[GreenKeys] GreenKeys Digest, Vol 86, Issue 25
Gary Buda
gbuda at cyberwright.net
Sun Mar 20 02:01:18 EDT 2011
Don Robert House has got it nailed!! With all the scrap metal and jars of
bolts and nuts I have in my workshop (a lot of it is aircraft 4130 steel) I
have enough money in all this metal that I could retire!!! Well, maybe not,
it is not gold plated! Too bad for me!
And, I remember when gasoline was nineteen cents a gallon. Am I dating
myself?
Time to disconnect the antenna...I hear thunder outdoors!
73's Gary WA0NDN
NNNN 2xCR, 1 x LF, 1 x LTRS (unless you're a computer RTTY operator and rely
upon wordwrap)
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> 1. Re: Value of Teletype Machines... (Don Robert House)
> 2. Re: Fwd: FW: Fwd: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR (ClearSpring,
> MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C. (Ralph Mowery)
> 3. Re: Scrap Value... (Don Robert House)
> 4. Re: Scrap Value... (Ralph Mowery)
> 5. Re: Scrap Value... (Don Robert House)
> 6. Re: Fwd: FW: Fwd: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR (Clear
> Spring, MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C. (Steve Ripper)
> 7. Re: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR (Clear Spring, MD) $800 on
> Craigslist in D.C. (bill at billhorne.homelinux.org)
> 8. Re: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR (Clear Spring, MD) $800 on
> Craigslist in D.C. (bill at billhorne.homelinux.org)
> 9. Test - disregard (John Gibbs)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 21:34:01 -0500
> From: Don Robert House <Packard42 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Value of Teletype Machines...
> To: Greenkeys Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <7A96ECEB-1797-44D1-B087-4AFC6B694E9A at gmail.com>
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> We all need to remember what Lar told me in the past.
> Value in these machines is a moving thing. Money itself is a moving
> thing.
> It is hard to hit a moving target.
>
> I worked for a HIGH top craftsman's salary in 1966 at $107.50 a week.
> These machines sold for $1,000 - $2,500 when new.
> Todays equivalent dollar value of those 1960-1980 prices would knock
> us off the cliff.
> I remember my dad having a fit in 1957 when the ethyl at the pump was
> 75 cents a gallon.
>
> Best,
> Don
> K9TTY
>
>
> On 19 Mar 2011, at 8:54 PM, Larry Tighe wrote:
>
> My mom's '67 Valiant with 44,000 is/was priceless to me....no rust,
> always
> inside stored. Today, I started it, first time in a year. I think it
> ain't priceless to me anymore and gonna sell it....somehow, I don't
> think
> any buyer will think it's priceless....and so will go that Model
> 28ASR. The
> market will determine unless, of course, the gov't starts to regulate
> these
> things too! ! !
>
> lar
> K2JIA
>
> lar
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ripper" <steveripper at comcast.net>
> To: "'Jim Haynes'" <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>; "'tony j. podrasky'"
> <tony.podrasky at gmail.com>
> Cc: "'gk'" <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Fwd: FW: Fwd: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR
> (ClearSpring, MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C.
>
>
> I would love to have that machine, so I wrote him asking if he had
> slipped
> decimal point when he posted his listing. I also inquired if he had
> done any
> research of recent Teletype market prices. He wrote back this evening
> and
> appreciated the information I provided, but the machine was priceless
> to him
> and the price was still $1,000. I guess we will know where to find this
> machine in the future. I don't believe it is going anywhere soon.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve Ripper
> steveripper at comcast.net
> Mobile: 248-787-0705
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Haynes [mailto:jhhaynes at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 11:54 AM
> To: tony j. podrasky
> Cc: steveripper at comcast.net; gk
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Fwd: FW: Fwd: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR
> (Clear
> Spring, MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C.
>
> The good thing about the $1000 KSR is that if the seller thinks it's
> that
> valuable he won't be dumping it into the landfill right away.
>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:44:36 -0500
> From: "Ralph Mowery" <rmowery28146 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Fwd: FW: Fwd: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR
> (ClearSpring, MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C.
> To: <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <014201cbe6b1$2238f8b0$2602a8c0 at emachine>
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>
> Sometimes people don't want to sell things, but want to know what they are
> worth. They put things out for sell and then see what they are offered for
> them.
>
> I let a guy at work have a good 'what for' and told him never to offer me
> anything for sell. I had been talking to another fellow at work about
> something he had for sell and this guy overheard us and butted in. Said he
> had something like I was looking for and wanted to know what I would offer
> for it. I told him and he said he did not want to sell it, but just wanted
> to know what I would offer.
>
> I am not sure how much iron is worth now as scrap , but that is all I would
> offer for the old machines. May have to go up from there, but that is
> where I would start.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Ripper
> To: 'Jim Haynes' ; 'tony j. podrasky'
> Cc: 'gk'
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Fwd: FW: Fwd: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR
> (ClearSpring, MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C.
>
>
> I would love to have that machine, so I wrote him asking if he had
> slipped decimal point when he posted his listing. I also inquired if he had
> done any research of recent Teletype market prices. He wrote back this
> evening and appreciated the information I provided, but the machine was
> priceless to him and the price was still $1,000. I guess we will know where
> to find this machine in the future. I don't believe it is going anywhere
> soon.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:00:02 -0500
> From: Don Robert House <Packard42 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Scrap Value...
> To: Ralph Mowery <rmowery28146 at earthlink.net>
> Cc: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID: <C75D5208-6C2A-43F6-8BD4-D1169F6C690B at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>
> Ralph wrote,
> "I am not sure how much iron is worth now as scrap , but that is all I
> would offer for the old machines. May have to go up from there, but
> that is where I would start."
>
> FYI Scrap has recently risen in value. Not long ago steel scrap was
> $85. per ton. It is now $200. per ton. Lets not all take our
> machines down to the scrapper!!!
>
> Okay?!
>
> Don
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:11:05 -0500
> From: "Ralph Mowery" <rmowery28146 at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Scrap Value...
> Cc: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID: <016401cbe6b4$d51c3b10$2602a8c0 at emachine>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> I did not mean to take the machines to the scrap man, but at $ 200 per ton,
> that makes the scrap value about $ 20. That is about where I would start
> with the pricing of a machine to someone that did not have any use for it.
>
> I still have a 19 with the reperf in operation and would not get rid of it
> for any reason that I can think of.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Robert House
> To: Ralph Mowery
> Cc: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 10:00 PM
> Subject: RE: Scrap Value...
>
>
> Ralph wrote,
> "I am not sure how much iron is worth now as scrap , but that is all I
> would offer for the old machines. May have to go up from there, but
> that is where I would start."
>
> FYI Scrap has recently risen in value. Not long ago steel scrap was
> $85. per ton. It is now $200. per ton. Lets not all take our
> machines down to the scrapper!!!
>
> Okay?!
>
> Don
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:38:52 -0500
> From: Don Robert House <Packard42 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Scrap Value...
> To: "Ralph Mowery" <rmowery28146 at earthlink.net>
> Cc: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Message-ID: <8B9E81E8-AB65-4004-80E0-53C66280C71C at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>
> Ralph,
>
> I know and understand. But I have many OTHER items that might find
> their way to the scrapper..
> Sometimes email is not the best form of communication.
>
> Nothing negative was intended...
>
> Don
>
> On 19 Mar 2011, at 11:11 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
>
> I did not mean to take the machines to the scrap man, but at $ 200 per
> ton, that makes the scrap value about $ 20. That is about where I
> would start with the pricing of a machine to someone that did not have
> any use for it.
>
> I still have a 19 with the reperf in operation and would not get rid
> of it for any reason that I can think of.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Don Robert House
> To: Ralph Mowery
> Cc: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 10:00 PM
> Subject: RE: Scrap Value...
>
>
> Ralph wrote,
> "I am not sure how much iron is worth now as scrap , but that is all I
> would offer for the old machines. May have to go up from there, but
> that is where I would start."
>
> FYI Scrap has recently risen in value. Not long ago steel scrap was
> $85. per ton. It is now $200. per ton. Lets not all take our
> machines down to the scrapper!!!
>
> Okay?!
>
> Don
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:22:15 -0400
> From: "Steve Ripper" <steveripper at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Fwd: FW: Fwd: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR
> (Clear Spring, MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C.
> To: <tony.podrasky at gmail.com>
> Cc: 'gk' <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <000901cbe6b6$65f25dd0$31d71970$@net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Tony:
>
> I had to laugh when I read the end of your note. My wife is going to kill
> me next Wednesday when I bring home a working Model 19 from a guy in Ohio.
> The machine is complete and the tape reader and perforator come with it.
> Price $0.00! Thank God my kids really like the Teletypes. My daughter uses
> the Model 32 with Heavy Metal to print out the Associated Press "Today In
> History" every evening. My son likes the Model 28 and reads the news from
> ITTY on the weekends (Thanks again George for providing this service) and
> he is fascinated by all the moving parts. Like father like son. I wonder
> when it will be safe to bring home the PDP-11 system I have in storage at
> my office and hookup it up to the Model 33? I might need a good divorce
> lawyer when that day arrives! I can see it now, she will get the house,
> cars and any money I have and I will find myself sitting in the driveway
> with my suitcase surrounded by a bunch of Teletype machines.
>
> Cheers,
> ?
> Steve Ripper
> steveripper at comcast.net
> Mobile: 248-787-0705
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tony j. podrasky [mailto:tony.podrasky at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 12:49 PM
> To: steveripper at comcast.net
> Cc: gk
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Fwd: FW: Fwd: Teletype Machine Model 28 ASR (Clear
> Spring, MD) $800 on Craigslist in D.C.
>
> Hey Steve;
>
> Well, yesterday a guy listed a 28-KSR for $1,000.oo.
>
> They probably don't know what the machines are really worth and
> are just picking a number out of the air.
>
> Since we are (probably) the only one's that would be interested
> in such an item, we pretty much control the supply-and-demand.
>
> If someone is interested in it, they might consider letting the
> guy know that "if it doesn't sell, I'll take it off your hands
> for $100.oo".
>
> Like at a ham radio flea market, when it comes to closing time,
> some "expensive" items can be got for cheap because the seller
> either doesn't want to lug it back home - or he is under orders
> that in "no-way-shape-or-form" are you to come back with that
> monstrosity!!!
>
> :-)
>
> UE,
> W6ESE - tony
> NNNNZCZC
>
> steveripper at comcast.net wrote:
> > I just missed on one of these recently here in Michigan in far better
> > condition than the Maryland machine. It sold here for $350. Considering
>
> what
>
> > I have paid for my other Teletype machines, I find it hard to believe the
> > Maryland machine is worth anything close to $800. I am I way off base
>
> here,
>
> > or is the Maryland machine really worth $800?
> >
> > Cheers, Steve R.
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