[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson

[Peter Gottlieb]

MANY people I've spoken to who have large amounts of gear have ZERO interest in what happens after they're gone. Or they have completely unrealistic ideas. If you try and reason, the response is usually that they can do what they want, which is true. So I no longer bother, and accept that like ISIS destroying old history, much of electronics and radio history will go the same route. Myself, I'm going the planning route and reducing, and have instructions for the remainder. 


Peter

> On Apr 15, 2015, at 11:53 AM, Don Merz via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Boatanchors [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
>> Of
>> David Stinson
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 11:39 AM
>> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net; boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] [BoatAnchors] An object lesson
>> 
>> 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 p