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Default The joy of 2nd rate produce

On Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 1:36:24 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2019-03-07 6:30 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 3/7/2019 12:41 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>
> >> The thought of moving makes me a little faint.Â* I think when my
> >> husband dies I'm just going to burn down his workshop so I don't
> >> have to deal with it.
> >>
> >> Cindy Hamilton
> >>

> > Workshop is easy.Â* Someone will buy it and clear it out for much less
> > than the stuff is worth.Â* Just take the low-ball offer and be done..
> >
> > Moving is not easy, but varies according to your ability to get rid of
> > "stuff".Â* We brought some stuff that should have been given away
> > beforehand.Â* Easier to buy new if you really need it.Â* Trust me, you
> > don't need much of what you have.

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> My SiL had an aunt and uncle who both had good jobs and no kids. When
> the uncle died my father had to help clear the place out. The guy had a
> done of tools, all top brands and most of them, not only unused, but
> still in the box. There were multiple drills, hand saws, and all in
> brand new condition. However bought that stuff scored big time.


My father-in-law had stuff like that except it was computer stuff. I should have kept some of that crap. He had a PC board about 20" long that was stuffed with IC chips. It was a 1 MB RAM board which cost about $1000. The kids would have gotten a kick out of that.