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Title: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 12 February 2009, 01:16:39
Got to sort the loft out ready to move home.  Suddenly realised what the job may entail.  This is just 1 picture starting from a corner of the loft.

Upto about 5 years ago I was into allsorts including building basic web PC's.  I was out most days buying parts and bits for upgrades and also did loads of S/H PC's.  So when I spotted a bargain or got good discount I bought in bulk.

Things were going fine, kept me busy and got some really good contacts.  Any way had quite a build up of stuff including 7 15" CRT montitors bought at 50% or less.  3 IBM, 2 x Compaq and 2 x Hansol.  Quite a few cases, motherborads the whole works.

Then out of the blue an opportunity came up that I had to put a lot of time and effort into leaving me no spare time at all but had/has massive potential, set up an office etc and went for it.  But just put eveything else on the back burner.

As a result it all got shuffled into the lost and forgotten about to a degree, untill now that is.  Some of the montitors have been sold or even given to charities, but they were bought just before TFT became popular and well before the TFT prices started to drop.  The sad thing is, brand new and boxed they aint worth a light now.

The boaards are out of date as they probably wont take more than XP 2100+ CPU's but have never been used.

I now have to decide what to do with it, and it's gonna hurt in some cases goz of the original outlay.

Might learn one day.  These days not worth keeping stock as prices allways seem to be dropping.

(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk106/skruntie/Loft/DSCF0001-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Big Sye on 12 February 2009, 01:18:02
i have a few spiders in mine but i think thats about it.  
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Mr Skrunts on 12 February 2009, 01:23:48
The loose cases are AT ones, all the boxed ones are ATX (All Different) but have just spotted the old Polaroid flip down sun screen for a 14/15" screen, (Thats sad) :-[

Plus loads of empty boxes kept for warranty purposes.

(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk106/skruntie/Loft/DSCF0010-1.jpg)

Then theres all the old hifi.

120 watt Technicas amp
Technics Tuner, CD, Turntable etc

2 x reel to reels

8 track unit.

Sheesh the list goes on. :-X :-X :-/ :-/ :'(
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Hog on 12 February 2009, 06:44:50
Absolutly nothing, it was all packed in to a container yesterday and is now whisking its way to Canada!!!  8-) :) ;D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 12 February 2009, 08:06:13
Insulation is in ours!  :D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: sir moanalot on 12 February 2009, 08:49:27
about £7500 worth of rare toy soldier kits and loads of boxes..
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Jimbo B on 12 February 2009, 09:04:49
Pass I daren't go up there :D :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 12 February 2009, 09:10:41
LOTS of insulation, some crap and a load of 8x2 boards ready to finsih boarding it (started that about 3 years ago!)
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Raymienets on 12 February 2009, 09:19:16
My son  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Sad on 12 February 2009, 09:20:49
A water tank, not enough insulation, and an old computer...

[I'm very jealous of you Hog]
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: nick v6 on 12 February 2009, 09:21:33
to dark up there to see whats up there

i think there is only the water tank and thats about it
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Hog on 12 February 2009, 09:31:09
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A water tank, not enough insulation, and an old computer...

[I'm very jealous of you Hog]

Thanks, it all got very real seeing the stuff going off in the container yesterday  :y
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Richie London on 12 February 2009, 10:00:48
my loft is huge, about 20x10ft od space, but only about 10ft square to use as my loft joists are made of 4x2 and too dodgy to walk on. ive a lot of carpentry tools i dont bother using no more, 2 good cordless drills. 1 dewalt and 1 metabo. and ive another 3 i use when im on site. 1 chop saw, 2 weeks of use, been in there 2 yrs, golf clubs.boxes of tapes and videos. a television, walked out the back door of a hotel i worked in  ::) pinball machine, keyboard, pc joystick and controllers. anddirty filthy videoswhich im ashamed to own  :-[ ;D ;D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: bertiecbx550 on 12 February 2009, 10:50:34
All my old star trek vids are up there as well of a load of junk for car boot sales.... ;D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Martin_1962 on 12 February 2009, 11:36:22
Lots of VIC20 stuff, Christmas Decorations, loads of copied Beta tapes (the ones I have transfered to DVD), a few loft boards, 2 dismantled cot beds, mast head amp, loads of jigsaw puzzles
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: HCG on 12 February 2009, 13:21:33
Hay...................20 to go
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: HCG on 12 February 2009, 13:22:09
Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,,21
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: HCG on 12 February 2009, 13:22:40
Or is it 20?
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: doog on 12 February 2009, 13:54:00
In mine i have my old cassettes vinyl turntables and some spare dj stuff

Doug
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Richie London on 12 February 2009, 14:49:27
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LOTS of insulation, some crap and a load of 8x2 boards ready to finsih boarding it (started that about 3 years ago!)


if you need any chipboard screws ive thousands. ive always used 50mm gyprocs as there far easier to drive in, do it in half the time with an electric drill  ;)
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Big Bri on 12 February 2009, 14:52:26
I,ve got christmas decorations some junk and stuff we buy and never get round to using and end up in the attic :D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Vamps on 12 February 2009, 17:21:01
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I,ve got christmas decorations some junk and stuff we buy and never get round to using and end up in the attic :D


You been peaking in our loft then, :) sounds the same ::) ::) ::)
So much junk I worry about the ceiling coming down, good job it is an old house, built the propper in the olden days. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: TheBoy on 12 February 2009, 19:07:06
When I last moved, it took us about 4 weeks pretty much solid to go through loft.  Most went to tip.

So now, nothing in my loft - if things have to go in loft, its unlikely they'll get used, so I bin them straight away.

So the sum total of my loft is the 2 water tanks ;D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: albitz on 12 February 2009, 19:28:08
filled the mig up 3 times last week with unwanted stuff from the loft and took it to the tip,so there is now around 10% less crap up there than there was. ::).....Mrs bitz is a hoarder. :(
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: nick v6 on 12 February 2009, 19:46:26
who's loft is this then

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj0zwRzLvQ4[/media]

 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: amigov6 on 13 February 2009, 00:17:30
The usual insulation, water tank 1 freeview digi ariel & 1 analogue that runs into one of the bedrooms & a scantily clad Lisa Rogers (girl from scrapheap) lying on a sheepskin rug.
     One of the above is porkie workies... (lies) :D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: amigov6 on 13 February 2009, 00:18:13
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who's loft is this then

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj0zwRzLvQ4[/media]

 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Skin up!!!! 8-)
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: Vamps on 13 February 2009, 00:29:28
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who's loft is this then

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj0zwRzLvQ4[/media]

 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Nope, and I put my foot down ;) that is not Loo-Knee's loft, but it could be .........'s but saying nothing :-X
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: The Red Baron on 13 February 2009, 00:35:22
Mines full of half the contents of a pub. moved from a BIG pub to a small house, no room for owt so it all went in the loft. dont know hy im keeping it all really. & no there isnt any booze up there....i drank it all.  :D :D :D
Title: Re: Whats In Your Loft
Post by: r1 on 13 February 2009, 08:53:41
got some atari cartridge type games might but them on ebay one day they must be worth at least 10p each