ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 9 days agoMan decides to keep box of cables he’s had since 2002 for another yearnewsthump.comexternal-linkmessage-square142linkfedilinkarrow-up1824arrow-down15
arrow-up1819arrow-down1external-linkMan decides to keep box of cables he’s had since 2002 for another yearnewsthump.comZeroCool@lemmy.ca to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square142linkfedilink
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·9 days agoRookie. My box has been growing since the '90s Never know when you’re going to need an RJ11 POTS connector!
minus-squareGnugit@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·9 days agoI just picked up someone else’s box from the roadside trash to add to my collection.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-28 days agoGreat 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!”
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up28·9 days agolooks at token ring hardware You never know.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoI think I actually finally threw out the token ring hub. But I kept all the BNC cables and terminators.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoWhole network down for want of a terminator. BTDT Now I have a box with several
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI know when you’ll need it - 48 hours after you get rid of it!
Rookie. My box has been growing since the '90s
Never know when you’re going to need an RJ11 POTS connector!
I just picked up someone else’s box from the roadside trash to add to my collection.
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!”
Wifegit, is that you?
looks at token ring hardware
You never know.
I think I actually finally threw out the token ring hub.
But I kept all the BNC cables and terminators.
Whole network down for want of a terminator.
BTDT
Now I have a box with several
I know when you’ll need it - 48 hours after you get rid of it!