[Boatanchors] Re: Boatanchors Digest, Vol 20, Issue 13; Excess stuuf

[Jack Taylor]

Apparently I touched a button, sorry about that!

Indeed I have donated several pickup loads of gear to the local radio club
which was used in their auctions.  The radio club does collect donated items
for resale or disposal but quite a bit of it ends up going to the landfill
due to
little interest in boatanchor parts and items.  I had advised that I was
getting ready
to dispose of more "stuff" but drew no interest so out it went.  I am of
course
reserving a few items with which to pay for flowers when I go SK.

As I see it, most of the old timers have passed on and there's very little
interest in
the old gear except for readying it for resale to a declining number of
collectors.

My observation is that the young people (such as in scouting programs)
aren't interested
in "old junk", they even turn their noses up at 5 year old computers.  I
once donated a
operational computer system with loads of software to a couple of teens
figuring they
might take advantage of it as a learning tool.  It was promptly disposed of
since it
didn't do gaming.  For this I blame myself for not thinking to include game
software.

How many young kids do you hear on your local repeaters?  It's been several
years
since I heard the last kid around here.  For that matter, there's not much
activity of any
kind except for the weekly net where a few check in with "No traffic".

73 de Jack


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "w5grg" <w5grg at comforttexas.net>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 10:55 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Re: Boatanchors Digest, Vol 20, Issue 13; Excess
stuuf


> Why not donate the stuff to the local radio club to auction off to raise
> funds , or give it to the Boy/Girl Scouts?
> Thanks, George W5GRG
> PS; Don't forget , the boy who dies with the most toys wins.