[rescue] storing old Suns and parts

[Mouse]

>> Either my collection is too big, or my house is too small.  [...]
>> I've now bought a garage as storage.  [...]
> I apologize for asking, but why are you holding on to all this stuff?

I'm not the poster, but this *is* a very good question, one I've had to
ask myself a lot recently.

Speaking purely personally, here.  But I've seen tendencies in many of
you on the list that make me think I'm not too far from representative
in a bunch of respects, so maybe these thoughts will help some of you.

It's very easy to slip into trying to *logically* justify an
*emotional* attachment to things, and that is usually a frustrating and
pointless thing to try to do.  I, for example, have an emotional soft
spot for VAXen and Suns.  It's not one I can justify logically, but
I've realized it *is* fundamentally emotional and I've thus stopped
trying to justify it any other way (and have managed to let go of
criticizing myself for my inability to justify it logically; that was
nontrivial...).

I've also found it difficult to balance emotional attachment versus
logistical considerations such as space to keep things in and which of
them I can in practice run routinely.  But recognizing that that's what
I'm actually doing has made it easier for me to live content with the
results.

So: while I echo the question - "why are you keeping all this?" - it's
not because I criticize you for it, though as English uses such
questions it's easy for it to come across that way.  It's not even
because I want to know the answer.  It's because you figuring out the
answer(s) to that question is likely to give you more clarity on how
best to handle your stuff.

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