Taking control of your collection

From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Tue Feb 5 00:56:35 2002

Lawrence Walker wrote:

> How do YOU limit your collection when you aren't a Sellam, John Keys
> and others with warehouse space. Seriously. It must be a problem that
> many of you have made a decision on, even when it wasn't your S.O.
> giving an ultimatum. Any guidelines ? Be stern.

First, I filled up the garage. Then it extended into the back bedroom,
then back porch, then front bedroom (when our daughter moved out), then
the dining room ... oops, company coming ... stuff to bedroom closets.
More stuff, darn where does it go ... good, the hall is still empty and
nobody will go that route. More *good* stuff, all the closets are full
so pack it higher in the garage and fill up the aisles there and block
off access to most of the back porch. More stuff, whew, a friend has an
enclosed trailer that I volunteered to store ... if I could fill it with
"stuff". More stuff ... oh, oh, another friend gives me two army tents,
time to put one up. More stuff ... sigh, put it out in the back yard in
front of the garage and try to get the good stuff out before bad weather
hits. More stuff, okay, time to fill up the ex-dining room. Hmmmm, what
to do if more stuff comes in ... okay, time to start getting rid of
stuff I don't need or want; darn that *hurts*. Good ebay will provide a
great opportunity ... but I don't want to get rid of good stuff. Okay,
get rid of the newer stuff first, 386's, 486's, monitors I figured I'd
get time to fix *some day*. This stuff is too good to toss, hmmmm, that
is what thrift stores are for. AHHHH, a free spring clean up (our city
does that) with everything I can put out there. Why are those people
looking at me like I have a sickness?
Received on Tue Feb 05 2002 - 00:56:35 GMT