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Durosity’s conquests and collection

Really? They don't even sell it?

The recyclers here seem to resell the stuff for cheap.

Some dumps here do. One I went to puts certain items aside and then takes them to an outlet store. However, I wasn’t able to purchase an item of furniture I wanted on location as it ‘had to go to the store’.

I Googled a bit more on this topic. One response on a Reddit thread as to why they don’t just let us take stuff goes like this: ‘The tip staff already hate their job without having to deal with people fighting over dumped furniture like people at the reduced section in supermarkets’.

It’s that, plus the health and safety/litigation thing as some people would unfortunately try to sue the council if they injured themselves on items they took.
 
It’s health and safety, isn’t it?
In few centres, they installed what they call a « Recycling box » where you can put / expose things you want to get rid of but still usable. Then anyone can take it for free. This is a container. But there are so few 😟

 
In my town (in France), one can take whatever they want so there is always someone going there just to see if there is something to take. I don't go there often and there can be a few random PCs but I have never seen any Mac. Maybe they are being taken straight away :)
 
How did you manage, just quickly whilst nobody was looking?
Yeah basically. I so desperately wanted to save a graphite iMac that was next to it, but I didn’t want to get rumbled and have to put back the flower power!

Don’t suppose anyone happens to have a white bottom case for one of these?
 
Oh absolutely, and it is in very good condition too! I just wish I’d had a better look for the bottom case bit. Fortunately it’s almost identical to the snow iMac case (sans the pink Apple logo at the back) so I can always grab one from a dead one of those to replace it
 
A friend has given me her old ZX Spectrum +2…no idea if it’s working yet, I’m gonna have to have a good look at it in the new year.

This does pose a problem.. I’ve always forced myself to stick to Apple stuff because frankly expanding onto other platforms would bankrupt me. But now.. well.. uh… is this the gateway to Amstrads and IBMs and BBCs and Amigas and….? 😬
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The moment you abstain from an Apple is the moment you realize the Macintosh system software is actually a giant pile of sh*t
 
The moment you abstain from an Apple is the moment you realize the Macintosh system software is actually a giant pile of sh*t
I have lots of experience with many other platforms… and they’re all a giant pile of sh*t. Well.. except BeOS. That was class.
 
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