[sdiy] Messy workshop and Into the future (was Old Age and Synth-DIYers)

[The Peasant]

It may have been Batz:

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Take care,
Doug
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Quoting Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>:

> While this does rate merit and far exceeds the efforts of Mr. Patchell,
> someone here had posted
> some pictures of a truly incredible milestone of mess.  I can't remember who
> it was, but perhaps
> they'll see this and repost those prize winning photos.  I, as a messologist,
> Ph. D. (which really
> does stand for "piled higher and deeper"), was very much impressed.
> 
> It may be a genetic thing, my son's bedroom (much to my wife's chagrin) would
> win a prize here.
> 
> One other thing, the laurels of messology are more significant when the time
> it takes to accomplish
> a mess is least.
> 
> The photo you reference here reminds me of one I saw in popular electronics
> around the time of the
> first 8 bit "hobby computers".  This fellow had built up a machine without a
> chassis, it was laid
> out on the bench with numerous rather long wires connecting the stripboard
> and home etched board
> pieces.  Then when his cat was investigating it all, something startled the
> animal who scrambled
> off the table leaving what I can describe only as a waterfall of electronics
> hanging off of the
> table.  The most amazing part of this is that he claimed that it still worked
> and refused to
> attempt to get it back on the table for fear doing so would break it.
> 
> Scott Stites <scottnoanh at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> >Well, to kill two birds with one stone:
> >
> >If you go here
> >
> >http://mypeoplepc.com/members/scottnoanh/slsdiy/index.html
> >
> >And scroll down, you'll find a picture of .....the boy.  Bring me the boy!
> >
> >And, if you scroll clear to the bottom, you'll find what has to 
> >be *the winner* in the messiest workshop of all time. It's a bit 
> >blurry and grainy, but that's for your protection only. To print 
> >it vividly would invite lawsuits from those who injured 
> >themselves from smacking their head on the ground after the 
> >faint..... 
> >
> >Under those wires are something like 10 breadboards of various sizes
> >
> >Oh, yes - that's an old pic. It's much, much worse now....plus 
> >there's a rack of five KS-01 modules perched precariously over it 
> >as well. 
> >
> >Much worse.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Scott
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Richard Wentk <richard at skydancer.com>
> >Sent: Jun 7, 2004 9:31 AM
> >To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> >Subject: Re: [sdiy] Into the future (was Old Age and Synth-DIYers)
> >
> >At 09:15 07/06/2004 -0500, Scott Stites wrote:
> >
> >>He's already developing a fairly keen sense of EM.  A while back, I was 
> >>listening to some Tangerine Dream.  He walked in and said "Daddy, that 
> >>synthesizer sounds like yours, only that one makes music."
> >
> >Priceless. :-)
> >
> >I've given absolutely no thought to what would happen to my gear after I
> die.
> >
> ><pause>
> >
> >No, no thought happening there at all.
> >
> >Richard
> >
> >
> >
> >
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