[sdiy] Messy workshop and Into the future (was Old Age and Synth-DIYers)

[Pete Niedermayr]

Fortunately,
 I made enough money that I was able to spend some to convert the garage
into an
office which is where I am right now.

We call it " the men's crisis center" around here.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Gravenhorst" <music.maker at gte.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Messy workshop and Into the future (was Old Age and
Synth-DIYers)


> "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org> wrote:
> >Quothe allenre at umich.edu, from writings of Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at
> >01:27:08PM -0400:
> >> 2) If you can THINK of a use for something, it is worth keeping!
> >
> >If you think that you might possibly think of a use for something at
> >some point in the near or distant future, it's worth keeping!  Once
> >in a while I find that something, kept for that purpose, twenty or
> >more years ago, comes in very handy!
> >
> >> 3) This is key--never get rid of something unless you absolutely have
to (to
> >> make room for more stuff) !
> >
> >Definitely!  Just curious about something though... something that
> >some other bachelors are perhaps also wondering about: Those of you
> >who've gotten married, and kept all of your valued posessions, how did
> >you do it?  Those of you who've gotten married and had to get rid of
> >valued posessions, what early warning signs should we be on the
> >lookout for before it's too late?  Such vital information needs to be
> >passed down to others in the best intersts of mankind and SDIY.
>
> There is no clue.  It happens like a thief in the night, but ONLY after
you are
> married.  She won't ever tell you her plan until after it's too late.  My
> workshop was in one of the 3 bedrooms (now my son's) and the music studio
was
> 1/3 of the living room.  She lived with me for 3 months before we got
married,
> and said absolutely nothing.  After we got married, the axe fell.
Fortunately,
> I made enough money that I was able to spend some to convert the garage
into an
> office which is where I am right now.  All of my stuff is down here.  I
had to
> get rid of some, a PDP 11/04 system with 3 RK05s was donated to a local
> university.  I really had no use for it anyway.  The upshot is that there
was no
> warning whatsoever, just all of a sudden one day when it was legally too
late to
> do anything about it, I had to deal with the stuff in the livingroom and
bedroom.
>
>
> >-- 
> >Copyright (C) 2004 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other
animals:
> >All Rights Reserved            an unnatural belief that we're above
Nature &
> >                               her other creatures, using dogma to
justify such
> >www.rddavis.org 410-744-4900   beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.
> >
>
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