[ARC5] Managing Yiour (sic) Colection (sic)

[MillerKE6F at aol.com]

My solution to the collection glut has probably been addressed, but coming  
into the discussion late let me describe my solution to the problem of too 
many  toys and how I dealt with it upon retirement 6 years ago.
 
One of the conditions of retirement set down by the wife was I had to get  
all and I mean all of the junk out of the garage, the spare bedroom, the 
patio,  and the the back yard storage shed and also find a way to get rid of 
the two  10X30 storage units as well.  It seemed like a bridge to far until I 
looked  into one of those combination shop and office suites.  What a deal.  
 My first one had 1200 square feet total with an air conditioned office 
area  approximately 10 X 30 feet.  After 5 years of retirement and and still  
collecting junk I leased an adjacent shop/office which added a lot more 
storage  for not only my radio junk but a place to park the old Corvette and my 
ski boat  which has not seen water in many years.  
 
    The total cost for both units not including the  modest utility fees is 
1600 a month.  Now that's a lot of money, but I've  been selling off a lot 
of the junk and excess over the years and those sales  pretty much take care 
of the lease fees even after I pay the taxes on the sales  plus the ever 
increasing fees to Ebay and Paypal.  It also allows me to  hire my 13 year old 
grandkids at 7.50 an hour to come up and help grandpa keep  the place 
organized although that is mostly a loosing battle even with the  yeoman help 
from the kids.
 
    But it sure has helped to keep peace in the  household and a place for 
me to go to keep out of the wife's way during the  day.  And I can take some 
of my audio experiments out in the garage area  and play them as loud as I 
want. heh 
 
    Food for thought
Bob, Ke6f