> > <snip> > > He said that the scrappers had already been called, and that I'd have to > beat them there and get the stuff, as he wanted it gone that day. I > signed the waiver, and then went to my boss immediately and said I had an > urgent issue to tend to, and that I needed the rest of the day off. He > said fine, so I rushed home, and started calling friends that had trucks. > I didn't have a truck, so I needed to find someone with a full-size pickup > that could haul the stuff. > > My efforts were stymied by the fact that everyone was at work with their > truck. I was in a big hurry, so I ended up going to rent a moving type > truck from U-Haul. That took what seemed like forever. > > Once I had the truck, I rushed back to work, drove up to the loading > dock...and....there was nothing there. I went inside, and the supervisor > said that the scrappers had been there about 1/2 hour prior to me getting > there, and took it all. > > I lost out on a really nice PDP 8/I system, ended up spending $60 on > truck rental and gas, and burned most of a day of vacation time all for > naught. It was not a good day. > > Rick Bensene > The Old Calculator Museum > http://oldcalculatormuseum.com >
Yes, but at least you tried. -- Bill
