On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 07:39:22 -0500, Nick Hull
wrote:

In article ,
Gene Kearns wrote:

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 16:15:16 -0700, Tim Killian
wrote:

Look around at your collection and ask "When was the last time I opened
that box or picked up that tool? If it was more than five years ago,
throw it away, donate it, or sell it without another thought. If it was
more than two years ago, think seriously about its real value and
utility, and why you're still keeping it.


Yeah, right.... the surest way to tempt Murphy is to throw something
away. It may not have been touched for 30 years, but the moment after
you throw it away... you'll NEED it....

I've seen this done with everything from tooling, to entire sets of
blueprints.....

Amen. I have some tools I only use for a few minutes every 5 years. If
I didn't keep it I would have to make a new one every time.

Where to keep it? Start by buying a farm, 100 ac is a good start. You
van keep lots of good stuff. Yes, I do throw stuff away if I NEVER use
it.

Ive been building a pole barn/awning the last couple weekends and for
the first time in 8 yrs, dug out the Clark "Realist" transit to level
it. If Id disposed of it, Id still be working on getting it level.
Took me about 20 minutes to do the job.

Course I did have to move a whole bunch of Stuff to find it....sigh

Gunner

"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child -
miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied,
demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.
Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke