On Mon, 22 May 2006 09:01:28 -0400, (Arch) wrote:

Well Jess, we all have to get with the program eventually. I kept my
dial telephones because I could "please hold" and a human would answer.
Not anymore.
Wally had to give up his sleeve bearing Dunlap lathe, Leo L. his broken
tool rest and questionable VS outfit and altho George reveals his kinder
gentler side with his love of 'ole Blue', he turns on a Nova 3000.

*Sigh* Yeah, I swore I'd never own a cell phone, but it appears I
have to get one now. Having gotten tired of being laid off in the
spring as a carpenter, I finally found a position as a cabinetmaker
(not a gloat, because I've been working towards that goal at night and
on weekends for over seven years) but the hitch is that all the
cabinets we make get installed in Chicago (about 9 hours' drive from
the shop) so I need something to keep in touch with the wife in case
something happens.

Since I've gone completely OT, I may as well ask you computer whizzes.
Packrat that I am, I have kept several Vic 20's and Commodore 64's and
boxes of basic tapes & players, manuals, games, modulaters, cables, etc.
which Lori says have to go (altho I notice she's keeping her dolls). Is
it too soon for these early day personal computers to have any historic
value or should I risk being served cold suppers and hang on to them?
How bout my big Holly carburators and AM ham rigs? Next week I'll ask
about my British Seagull motors and Wentworth tools. The world has
passed me by.

Don't know about the Commodores, but I know the Apple // series can
fetch big bucks if you find the right buyer.