[vcf-midatlantic] VCF Museum on Wheels!

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More like little green men, where is your tinfoil hat?

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> On Apr 1, 2021, at 9:41 AM, Dean Notarnicola via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> 
> The most exciting part is the that the Tesla will be powered by a very
> secretive, little known unlimited energy source with origins in vintage
> computing. The Osborne Perpetual Hype Engine was seized by the government
> and buried, sinking the company. It has only recently resurfaced in Apple’s
> iPhone marketing, but with help help of an insider, VCF has acquired this
> for use in our mobile museum.
> But I’ve said too much. When the men in black come to take me away, tell my
> story...
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 9:28 AM Bruce via vcf-midatlantic <
>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>> 
>> No, no, no!  Never ASK!
>> Always *reluctantly *agree.  If they catch on you *wanna *do it you'll
>> never get the chance.
>> 
>> True story AFAIK:  Back about 30 years I knew a guy who knew a guy who had
>> one of those RR track service vehicles -- a little powered car with both
>> tires and flanged track wheels that is used by RR's to haul employees and
>> small equipment along the tracks.  They would drive on the roads to some
>> little-used RR tracks, then go off joyriding along the tracks, having the
>> time of their lives.  Whenever they came to a road, one or two of them
>> would get out with flags, stop traffic, and flag the vehicle across before
>> hopping back on.  He reported that once a cop even helped stop traffic for
>> them.  The *key *was that they had to look *bored* while doing this, so
>> their body language would say, "*This is just my job.  I'd rather be
>> anywhere else.*"
>> 
>> Bruce
>> NJ
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 9:05 AM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <
>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> That is so awesome!
>>> 
>>> Can I drive it?
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 8:54 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <
>>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> We have been planning to have a mobile museum for a long time and
>>> Covid-19
>>>> has inspired us to implement this plan faster. At first we were looking
>>>> into getting a bus inexpensively because a lot of the schools needed
>> the
>>>> extra cash, but we found a great partnering program in our
>> investigation.
>>>> We have partnered with Tesla for funding so we were able to get an
>>> electric
>>>> bus. So will be renovating our new bus into a mobile vintage computer
>>>> museum!
>>>> 
>>>> We still have to decide on which computers we will have in this museum
>>> and
>>>> periodically change them out. This is a great chance to be able to take
>>> our
>>>> museum *to* the schools instead of the other way around. Plus it is
>>>> Covid-19 regulation compliant with a limited number of students on the
>>> bus
>>>> at one time. Many schools will be having more cash available for
>> programs
>>>> like this due to the Covid-19 relief package passed by Congress, so
>> they
>>>> will have money available for extra programs like ours. Over the next
>> few
>>>> months we will be retrofitting our bus and hope to have it ready by
>>>> September.
>>>> 
>>>> Other fun ideas are that we will serve period specific snacks to
>> visitors
>>>> including pop rocks, kool aid and twinkies, etc.
>>>> 
>>>> =========================================
>>>> Jeff Brace
>>>> Vice President & Board Member
>>>> Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner
>>>> Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
>>>> http://www.vcfed.org/
>>>> jeffrey at vcfed.org
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> =========================================
>>>> Jeff Brace
>>>> Vice President & Board Member
>>>> Vintage Computer Festival East Show-runner
>>>> Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
>>>> http://www.vcfed.org/
>>>> jeffrey at vcfed.org
>>>> 
>>> 
>>