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

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On 24 Jul 2010 at 0:00, Mike Morrow wrote:

> >These numbers get disasterous as storage unit prices go up. I know one
> >guy with a storage unit bill close to $400 a month.
> 
> I rent SIX such units at the same location, four of which are large enough
> park my truck inside with a lot of room to spare.  TOTAL monthly cost for
> ALL SIX is $320.  The price hasn't changed in 20 years.  

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. I don't rent storage anymore.

$320 a month for 20 years is $76,800!!!

I stored a bunch of stuff once. The intention was "For a little 
while" which tuned into two years (yeah, I know... not that long) 
then 4 years, but then I calculated the storage costs and decided the 
stuff I was storing wasn't worth it. At the end of that time I asked 
myself "would I pay what I've I've spent in storage these last two 
years for this stuff right now, today?"

Then the problem was solved for me when someone broke into one of the 
storage units and stole everything.

Never again. If I can't fit it into my home somewhere, I don't need 
it that week, and if ever I "get around to it" I can always find some 
radio that somebody else has paid the storage on for the last 20 
years.

Not that I don't "collect", I collect plenty. I just don't pay to 
store it somewhere that I can't even see it.

To each his own. There have been times when my house was so full of 
"treasures" and "projects" that there was only a path between rooms. 
Pretty soon you don't see it. I've been embarrassed to have visitors 
who didn't share my "affliction".  I don't keep THAT much stuff 
anymore. I've been "thinning the herd" now for a couple of years, 
much of it has gone right into the garbage can. Honestly, I don't 
miss it.

And my poor wife! I really don't know how she's put up with me for 
these 32 years.

Marvin
KA7TPH