[Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson

Wed Apr 15 11:53:16 EDT 2015

The underlying problem here should not be neglected. The fault does not lie with the unknowledgable family nor with Apex Surplus. It was unfair and unreasonable of this person to accumulate all that and expect someone else to CORRECTLY handle it. 
Don't stick your family with some horrendous chore when you die. Treat it like planning your retirement. Calculate how many years you think you have left and make it a goal to dispose of some percentage of your pile each year until you are down to what can be thrown away with minimal loss. If you think you have 20 years left, 5% of the pile should go out the door (no fair adding new stuff!) every year. 
The aternative is to resign yourself to the thought that it might all go in the dumpster. And maybe that is okay too--bizarre as that sounds, it IS a valid choice. But if you have never been executor of an estate, then you really can't grasp the burden that it all is. We should not be adding hobby hoarding to that burden for our executors. It's just that simple.
73 de N3RHT

      From: Ian Wilson <ianmwilson73 at gmail.com>
 To: David Harmon <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net> 
Cc: Boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; Military Surplus net List <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 12:58 PM
 Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson

If Apex Surplus does have it, you can't afford it.

73, ian K3IMW

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 9:55 AM, David Harmon <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> If Apex Surplus does not have it....it never existed.
>
> 73
>
> David Harmon
> K6XYZ
> Sperry, OK
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Of
> David Stinson
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> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson
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> Read-  Heed.
> You'll be glad you did.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bonds, A B via BoatAnchors" <boatanchors at theporch.com>
> To: <boatanchors at theporch.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 11:22 AM
> Subject: [BoatAnchors] An object lesson
>
>
> > This is a farewell to a good friend, but also an object lesson.
> >
> > Nelson Weber was my best pal in High School.  We were both
> > wire-heads, and he showed considerable skill at circuit
> > analysis and design.  At age 15 (around 1962) he designed and
> > built a 100w mono amplifier around an Acrosound output
> > transformer and six 6HF5's in pp parallel.  Clean as a whistle.
> > After his visit to the Land of the Little People (elect tech at
> > Ton Son Nhut airbase) he went to work for Dolby labs,
> > acoustivoicing theaters.  We were thrown out of more than one
> > high-end audio boutique when he showed up with his calibrated
> > mikes and Altec spectrum analyzer.  His last job (to my
> > knowledge) was doing audio for Universal Studios in LA.
> >
> > Over the years he accumulated an enormous pile of gear, very
> > high-end and usually at fire-sale prices.  Think McIntosh,
> > Marantz, Fisher, Dynaco, HH Scott, Ampex.  It came to fill his
> > house and his yard.
> >
> > About three months ago he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
> > and entered a hospice a month ago.  He died (age 67) on March
> > 10.
> >
> > His sister and niece cleaned out the house and yard.  The gear
> > went to the curb and to a dumpster.  What did they know of it?
> > Fortunately someone emptied the dumpster and much of the gear
> > went to Apex Surplus in the San Fernando Valley  (some is still
> > there, if you are in the area).  But the relatives did not get
> > a dime from it.
> >
> > Have a plan, folks.
> >
> > A. B. Bonds
> >
> >
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