Comments on: A Gloomy Outcast

By: AArdvark

AArdvark — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 01:44:20 +0000

Sounds like some melancholy sadness that day. Maybe it was the line of vultures in minivans in the rain. Gave me a Christmas Carol Ghost of Things Yet To Pass feeling. The part of the story when Scrooge sees the rag women arguing over his bedsheets after he dies. Brrr!
Man, I’m making up list of my stuff and who gets it and stapling it to my will.

THE
SINKING FEELING
AARDVARK

By: Ken Autry

Ken Autry — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:25:27 +0000

at 65 years old I’m starting to deal with all that right now. CRT’s are being disposed of. Can’t seem to turn lose of the old TV’s yet. Things I’ve been meaning to repair for over 20 years are now are either being sold or trashed. I feel your pain !! Uncle Ken

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:14:30 +0000

Great post. Like you, I have a bunch of things with value to me and I am curious what will happen to them when I am gone. I can’t help but think of this: 1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

By: Steve Jones

Steve Jones — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:55:38 +0000

I get given a lot of IT bits and bobs and generally end up giving it away to some one who needs it..

Dont see the point in sitting on gear if some one else can use and enjoy it..

Reminds of the comic collectors who keep them sealed away…

By: Commodore Computer Club

Commodore Computer Club — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:28:23 +0000

Great post Rob! Last year our club did a huge purge of equipment. Like you, we’ve always tried to save things from going to the landfill by bringing it to club meetings, giving some of it away, selling some and keeping some for parts, repairs, etc… but I have to say, the purge was great and freed up a lot of space… multiple car loads left, about 12 trips to various thrift stores to make donations and sadly, some things went to the dump.

By: Paul in AZ

Paul in AZ — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:25:20 +0000

Great job, Rob. Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you. If you don’t go hunting, you’ll never know what you missed. These same thoughts cross my mind – I have a stew pot of vinyl and old stereo gear, and I often wonder what will happen when I cash it in.

Then the Peter Gabriel lyric (from Solsbury Hill) reminds me: “You can keep my things, they’ve come to take me home.”

By: Ben L

Ben L — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:22:05 +0000

It’s funny, both the Commodore and Atari Lots look tempting to me (I “only” have Two C64s and One 1541, and no Atari computer stuff), but we are getting ready to move and I am really trying to “kill my darlings” as I sort through my crap, packing it up. I know I will continue to amass treasure (junk), but this is a golden opportunity to get rid of things. On a related note, look for a “project” 5200 trackball to be listed on AtariAge soon. Honestly, who knows if our kids will even know how to hook up our old crap when the time comes? The life of a retro “hoarder”…