Houston surplus parts store ?

[Doug]

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:29:51 GMT, "DJboutit" <Recordking@Hotmail.com>
wrote:

Charlie's Airwaves is over pirced on almost every thing. Nice place to go
and look & repair prices are not that bad. I remeber when the EPO Houston
use to sell alot more surplus stuff that was like 3 years ago. Now the only
surpul stuff they have is some computer stuff batteries power supplys and
generators. I like the epo back in the day not it is just good to go & look
you might find something you need. I am also looking for a good surplus
electronic store within about 50 or so miles of Houston anybody know of any
good ones.

I assume that Madison Electronics in Houston is long gone?
They used to be a great ham dealer with lots of surplus.

Doug

 

[Highland Ham]

The solution to the trash and recycling problem is a bit more
attention to repair and disposal on the design and manufacturing
side, and a recycling deposit.
============

In the Netherlands and probably other EU countries all electrical goods are
subjected to a 'disposal fee' related to the purchase price and
size/hardware content ,which is to be paid upon purchase.

For a hair dryer the fee is low , for a TV set or laundry machine the fee is
much higher. Old /defective goods can be returned to the shop the goods were
purchased ,or to the relevant municipal waste depot.

Good system where money is paid up front to pay for eventual disposal/
recycling.

One of the early 'top' recycling countries in Europe is Switzerland.

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH

 

[Highland Ham]

These countries are ALREADY taking the stuff back, and it is killing
people and destroying the environment in their countries, as well:
=========================

Yes indeed . A few years ago I saw a TV programme on lead acid batteries
recycling.
Used batteries were shipped from the USA (back )to Taiwan,with the lead
being recovered there . A dreadful operation. Working conditions and
resulting pollution of the local environment were really bad.

Frank GM0CSZ / KN6WH

 

[J M Noeding]

On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:40:04 GMT, "Highland Ham"
<abcgm0csz.kn6whxyz@abcntlworldxyz.com> wrote:

The solution to the trash and recycling problem is a bit more
attention to repair and disposal on the design and manufacturing
side, and a recycling deposit.
============
In the Netherlands and probably other EU countries all electrical goods are
subjected to a 'disposal fee' related to the purchase price and
size/hardware content ,which is to be paid upon purchase.

For a hair dryer the fee is low , for a TV set or laundry machine the fee is
much higher. Old /defective goods can be returned to the shop the goods were
purchased ,or to the relevant municipal waste depot.

Good system where money is paid up front to pay for eventual disposal/
recycling.

And the electronics shops are supposed to return a certain amount of
rubbish for the consumer electronics they sell. If they can't provide
this they must pay a fee. Some shops collected the old PC's to give to
schools in Poland, but had to give up this practice because it reduced
their rubbish to be collected

On the other hand they might be pleased to solve your problem to get
rid of your rubbish

73
Jan-Martin
LA8AK

---
J. M. Noeding, LA8AK, N-4623 Kristiansand
http://home.online.no/~la8ak/c.htm

 

On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:23:20 GMT, "Roger Gt" <not@here.net> wrote:

"Bob Weiss" <bob.weiss@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6auZc.2391$3Q5.2332@trndny06...
: Scott W. Harvey wrote:
:
: > expensive.
:
: > IMHO, These items should be put on a giant barge and sent back
to the
: > country of origin with the caveat that a trade embargo will be
imposed
: > against any country that refuses to take them back. Maybe when
China,
: > Mexico, and other cheap-labor countries experience first hand
what a
: > colossal pain it is to deal with the ass end of their
product's
: > mercilessly short life cycles, maybe they won't dump quite so
much of
: > this junk on our shores.
:
: > -Scott
:
: These countries are ALREADY taking the stuff back, and it is
killing
: people and destroying the environment in their countries, as
well:
:
: http://greennature.com/article978.html
: http://english.epochtimes.com/news/3-9-11/5040.html
: http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=1445
:
: Bob Weiss N2IXK


Name one person who has died that can be traced directly to
salvaging efforts.

Real sensible question.

Just like the one about two white guys and a black guy
arriving at Heaven. St. Peter asks the first guy what famous ship was
sunk by an iceberg. Guy answers, "Titanic" and St. Peter waves him in.
St. Peter asks the second white guy how many died. Guy says, "1503"
and St Peter waves him in. Then he turns to the black guy and says,
"Name them."

 

[Watson A.Name - \"Watt Su]

<kashe@sonic.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:23:20 GMT, "Roger Gt" <not@here.net> wrote:


"Bob Weiss" <bob.weiss@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6auZc.2391$3Q5.2332@trndny06...
: Scott W. Harvey wrote:
:
: > expensive.
:
: > IMHO, These items should be put on a giant barge and sent back
to the
: > country of origin with the caveat that a trade embargo will be
imposed
: > against any country that refuses to take them back. Maybe when
China,
: > Mexico, and other cheap-labor countries experience first hand
what a
: > colossal pain it is to deal with the ass end of their
product's
: > mercilessly short life cycles, maybe they won't dump quite so
much of
: > this junk on our shores.
:
: > -Scott
:
: These countries are ALREADY taking the stuff back, and it is
killing
: people and destroying the environment in their countries, as
well:
:
: http://greennature.com/article978.html
: http://english.epochtimes.com/news/3-9-11/5040.html
: http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=1445
:
: Bob Weiss N2IXK

Many people don't realize that most of the high tech parts of
electronics equipment, such as the, ahem, CRTs, are _made_ right here in
the U.S. and shipped to another country for assembly. Sony's San Diego
plant is one notable example.

Name one person who has died that can be traced directly to
salvaging efforts.


Real sensible question.

Just like the one about two white guys and a black guy
arriving at Heaven. St. Peter asks the first guy what famous ship was
sunk by an iceberg. Guy answers, "Titanic" and St. Peter waves him in.
St. Peter asks the second white guy how many died. Guy says, "1503"
and St Peter waves him in. Then he turns to the black guy and says,
"Name them."

 

[Clarence]

<kashe@sonic.net> wrote in message
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:23:20 GMT, "Roger Gt" <not@here.net> wrote:


"Bob Weiss" <bob.weiss@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:6auZc.2391$3Q5.2332@trndny06...
: Scott W. Harvey wrote:
:
: > expensive.
:
: > IMHO, These items should be put on a giant barge and sent back
to the
: > country of origin with the caveat that a trade embargo will be
imposed
: > against any country that refuses to take them back. Maybe when
China,
: > Mexico, and other cheap-labor countries experience first hand
what a
: > colossal pain it is to deal with the ass end of their
product's
: > mercilessly short life cycles, maybe they won't dump quite so
much of
: > this junk on our shores.
:
: > -Scott
:
: These countries are ALREADY taking the stuff back, and it is
killing
: people and destroying the environment in their countries, as
well:
:
: http://greennature.com/article978.html
: http://english.epochtimes.com/news/3-9-11/5040.html
: http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=1445
:
: Bob Weiss N2IXK


Name one person who has died that can be traced directly to
salvaging efforts.


Real sensible question.

Just like the one about two white guys and a black guy
arriving at Heaven. St. Peter asks the first guy what famous ship was
sunk by an iceberg. Guy answers, "Titanic" and St. Peter waves him in.
St. Peter asks the second white guy how many died. Guy says, "1503"
and St Peter waves him in. Then he turns to the black guy and says,
"Name them."

Did he? You didn't finish the story. So What happened?

There is a big difference between "name one" and Naming 1503, and I don't get
the connection.

 

[John H.]

Clarence wrote:

Did he? You didn't finish the story. So What happened?

There is a big difference between "name one" and Naming 1503, and I don't get
the connection.

How about this joke, maybe it will make things clearer-

Two male priests are fishing with a new female priest recently
transferred to their diocese on the shore of a huge lake. It is
discovered they left their bait back on shore, and the female priest
offers to get it. She calmly steps out of the boat, and walks gently
across the water to the shore and picks up the bait without even getting
wet.

Before she returns, one priest whispers to the other- "They send us a
female priest and she can't even swim."

--
John H.
On the West Coast of New England

NOTE: Please reply to hagstar at verizon,net as this msn address is a
spam trap and rarely checked

 

[Clarence]

"John H." <hagstar@msn.com> wrote in message
news:HU3%c.4726$dC4.3603@trndny06...

Clarence wrote:

Did he? You didn't finish the story. So What happened?

There is a big difference between "name one" and Naming 1503, and I don't
get
the connection.

How about this joke, maybe it will make things clearer-

So there was no connection.

The question was:

Name one person who died that can be traced directly to
salvaging efforts.

Real sensible question.

Changing to trying to tell very old and lame jokes does not answer the
question.

Provide one verifiable name of a person that died as a direct result of Salvage
efforts.