Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for August 31, 2022

“… cords … has …” Dr. Mel may need a sentience injection. We’ll sentence him to that, OK?

That’s the problem with saving old cords. Before long, the equipment they work on becomes obsolete.

Discord.

The bad news is VHS is obsolete.

I have that drawer.

Betcha Oldbot can use’em

You don’t mean… Betamax won!

I have boxes of cables. They come in handy every now and then, but occasionally I still find myself ordering more.

The latest being USB-C Power Delivery for my daughters laptop, which will allow her to power the battery from her power bank when she is in school (the Girls High school she attends started this year with all students having a laptop).

This is what happens when you leave male connectors and female connectors in a darkened room.

That black cord on the left looks exactly the one I use to charge my laptop. I guess it’s time to get a new laptop then.

We call those “VCR’s”

Im sure Pam is looking for the hot comb plug as well

Partal good news; you can get machines, and tapes from Goodwill. We get the tapes /by the ton/ at times.

In his short story, “Or All the Sea With Oysters”, Avram Davidson speculated that when wire coat hangers are left alone they start to breed and multiply. Eventually they turn into bicycles.

Sapient. The word “sentient” just means by feel. A chicken and a cow are sentient but not intelligent and self-aware.

Beta-max keep going and became Beta-cam and the SP and SX digital versions beta and is still in use today. It is now in Digital HD format D6 HDTV VTR. " Never Surrender" just change and adapt.

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There is probably a surprising amount of copper cached in dusty drawers around the world.

Psht. I still have some old Betamax stuff.

Frame one: another miracle of proofreading!

Sentient? Does that mean they’re now plug and play?

Talking to a drawer of wires, I think Dr. Mel needs a lot of help.

Old cords are a mind game.

Just what did this go to?

I wonder if my lava lamp cord is in there?

Why would the cords not be with the equipment they go with?

It went to the great smelter in the sky.

At least none of them belong to a Betamax©.

Bad news, everyone!

HAVE become sentient