----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Guzis" <ccl...@sydex.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 2:12 PM Subject: Re: ka... ching!
> On 10/01/2016 08:27 AM, j...@cimmeri.com wrote: > >> Ohhhh, I see. Now that makes sense -- Thanks, Al. But, like >> airplanes and boats, this looks like only a rich person's game. > > Sigh. There was a time when I was in this old computer stuff to help > out people who were trying to do something or retrieve otherwise lost > information. > > The game has changed, obviously. We are in an era now when folks with > too much money and spare time and narcissism want to buy and sell and > display toys rather than play with them. > > Looks like it's time to get out of this racket. > > --Chuck > ===================== Please don't, Chuck! You're one of the most prolific sources of information and helpful advice in this hobby, across almost all platforms, and you would be sorely missed indeed. Obviously I don't have anything close to what you have to contribute, but my reasons for spending time on these lists & forums are more or less the same (as well as the hope of regaining some space in my house ;-). For various reasons I've also from time to time reflected on why I waste so much time on what is just old junk to most people; someone here (Al? Fred?) once asked rhetorically how much money or lost income we spend just storing this crap, and that in particular hit home. I did get rid of a fair bit of stuff after the unpleasantness on the Vintage Forum and have cut back a lot on the time I spend on the various lists, but when I consider 'getting out of the racket' completely the friends I've made and the occasional opportunity to actually help someone with a hard-to-find item or even a piece of advice have kept me 'in it' after all. Please don't go! m
