[Boatanchors] STUFF

[Gregory W. Moore]

GA, Gene es the group,
(BTW rayfri is rite, anyone mentioning the "E site" shud certainly be 
threatened with the use of the Wouff Hong, es multiple times, to be sure 
--hi)

Now, I'm all for free enterprise, and all that, but one thing I don't 
approve of is what has happened to a lot of gud "stuff" in the past few 
years as a result of the "E site" with a lot of great equipment 
disappearing into the vast maw of ? and also a lot of terrible fights 
and behavior reminincent of cavemen... ok, cave persons, if ya wanna be 
politically correct ( I am not a PC person).....

Ok, my humble suggestion... make a list of the "stuff", if possible, and 
list it on the lists (Boatanchors, For Sale-Swap, Tube-Swap, MilSurplus, 
etc, etc.) depending what it is, and let the hams go for it and make 
offers.   If you don't like what is being offered for it, then, by all 
means, you have the right to turn the offer down, that's the American 
Way.  If you have the inclination to do a website, then by all means, 
set up a site, with pix of the "stuff", there are, BTW, a lot of 
programs around which make the creation of a website a breeze, with 
pre-designed templates

OPNOTE: I'm not trying to talk down to anyone, If ya wanna write your 
own HTML, and do your own design, fine, or, as I am wont to do, " Lift" 
the HTML from a site and modify it for my own purposes ( I am 
webmaster/preservation officer for the USS America Museum Foundation, 
and since I had to take over webmastering suddenly from someone who had 
a program which only ran on a Mac, I have been simply modifying HTML 
using Netscape Composer, then simply saving the file, and uploading the 
new stuff using Cute FTP...)...I have to get a new program which runs on 
a PC, and completely redo the site from scratch, but that has no bearing 
on the "stuff issue"....

OK...One thing I personally would not recommend is to go the "E site" 
route, I just don't like the darn thing, but that is my own opinion, 
your mileage may vary, etc.... I feel that ones "junque box" should be 
kept in the ham fraternity.  Mine contains the legacy of my Father, 
Charles R. Moore, W3WET  [he let his ticket lapse in the early '60s, as 
he was on the road as an engineer all the time], and my aunt, who I 
believe you all know, Louise "Lou" Moreau W3WRE/WB6BBO ( yes, I do have 
a few of her keys, but we honored her request as to the disposition, and 
they still hopefully reside, at W1AW)

At any rate, I feel that this " passing of the flame" is important, even 
more so today, since so few of us do homebrewing, hollow state stuff, 
or, as can be seen by the horrific FCC proposals, operate (OH THE 
HUMANITY) CW..... there is something in the "junque box" which brings 
back the memory and feel of much better times, and there is something 
special about the smell when one opens a box of old electronics.

I apologize for waxing nostalgic about this, but having a full basement 
of "junque" ( my XYL has a slightly different term for it), boxes of 
parts, boxes misteriously labeled "Tubes", Teletype machines (many),
Boatanchors (many) as well as various power supplies for said 
boatanchors, with draconian notices about "Instant Death upon contact" 
and "High Voltage", etc, etc...... bringing a grin to one's face when 
one gazes fondly upon the collection,  this, also juxtaposed upon one's 
Gunsmithing area ( another XYL "nightmare"  "Greg, you are NOT going to 
make my basement into an industrial plant").... "sure, honey, anything 
you say" ( this as the lathe( I got it for free, what the heck can I 
say????)  is being moved thru the back door --hi--- Hey, I'm retired, 
diabled, I can do what I want.....OPNOTE II: this is a row house 
basement, if you know what that is) it's attached to a whole bunch of 
houses on a street.......

If you can't visualize this, see the following pix
http://www.moorefelines.com/19_APR_05/Greg2005.JPG

Anyhow, I think that the "stuff" should be offered to HAMS first.  GA 
and set a price, sure, whatever you think it's worth, and let all the 
listmembers make counteroffers, etc... I do believe that you will be 
able to move all of it without too much problem.

Again, I apologize for the long screed, but I felt it nececessary (sp?)

73 de Greg "GW" Moore WA3IVX/NNN0BVN






Gene WØQFC wrote:
> Hello to the group!
> I need advise from the group members as to how you think would be the best
> way to get rid of my 50+ year collection of "STUFF".
> I was thinking of getting a web site together, but my limited experience
> with building a site might be too time consuming. To post a very large list
> to the various reflectors would also be very time consuming.
> It would seem that a web site would be the best way to go because I can have
> pictures and I understand that it would be easy to delete items as they are
> sold.
> I would appreciate any advise that the group may have to offer.
> Thanks es 73
> Gene, WØQFC
> Spring Hill, FL 
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