[rescue] storing old Suns and parts

[Dave McGuire]

On 4/8/26 16:10, Mouse via rescue wrote:
>>> 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.

   Re: the emotional attachments...Isn't that what life is all about? 
Or SHOULD BE about?

          -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA