agentb
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Would love to see more pics or hear what else anyone picked up.
Here's my small haul. Everything was really inexpensive.Would love to see more pics or hear what else anyone picked up.
I think i have that one. Dvi to composite/s-video isnt it? I never got mine to work must only be compatible with w specific graphics cardI got this Apple adapter from a free pile at the swap meet.
Dunno what it does.
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They have been ordered. They will appear at next years swap meetWhat?! I didnt see the vcfed bed sheets for sale!!!
Sorry to hear about the accident. A very scary experience! Being in accidents is no fun. What a crazy story! Glad to hear that you and son are OK. I hope that everything turns out well for you, your family and vehicle. Glad that you enjoyed the swap meet and hope to see you back at the next one!I wasnt going to but I thought Id post another. My wife and I had a great time at the swap meet. I got a car load of random things. Too much to list, a commodore 64, at least 3 commodore floppy drives. I bought a 486 Gateway 2000 desktop from Alex, a gameboy advance (just needed batteries), a Tandy 15 meg hard drive, 3 Apple II computers being sold at the very front VCF booth, an apple monitor, floppy disks, I picked up 2 garmin gps units from the free rack and I was able to get one working again in the car. Lots more fun stuff I just cant even remember off the top of my head.
Afterwards we had lunch and then spent the afternoon at the beach. I think we both got a little sun burned. All in all it was a perfect day.
I wish we stayed in New Jersey.
Now yesterday, which was back to a cold, rainy, and miserable day was another story. I was taking my teenage son out for driving lessons and 5 minutes into him driving we were hit by an uninsured, unregistered DRUNK DRIVER. They Tboned my car. Im fine, my son is fine but imagine how rattled you would be if you were involved in an accident while still learning to drive. Not his fault. We were in a roundabout, he was doing everything perfectly as we have been through it a bunch of times before and this guy came flying into it past the yield sign while we are already in the turn. Both thier airbags deployed, mine did not even though they hit me directly on the passenger door( i have side airbags). I got out to see the situation and if anyone was hurt. He had a passenger a woman whose head clearly shattered the windshield. I thought I smelled gasoline and I checked both cars for a leak.. Turned out to be whatever they were drinking. Amazingly my passenger door could open as its well beyond buckled. I can see the unibody is flexed. I am amazed I wasn't injured being the direct point of impact.. Im thankful I wasnt. My son called 911 I told him to ask for an ambulance for the woman. He got the life experience of his first car accident, first 911 call and first time having to give ID and deal with a police officer all in one day... I dont know if that will be good or bad for him. Anyway the people who hit us were acting weird and yelling at me at first. I tried to keep things calm while waiting on the police. Always seems to take forever in those situations. The whole thing took a while and I over heard tidbits.. No insurance, no registration, drinking in the car..... The police officers were great in reassuring my son did absolutely nothing wrong and not to let this discourage him learning.. They told me I could pickup the police report in a week or two. Longer depending on the criminal charges. The woman was taken away by ambulance and the officer asked us to go ahead and head home so they could arrest the driver. Im about to have my second cup of coffee getting the nerve to deal with the stomach ulcer inducing phone call about dealing with my insurance for an uninsured motorist accident. I sold my Acura I have owned for 30 years a couple weeks ago.. So this is/was our only vehicle.
I just want to go back to that perfect day in the sun on the beach in jersey and have a do over..
So to the cynics and druggies bringing thier negative bullshit to this forum and thread. Fuck off. You have no idea what real problems are. Take your negativity elsewhere. This forum, its swapmeets, its vintage computer festivals are something we love and look forward to. Something that is a shining light in the otherwise negative world we live in. If you wanna complain about $5.00 do it somewhere else. Drunk drivers, pot heads, cynics..... There is no place for you in this community.
Sorry for the rant. It needed to be said and I needed to let it out.
Mick
Thsnk you for your kind words. It could have been much worse i suppose and Im glad we are both OK.Sorry to hear about the accident. A very scary experience! Being in accidents is no fun. What a crazy story! Glad to hear that you and son are OK. I hope that everything turns out well for you, your family and vehicle. Glad that you enjoyed the swap meet and hope to see you back at the next one!