> However I personally won't touch a 'spent' TV, I don't know enough to
> handle it safely...

Good for hardware though. I did have a bonding session with a
nephew last year trashing monitor tubes. Ah, fun in the sun. Kept
the screen meshes - no idea why but basically if I threw them out
I wouldn't have them any more !

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