ZeroCool ( ZeroCool@lemmy.ca ) to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year agoMan decides to keep box of cables he’s had since 2002 for another yearnewsthump.comexternal-linkmessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1439
arrow-up1439external-linkMan decides to keep box of cables he’s had since 2002 for another yearnewsthump.comZeroCool ( ZeroCool@lemmy.ca ) to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squarenymnympseudonym ( nymnympseudonym@piefed.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 year agoRookie. My box has been growing since the '90s Never know when you’re going to need an RJ11 POTS connector!
minus-squareGnugit ( Gnugit@aussie.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoI just picked up someone else’s box from the roadside trash to add to my collection.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo ( BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-21 year 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-squareGnugit ( Gnugit@aussie.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWifegit, is that you?
minus-squareRhaedas ( Rhaedas@fedia.io ) linkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agolooks at token ring hardware You never know.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo ( BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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 know when you’ll need it - 48 hours after you get rid of it!