[conspire] & coming to CABAL ...: Re: CABAL coming at you

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Michael Paoli (Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu):

> I have in mind to bring ...
> 
> Gluten free vegan: quartered oiled roasted spuds, pepper grinder with pepper

If you wish, you can leave the grinder at home, as I've just resupplied
ours from Penzey's Spices.  (But maybe you just like your grinder.)

> And not fitting the above, likely some sour cream based dippy stuff,
> very possibly 2 kinds of dip - one (very?) spicy, and something
> savory but not spicy ... and maybe some plain old sour cream too.

As I'm sure you know, but bears repeating;  The sour cream is perfect
for cutting the effect of any hot-pepper spiciness.  (Any dairy is good
for that.)


> Oh, yeah, I'm pushing some (free) hardware too:
> https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_etc
> most notably on there:
> Dell Dimension 8400 (32-bit x86) - I'm looking to rehome it ... otherwise
> it may end up getting ecycled (takes up too much space in my place, and
> I don't have need/use for it).
> Kind'a likewise the Brother printer - makes for lovely scanner, etc.
> If someone definitely wants, I can bring ... but I ain't taking 'em back. ;->

Just to make sure people understand what Michael's saying, if you want
to adopt these things, post TODAY to ask him to bring them.  

Details:  

Brother MFC-210C is an 'all-in-one' (scanner, printer, fax, copier),
with an inkjet engine.  Dimensions 14.7 x 13.6 x 5.3 inches.  If you
think you can use it, _speak up_.  (I can see where Michael's coming
from, and I wouldn't shlep that without a taker, either.)

Dell Dimension 8400 is a mini-tower Pentium 4 workstation, 2004-vintage,
shipped with WinXP.  Perfecly OK for a Linux box, especially given 2GB
RAM.  Run a distro with LXDE or LXQt, or no DE and just a window manager,
and you're good for another decade.

Again, speak up if you want it, as there's the shlepping thing.

Michael also has sundry hard drives listed on the wiki page, up for
adoption.