->         Yes it was Merry here bt not peaceful. With one daughter here
->    with two kids ( 5 & 8 ), there was excitement.

Quiet here.

->         Can you point me to a store/shop in St-Pete that would have
->    all kinds of left-over stuff, e-destined ?  Nice 2nd hand stuff ?

E-destined?  
You mean Ebay or headed for the dumpster?

I got the Gateway finding it in the trash on the dog's morning walk.

As to salvage I imagine a good bit could be had at "Abilities of
Florida" a right off of U.S. 19 ( 34th street) in South Clearwater
on Whitney Point Road.

I snagged some stuff from their trash when I was attending 
but no idea how they feel about people wandering onto the property.

It's a computer job rehab place for the disabled and they
refurbish used donated systems to either donate to the disabled or sell
for profit.

either way their techs don't spend much time on individual systems
so a lot of goodies sneak through, or used to.
Perhaps they're selling it to a electronics recycler located up that
way as well now as it's been years since I was last there.

I'm not so mobile so I don't really know what's out there.
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