Re: plea from poor X10 user

["paul gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

John,

Don't get too jealous mate - Mine's just a 3 bed semi as well,and as for
the
£4995 TV, well, I hope I didn't give the impression that I have that kind
of
money just lying around waiting for me to find something nice to spend it
on! - 'Cos I don't!! I think I mentioned that such an expensive TV (or
projector, or Whatever I finally decide to go with..) would be a NEXT YEAR
purchase, - 'cos it's gonna take me that long to save up the cash (and
probably even longer to persuade the wife that it's a justifiable
purchase!!
- she'll probably want a new kitchen instead!)

The great thing about HA is that you can indeed just start off with a
couple
of modules, and just add (and add, and add) to it over time, as I have
done.
Far from being jealous of all these guys with FANTASTIC looking houses
(well, perhaps a bit!) I am inspired to attempt bigger & better things
-
usually things that are bigger & better than either my salary or my
wife can
bear!!

I'm at least a little fortunate that as I work in the IT industry, I am
privvy to hardware & software on a very low cost, and occasionally free
basis, which means I have to spend very little on PC stuff, and so have
more
of my "spare" cash to spend on true HA stuff...

Regards.

Paul Gordon.

>From: JHigson222@xxxxxxx
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>CC: JHigson222@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: plea from poor X10 user
>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 02:30:29 EDT
>
>Hi all
>
>Don't take this the wrong way fellas - but -
>TVs at £4995 - all this tech talk about MP3 - houses which look like
rivals
>to Buck palace!
>
>is there anybody on this group a bit more down to earth - like with a 3
bed
>semi - a simple X10 mini-timer with 4 appliance units & the odd
stand alone
>plug-in timer from B&Q
>not to mention a TV & video that has seen better days (probably
about to
>celebrate their 10th birthday)
>
>please, this is not a flame (though there's some jealousy creeping in a
>little bit <GRIN>)
>
>seriously though is there anybody on the list up too (or is it down
too) my
>level who has a few ideas us more simple souls could try and/or chat
about
>
>the idea of the HA get together sounding great fun, but I'm beginning
to
>think I might be a little out of my depth (coming from just north of
>Manchester could I put in a vote for the midlands as the meeting point
- or
>even Manchester <GRIN>)
>
>good luck with the projects lads
>all the best
>John
>(phew - I'm glad I got that of my chest)
>
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