Don's archive

The other things I have not seen in this discussion are that it does not matter as many postings have discussed what "accumlate" "archive" "collect" or "pack rat" mean to us, it is what the people outside our interest percieve it to be and what they were educated to understand it to be. Without any information about the specifics of Don's situation, let me say that my wife and heirs know what my pile is, and who to call when and if I predecease her. If you do not or cannot take this step, your pile will face uncertain or sad prospects when you go. Also, the other people looking at what you have draw their own conclusions, so it does not matter if Don was a saint and perfect organizer, or totally unorganized, what matters is what his family saw, and knew. So careful approaches like ones requested here are very wise at the moment. Some thought by those of you who cannot think of anyone in your immediate family who knows what you want done should think too. What your buddy Bubba knows, probably won't matter if you check out unexpectedly, he may not be able to get into the house to sell off your Imsai's or moose head collection. Jim