[Milsurplus] "Oldtimer bitching"? Or Timely Warning? What to do now?

[Richard Solomon]

I am going to check with the local
High Schools to see if they want
any of this stuff.

Think I can convince the IRS the
acquisition cost is deductible !!

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 5:51 PM, Mike Feher <n4fs at eozinc.com> wrote:

> I have to agree with Jeff. I have been accumulating for over 55 years and
> everything I bought, with very few exceptions, I bought for myself, for my
> enjoyment. I bought them to learn from, modify, re-build, restore, or add
> to my collection. Just in that alone I got my money out of them. While I
> would prefer my kids to get the maximum out of all my stuff for themselves,
> I have discussed this with them numerous times, and after I am gone it is
> their decision. The one thing I will never do is donate anything to a
> museum. I have seen too often what happens with museums. . 73 – Mike
>
>
>
> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
>
> 89 Arnold Blvd.
>
> Howell, NJ, 07731
>
> 732-886-5960
>
>
>
> *From:* Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf
> Of *Jeff Kruth via Milsurplus
> *Sent:* Monday, July 25, 2016 8:39 PM
> *To:* milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Milsurplus] "Oldtimer bitching"? Or Timely Warning? What
> to do now?
>
>
>
> Hello All!
>
>
>
> I guess I have taken a different tack with all this: My wife worries about
> what she will do with all my stuff when I kick off. I say sell it for what
> you can or give it away or throw it out, because I wont care at that point.
> This is what I like to do and my widgets make me happy. So what if I cant
> get the last nickel out of something?
>
> I have been going to hamfests and selling stuff since 1972, (mostly
> buying...). These days, when I see a kid there I try to engage him or her
> and end up giving them something. Recently, at Milford OH H/F, gave a kid a
> 20 MHz dual channel Gould DSO that worked. No one needed it, no one asked
> about it, but you should have seen his eyes bug out. I asked him if he knew
> what a scope was, he said he did, I then asked did he have one, no he
> didnt, so I told him what this one was, and god bless him, he said "How
> much do you want for it?" I looked at him and said "Because you are
> tinkering with this stuff, and that is a good thing, you can have it, its
> free!"  That felt better than any other alternative, and, while money is
> nice, its not everything (unless you dont have any)! Plus he and his
> (apparently single) mom didn't look particularly flush, so all the better.
>
>
>
> I like the idea of giving stuff to kids, have been doing it at the college
> for years, now have expanded it to H/Fs.
>
>
>
> My first "real" radio was an ARC-5, BC 455 receiver. I was in a park and a
> guy saw me tinkering with a 2 tube super-regen I built from a Pop Elec
> article (like 1968), wire over a tree limb, and he said "What are you
> doing?".  When I told him, he said "Follow me" and he and his son (my age
> or so) walked a few blocks to his house and they went into the garage and
> brought out the ARC-5 set, which he gave me and told me how to make it
> work. It did and I fell in love. I still have it....
>
>
>
> Now, I think all of us can do a better job of just what that guy did for
> me, pass it on. Wont work with everything, and you may have to work a bit
> to get them to put their phone down. Even if there are no takers that what
> scrap yards are for (recycle, dont fill up the dump!).
>
>
>
> I have thought of museums, etc., even wanted to start one for surveillance
> gear at one point. Used to work with the NEM at BWI airport, the old HEM we
> started at Westinghouse in the mid '80's. Used to give them lots of stuff,
> most of which they do not have anymore, as I recently checked the back
> room. They sell a lot of their donations. I would rather give to someone
> who would treasure it.
>
>
>
> YMMV, but my 2 cents worth. Best regards to all.
>
> 73
>
>
>
> Jeff Kruth
>
> WA3ZKR
>
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