[GreenKeys] Under 40?! Call out for age...

[Pete Lancashire]

I'm the one that asked about who are the younger members of GKs

I originally posted it when I was discussing with another member about
 making sure teleprinter
equipment survives past one dying, that discussion came about from another
discussion on
the model 37 that just sold on Ebay.

I've been working on my estate, and want to make sure that things of value
do not become
E-waste, and get scrapped as such. Not only the T&M (test and measurement)
stuff, but
the Teletypes, specially the 37 and the three 35's which should first go to
or at least be
offered to museums, then to collectors. Not having anyone to pass the
estate on to, the
only thing important to me is what is considered collectable, goes to
someone or someplace
that will at least try to make sure it does not become scrap.

Commercial Break: Everyone should think about this no matter what your age
is. I've now
had three friends die before 60, One had a heart attack at 47. He was a
health nut, exercised
all the time, yada, yada, yada. Back to the show ....

It got me curious. So many of us got bitten by the TTY bug at an early age.
Myself got to
operate a model 15 at the age of 10. Had my first machine at 16, and at 20
filled a pickup
truck with a dozen  "demilled" 33's, and turned that truck load into 5
working machines.

-pete







On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Mark Hall <ke5lib001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> The query posted about any Greenkeyers "under 40" made me curious...
> That's a real dangerous thing for me.
>
> What is the age range of Greenkeyers on here?
>
> Can we identify who our tribal elders are, and who are the "tenderfoots"?
>
> I'll go first. I'm 56, grew up around model 15's and forgot them
> completely
> when I was in high school. I rediscovered all this when I turned 54. So I
> am
> slowly returning to childhood!
>
> I'm probably the youngest Greenkeyer. That being said, if it is indeed so,
> would make me the "cub", and the go-fer for the rest of you guys. What
> better place to be, than lowliest of all, and student of all... I may not
> have
> come from your era, but I can continue the madness!
>
> OK. Any others? It can't be any more embarrassing. I waded in first!
>
> 73!
>
> Mark
>
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