1 Sep
2002
1 Sep
'02
1:55 p.m.
Stories like this always sadden me. I've seen it happen many times and
benefitted on occasion from the dumpster or heard about it afterward.
One of my fears is that the same thing might happen to my stuff, since my
sons are 1000 of miles distant. A while back this problem was raised on the
list and some solutions broached but never really finalized.
Some kind of repository for instructions for disposal, eg: offering it for
auction to the list, that could be left in a will is the idea, since most of the
survivors would have no idea of the value of the stuff we collect, and in my
case very few locals that would be interested.
Lawrence
I guess I should give a little background for the
folks who haven't heard
from me privately lately.
Just a few weeks ago or so (has it been that long already?), I ended up
rescuing nearly an entire ham shack/photo/woodworking shop from a 40cu
yard dumpster. A friend of mine who lived around the corner died a few
years ago, and even after picking up tons of stuff from his family, and
after numerous attempts to arrange pickup of the remaining stuff, I found
out some of his family dumped the entire shop into a huge dumpster (or
skip for you folks on the other side of the pond). Thankfully, I found out
about it *before* the dumpster was to be picked up.
SNIP
-Toth
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