▲ 798 ▼ Man decides to keep box of cables he’s had since 2002 for another year (newsthump.com) submitted 1 year ago by ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to c/theonion@midwest.social 137 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 71 points 1 year ago (7 children) Rookie. My box has been growing since the '90s Never know when you're going to need an RJ11 POTS connector! permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 46 points 1 year ago* (2 children) I just picked up someone else's box from the roadside trash to add to my collection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Great idea. Now you have to sneak it into the house without the wife knowing "Whatcha got there?" "Nothing, just some cables." "More cables? Don't we have enough? Where did those come from?" "Nowhere, just found'em" "Found'em where?" "Just around" "Around where?" "By...some trash." "Are you trash picking tech again? I told you, we have enough junk, we don't need to collect other people's junk, too!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago Wifegit, is that you? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 28 points 1 year ago (2 children) looks at token ring hardware You never know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think I actually finally threw out the token ring hub. But I kept all the BNC cables and terminators. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 point 1 year ago Whole network down for want of a terminator. BTDT Now I have a box with several permalink fedilink source parent [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago I know when you'll need it - 48 hours after you get rid of it! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 46 points 1 year ago* (2 children) I just picked up someone else's box from the roadside trash to add to my collection. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Great idea. Now you have to sneak it into the house without the wife knowing "Whatcha got there?" "Nothing, just some cables." "More cables? Don't we have enough? Where did those come from?" "Nowhere, just found'em" "Found'em where?" "Just around" "Around where?" "By...some trash." "Are you trash picking tech again? I told you, we have enough junk, we don't need to collect other people's junk, too!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago Wifegit, is that you? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) Great idea. Now you have to sneak it into the house without the wife knowing "Whatcha got there?" "Nothing, just some cables." "More cables? Don't we have enough? Where did those come from?" "Nowhere, just found'em" "Found'em where?" "Just around" "Around where?" "By...some trash." "Are you trash picking tech again? I told you, we have enough junk, we don't need to collect other people's junk, too!" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gnugit@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago Wifegit, is that you? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 28 points 1 year ago (2 children) looks at token ring hardware You never know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think I actually finally threw out the token ring hub. But I kept all the BNC cables and terminators. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 point 1 year ago Whole network down for want of a terminator. BTDT Now I have a box with several permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) I think I actually finally threw out the token ring hub. But I kept all the BNC cables and terminators. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 point 1 year ago Whole network down for want of a terminator. BTDT Now I have a box with several permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 1 point 1 year ago Whole network down for want of a terminator. BTDT Now I have a box with several permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago I know when you'll need it - 48 hours after you get rid of it! permalink fedilink source parent