> I certainly wasn't trolling, though I was going for the been-there-done-that laugh.

I think you're confused, Lindy.  I don't believe anyone was accusing YOU of
being a troll; the poster below was just stating that most people on this list
don't have to scrounge through the discarded leavings of co-workers to come
up with components vital to a project.  And that's probably almost universally
the case (although I have had to do so in the past, before I had the bits and
bobs necessary to do my job around here).  In your case, as I understand,
you found what looked like a neat gadget and wanted to know if it was
useful.

And yes, the other poster is probably trolling.  He's being deliberately
belligerent to you about this.  Ignore him; people like that don't last long
on the Piclist- they either get kicked or leave because the quality of people
around here is too high for trolling to work effectively.

> You mean you've never gone through empty desks looking for a stapler or hole-puncher or other office supplies?  (I just happened to find the phone charger.)

Two kinds of people: those who have and those who lie about it.

Mike H.

> > I think it's a troll.  The folks that post here don't "rifle through"
> > ex-workers desks looking for wall warts to power their projects, lord
> > knows they come our way without having to look for them.  And my guess
> > is there are more lurkers than posters.  Good thing the April Fools
> > post was just  a joke . . .

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