I have in mind a small donation from all of us to make up for the cash and
time spent.  I vision $2 as a good amount if most of us would do it.  He
would accept Pay Pal, I assume.
I guess, none of us would accept to pay for the expenses of the list if we
would run it.
This is only a first proposal.  If there is a better idea, let's do that.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carrington, Tom" <TCarrington@RELITECH.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 9:09 PM
Subject: List Status

> Hi Folks,
>
> Some of you may have noticed that Gerry was unavailable for about 24
> hours.
> We had some severe thunderstorms on Wed afternoon in the DC area, and lost
> power. We just got it back a few hours ago.
>
> I was kinda of excited about it, because after the time we had that 1-day
> power outtage in December '04, I bought Gerry and I a generator for
> Christmas. Oh, and of course I told the wife if was "for the family". :)
>
> Once the storm was over, I fired up the new generator for the second time
> ever...but it quit putting out power after about 15 minutes. Engine ran,
> rotor in the head turned, breakers not tripped, but no output. :(
>
> What really frosted me was that when I bought it, there were two models
> that
> I looked at from Pep Boys with the same output rating - the Coleman
> Powermate that I bought, and a Chinese made one for $100 less. I figured
> it
> would be worth the $$ for the Coleman and the 2-year warranty it came
> with.
>
> Oh, and the reason I wasn't able to jump in on the off-kilter posts this
> weekend was that I had knee surgery on Friday (replaced an ACL, serviced
> the
> cartlidges). With all the painkillers I was on, the list was on autopilot.
> I'll review the whole thread tomorrow and see if something needs to be
> done.
> So if you screwed up, your not off the hook!!!
>
> You should have seen me cussing yesterday, after hobbling around in a knee
> brace to 30 minutes, stringing extension cords and bypassing UPSes that
> didn't think generator power was clean enough to pass through to the
> servers.
>
> BTW - the generator will be outta the shop in a few weeks (so they say)
> with
> a new gen-head unit. Pep Boys now has a larger unit for sale, so I'm
> considering selling the one I have and upgrading. If you are interested in
> a
> Powermate 3750 for $350 (they are $400 new, which I gladly paid) and are
> in
> the Washington DC area, lemme know!
>
> Regards from your list admin,
> TomC
> tcarrington@relitech.com
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