I had an A1000 in high school with front side mem expansion and Spirit Board 2 mb expansion as well. Added two external floppies (one high density). Gave it to my brother when I went to university and got an A2000. My brother's basement apt. flooded and the A1000 was under water for a weekend. Dried it out for a week and it lived! Internal floppy died so replaced it with one for an A500. It was too long so I cut the front face plate off so it could stick out the front. Then it sat at my parents place unused for ten years or so. My dad cleaned house and threw it in the trash. To be fair, he did warn me.
Bought an A500 with the GVP Turbo side car thing with a HD. Never really used it. Sat in my garage forever. I had completely lost interest in the Amiga at that point and the wife wanted the garage cleaned so I threw it out.
Regained interest a few years ago and pulled my old A2000 with GVP 030/40mhz, ram, SCSI expansion out of the basement. Still works! Yes I removed the battery, and I still have the high density floppy. Now I cringe when I think about the two machines that I trashed. :-(
