[Boatanchors] [ARC5] "Oldtimer bitching"? Or Timely Warning? You Decide.

[Bry Carling]

Not to throw water on this it could be right.

However, these predictions are often wrong. When I started making crystals available 12 - 14 years ago, 
I thought the market would saturate within 6 months.
Such ideas may seem right but often the reality can stand them on their head. Classic amateur
gear is still selling well, even the junk "novice rigs" are being snapped up by guys who want to 
operate in the Novice Rig Roundup every February.

Time will tell.

> From: arc5 at ix.netcom.com
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 19:40:09 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [ARC5] "Oldtimer bitching"? Or Timely Warning?	You Decide.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Don Merz via ARC5" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
> 
> 
> It's not "bitching". These are not "complaints". It's a warning. 
> I think what most of us on these lists recognize is this....
> If you want any money out of your collection of ANY old, 
> special-interest technology, NOW IS THE TIME. 10 years from now 
> will not work. Your kids will most likely load it into a 
> dumpster. This or something close to this is a guaranteed 
> outcome. It's not ambiguous. It's demographically unavoidable.
> ----------------------
> 
> I wrote this in November of 2015.
> In this context, I think it bares repeating:
> 
> "All Good Things...."
> 
> "I don't know. The young people just don't care
> about this anymore. They have new things that
> interest them."
> 
> "Yes, but surely some of them see and appreciate the
> fine craftsmanship, the elegant beauty and function.
> We need to think of interesting projects; a way to
> get them involved. We're getting old and unless we
> can spark a passion like ours in the young, the craft
> will pass away with us!"
> 
> "Yes; that may be an answer. There will always be
> at least a few who will appreciate and cherish these
> works of skill and art. We must find them and
> "pass the torch" of our passion and knowledge
> before it goes out forever...."
> 
> This conversation took place in China.
> 5000 years ago.
> They were talking about the dying skill and art
> of crafting excellent and beautiful chariots.
> Conversations like it have been repeated for millenia.
> 
> Today, those with the skill and the passion
> to produce fine chariots can be counted on the fingers
> of one hand. They still exist, and they matter,
> but the passion and skill will inevitably pass
> from the living world.
> 
> It is the nature of the Universe and of  Man himself
> that "all good things must come to an end."
> We can and should make efforts to preserve our craft
> as long as possible, but we must also accept that its time
> has come and gone. Few will "carry the flame" for us.
> Find those few- they are what matter.
> Ignore the masses, for they do not.
> 
> Perhaps it's best to adapt the ancient Greek philosophy
> (was it the Stoics?) : "The universe was born when I
> was born and will cease to exist when I die."
> Cherish and enjoy your passion and craft while your
> time remains, but do not expect it to survive forever;
> Nothing physical can.
> 
> There is this: Unlike "those who have no hope-"
> for a person of Faith, nothing is ever lost.
> Everything is remembered and preserved.
> Faith is the only hope of conquering Entropy.
> 
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