I worked at a computer repair place that had a bunch of 16 port hubs (not switches) collecting dust. Naive teenage me thought "that's a lot of ports!" and I be

I worked at a computer repair place that had a bunch of 16 port hubs (not switches) collecting dust. Naive teenage me thought "that's a lot of ports!" and I begged the owner to let me have them for my LAN parties. He gave me a funny look and said sure why not. The chaos that ensued having those things involved, not understanding collisions, really kickstarted my networking career.