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Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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A similar thing happened to my uncle Paul (Terrell)... after he moved to Portland, he had an Apple I (part of the original run of 50 he famously bought) and many other ancient 8-bit computers, like Exidy Sorcerers, in a garage my cousin was using. One day my cousin got frustrated by the "junk" and hauled a bunch of it away to the dump.

I believe my uncle still has one more bare motherboard squirreled away somewhere -- it used to hang on his wall in a plexiglass case as art.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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If they really can't find her, they should peruse the obits for her husband. Edit: 3 downvotes and a bizarre reply to my comment about sexism. From the article, "He feels badly because the woman said her husband had died a couple of months earlier". How is my comment sexist? And how would you find the woman?

HN's sexism at work as usual...

The title of this submission is already pretty sexist. Had it been a man, his gender would not have been mentioned.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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This isn't exactly a mystery. They know where the woman lives.

On what do you base that assertion?

http://cleanbayarea.com/portfolio/e-waste-recycling/

"Our electronic waste pick-up service is free for all residents of Northern California, CA."

OP is likely assuming they operate like my local dump/recycling center where they record my drivers license info every time I visit and drop something off (electronic or otherwise). Believe it or not they used to physically write down the data, now they swipe. Locally they don't tag what I drop off individually with my ID but they do have my ID on file as a visitor on a certain date.

I have no idea why they collect the data as opposed to mere verification. I suspect its something along the lines of a large difference between resident rates (free) vs business rates (if you have to ask, you can't afford it)

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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post #12
post #7

If they really can't find her, they should peruse the obits for her husband. Edit: 3 downvotes and a bizarre reply to my comment about sexism. From the article, "He feels badly because the woman said her husband had died a couple of months earlier". How is my comment sexist? And how would you find the woman?

HN's sexism at work as usual... The title of this submission is already pretty sexist. Had it been a man, his gender would not have been mentioned.

What? How on earth is this sexist?

EDIT: Ok, looking through your comment history I am less surprised. You do a disservice to the very real and prevalent instances of sexism when you play the card in situations where it clearly does not apply, like this.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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post #12
post #7

If they really can't find her, they should peruse the obits for her husband. Edit: 3 downvotes and a bizarre reply to my comment about sexism. From the article, "He feels badly because the woman said her husband had died a couple of months earlier". How is my comment sexist? And how would you find the woman?

HN's sexism at work as usual... The title of this submission is already pretty sexist. Had it been a man, his gender would not have been mentioned.

Is it that hard to imagine a title like "Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery man stands to get half"...?

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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post #12
post #7

If they really can't find her, they should peruse the obits for her husband. Edit: 3 downvotes and a bizarre reply to my comment about sexism. From the article, "He feels badly because the woman said her husband had died a couple of months earlier". How is my comment sexist? And how would you find the woman?

HN's sexism at work as usual... The title of this submission is already pretty sexist. Had it been a man, his gender would not have been mentioned.

Read the article, the "plot" of the story is the clerk and the donor commiserated for some time on their shared experiences of the loss of a spouse, which the clerk found rather memorable.

In contrast, when I visit the recycling center, I dump my stuff and GTFO so they likely have no memory of my visit.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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post #12
post #7

If they really can't find her, they should peruse the obits for her husband. Edit: 3 downvotes and a bizarre reply to my comment about sexism. From the article, "He feels badly because the woman said her husband had died a couple of months earlier". How is my comment sexist? And how would you find the woman?

HN's sexism at work as usual... The title of this submission is already pretty sexist. Had it been a man, his gender would not have been mentioned.

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Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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post #12
post #7

If they really can't find her, they should peruse the obits for her husband. Edit: 3 downvotes and a bizarre reply to my comment about sexism. From the article, "He feels badly because the woman said her husband had died a couple of months earlier". How is my comment sexist? And how would you find the woman?

HN's sexism at work as usual... The title of this submission is already pretty sexist. Had it been a man, his gender would not have been mentioned.

Fortunately you're incorrect, there's no sexism in the title nor the parent's comment.

The use of "mystery man" is common.

http://www.mercurynews.com/scott-herhold/ci_27894894/who-was...

http://www.mercurynews.com/scott-herhold/ci_27941900/catchin...

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25915857/has-mystery-...

http://www.mercurynews.com/extra/ci_27904858/mystery-man-col...

http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_26196119/concord-myste...

http://www.mercurynews.com/weird-news/ci_27146487/mystery-ma...

and on it goes

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN's sexism at work as usual... The title of this submission is already pretty sexist. Had it been a man, his gender would not have been mentioned.

Is it that hard to imagine a title like "Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery man stands to get half"...?

No, but this is HN, with all its silly white knights... Would have been safer to say "Apply 1 discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery human stands to get half"

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN's sexism at work as usual... The title of this submission is already pretty sexist. Had it been a man, his gender would not have been mentioned.

What? How on earth is this sexist? EDIT: Ok, looking through your comment history I am less surprised. You do a disservice to the very real and prevalent instances of sexism when you play the card in situations where it clearly does not apply, like this.

It's not, the person was "triggered" by an artificially manufactured offense. Some people refer to it as outrage porn; the desire to seek even the smallest of possible things to generate anger, outrage, etc. which eventually becomes like an emotional addiction.
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