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As I PMed @VetteGirlMA in Jun'19 (in part):They used to be great,...
Yes; you've correctly captured the essence of the event.
But considering we're talking about MIT...... Most people areselling used electronics, old rusty tools, lab glassware (start a meth lab?), ...
NES meetup at the MIT flea?
I wouldn't have been able to make it today anyways, but maybe next month.I was already there by the time you posted this. Spent about an hour wandering through the various tables.
The usual assortment of stuff was there. People overall seemed happy that it was back. There were a few ham radio items there, maybe a bit less than in the past. Then again Hosstraders/NEAR Fest is at the end of the month so a lot of people are holding on to their stuff until then.
Not many masktards, but a few. It amazes me that the "smartest people in the world" go to MIT, yet they believe that a mask that is as porous as a coffee filter will protect them from the plague that has a 98% survival rate.
The freak show was there and it baffles me how people have convinced some otherwise attractive young women to dress like homeless people and dye their hair colors not found in nature.
I bought two no ham related items. A clamp on work lamp and a Marx Brothers movie DVD collection. The worn out tool guy was there with his collection of worn out tools for sale. The Enigma Machine guy was there. No commercial vendors, which was unusual. There's usually one or two with an assortment of connectors and other accessories, some of them radio related.
I wouldn't have been able to make it today anyways, but maybe next month.
As someone that likes hair colors not found in nature, I'll just leave it at "different strokes."
Maybe I can finally test before then...More likely June as I'll be 2,000 miles away next month.
I had already decided to blow it off by the time he posted it.I was already there by the time you posted this.NES meetup at the MIT flea?
LPTFY.The Enigma Machine guy was there.
NO! I work for those dinks five days a week.NES meetup at the MIT flea?
NO! I work for those dinks five days a week.
I'm not going to PRC for less than time and a half.
otherwise attractive young women to dress like homeless people and dye their hair colors not found in nature.
I bought two no ham related items. A clamp on work lamp and a Marx Brothers movie DVD collection. The worn out tool guy was there with his collection of worn out tools for sale. The Enigma Machine guy was there. No commercial vendors, which was unusual. There's usually one or two with an assortment of connectors and other accessories, some of them radio related.
It's probably been 20 yrs since I attended one of the MIT Flea Markets. What I remember most was electronic parts, many of which resembled the mil-surplus collection we could buy from Eli Hefron back then. Rechargeable batteries, capacitors, diodes, wire, old computer junk, etc. I wasn't a ham back then, but it was mostly geared to the electronics junkie.
I totally minimize my exposure to MA at this point, so no interest in attending. I will attend HamXposition later this year however.
And OBTW, I wasn't sh¡tting her about a boilerplate Gemini capsule being there one time.
Tis true.When I started going in the late 80s, milsurp electronics at the Flea were incredible. Entire trucks full of Raytheon, DEC or Wang tagged gear & excess inventory. As I understand it, that all changed early 2000s when .gov contract leftovers or accounting write-offs were mandated to be destroyed rather than sold off. Start digging and you can find tales of new condition spectrum analyzers, machine tools, & chunks of titanium being ground up & scrapped rather than sold on. What a waste.
I missed the first 2 (drat), always went for the audio gear & parts. Have been going since the late 80s. Major change is that Steve passed (ran it from day 1) and as I understand it now it's is fully in the hands of MIT students. That it happened at all this year (twice!) is a good omen for it. Spoke with one of the kids in 2019 (last full year for it) taking over and he was very enthusiastic about it. Will they clamp down on non-electronic junk? Doubtful but believe they will naturally get more electronic & ham related gear to come back over time. Best thing about it as always is that if it rains the MIT Flea is held in a parking garage.
MIT Flea website
For what value of "April"?I'm pretty sure I saw him walking around at the April flea.
For what value of "April"?