[rescue] storing old Suns and parts

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Sun Apr 12 14:16:31 UTC 2026


On 4/12/26 09:02, Mouse via rescue wrote:
>>>>>> That's what divorce attorneys are for.
>>>>> Well, if computers are more important to you than people.
>>>> That has nothing at all to do with it.
>>> Well, perhaps not for you.  I suspect it does for most people.
>> I don't believe that's even remotely possible.  When person #1 tells
>> person #2 "I don't like that, so I don't want you to have it" or "I'm
>> not interested in that, so you can't be either"
> 
> Oh!  Yes, that, I would agree with.  That's not the sort of thing I've
> been dealing with in my life.  Only the OP can say which is closer to
> the original situation...though now that I go back and reread it, the
> original wording ("won't let them own anything that they want to own")
> reads to me closer to what you say than to what I was talking about.
> 
> My partner would have been fine with my keeping the whole collection I
> had when we met IF we had the space and money to keep it all.  I would
> be fine with her keeping all the things she keeps that I see little
> point in IF we had the space (and/or money, which we would convert to
> space) for it all.
> 
> Yes, I would say that those who try to restrict what their partners own
> and do not because of the pragmatics of it (such as space occupied) but
> because they don't understand or don't share the emotional attachment
> behind it, they are being excessive.
> 
> My apologies.  I was projecting my own situation onto what the OP said.

   No apology is necessary; it was a simple misunderstanding!

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA


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