Sentimental Junk (Page 5): Thank goodness for the son that watches over you. My parents had living trusts and made me the trustee of my sister's inheritance. She went ballistic. She...

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Horseart wrote:

Yep, no good deed goes unpunished... but I get pai... (show quote)

Thank goodness for the son that watches over you. My parents had living trusts and made me the trustee of my sister's inheritance. She went ballistic. She told relatives that I was stealing her money, which was impossible because the financial manager has known every transaction that has taken place. Every time I spoke to her on the phone she would scream at me over it, because she was only allowed 5% of the principal each year except for certain exigencies. However, with two bankruptcies in her past, they knew she would blow through it. Eventually, despite a nice monthly income from the trust, she stopped paying her mortgage in order to pay bills and had her house foreclosed. I ended up buying a house for her, owned by the trust. She can't sell it or borrow on it, so she has a house to live in for the rest of her life. I pay the taxes and insurance from the trust and just had a roof put on from an insurance claim. But I only communicate with her by text.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

SteveR wrote:

Thank goodness for the son that watches over you. ... (show quote)

Seems like we all have a friend or family member who just doesn't conform to the norm....

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Horseart wrote:

Seems like we all have a friend or family member who just doesn't conform to the norm....

We just deal with them.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

SteveR wrote:

We just deal with them.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

SteveR wrote:

In the process of moving from one house to another... (show quote)

All my film photography equipment… A DX log of radio stations I listened to in the mid-to-late 1960s… A Rat Fink key fob… Too much.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

SteveR wrote:

In the process of moving from one house to another... (show quote)

This must be a joke. With all the junk each of us accumulates during our lifetime your major concern is a pen??
If I took a hard look around my house I'd need a few dumpsters to make a difference.
Consider your self lucky

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Horseart wrote:

Seems like we all have a friend or family member who just doesn't conform to the norm....

I can confirm that

SteveR Loc: Michigan

mr spock wrote:

This must be a joke. With all the junk each of us accumulates during our lifetime your major concern is a pen??
If I took a hard look around my house I'd need a few dumpsters to make a difference.
Consider your self lucky

Well, Spock. you Vulcans may not be aware of this, lacking emotion, but on earth we have two kinds of junk. There's regular junk and then there's sentimental junk. I understand how on Vulcan there is no such thing as "sentimental junk." Junk is junk. In the course of this discussion I have since googled my Parker 51 and learned that some are going for good money. My pen is moving rapidly out of the "junk" category.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

SteveR wrote:

Well, Spock. you Vulcans may not be aware of this, lacking emotion, but on earth we have two kinds of junk. There's regular junk and then there's sentimental junk. I understand how on Vulcan there is no such thing as "sentimental junk." Junk is junk. In the course of this discussion I have since googled my Parker 51 and learned that some are going for good money. My pen is moving rapidly out of the "junk" category.

The difficulty of monetizing a piece of erstwhile junk is the labor involved in advertising it, selling it, packing it, shipping it, and posting it. It's gotta be worth my time to do that. I do have a lot of items that are worth something. I don't see the path in translating their value into cash.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

SteveR wrote:

Well, Spock. you Vulcans may not be aware of this, lacking emotion, but on earth we have two kinds of junk. There's regular junk and then there's sentimental junk. I understand how on Vulcan there is no such thing as "sentimental junk." Junk is junk. In the course of this discussion I have since googled my Parker 51 and learned that some are going for good money. My pen is moving rapidly out of the "junk" category.

You've just proven my point. I am well aware of the difference. If an item has sentimental value and helps you recall wonderful memories why spend a nano-second thinking of whether you should dispose of it.
Put the pen is your favorite desk drawer and move on to the meaningful decisions in your life.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

burkphoto wrote:

The difficulty of monetizing a piece of erstwhile junk is the labor involved in advertising it, selling it, packing it, shipping it, and posting it. It's gotta be worth my time to do that. I do have a lot of items that are worth something. I don't see the path in translating their value into cash.

Well said.
And it can't be a very sentimental piece if you're googling it for its value.

JustJill Loc: Iowa

SteveR wrote:

In the process of moving from one house to another... (show quote)

I guess I like useful old stuff. My grandma's old Red Wing bowl that I still use. And another old serving bowl. The river rocks from the old creek that ran through the farm and that she polished in her rock polisher. Though they are not considered useful. The Civil War sabre of my great-great grandfather, and his picture which are the only things our son is interested in.

Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio

SteveR wrote:

Mine does not come apart like yours does to clean. The tube that holds the ink is permanent. It has a piece of metal that goes around it lengthwise that you squeeze to cause suction to not only load it with ink but also clean it. I believe mine preceded yours.

I'd clean it with IPA (isopropyl alcohol) by squeezing as much ink out as I could, then filling it with the IPA. Do this a couple of times with the IPA, emptying it at the end. It should stay clean and dry in that condition so it can be loaded with ink in the future.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

It's really sad that each succeeding generation seems to be less and less interested in the "old" stuff their parents/grandparents cherished.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

mr spock wrote:

It's really sad that each succeeding generation seems to be less and less interested in the "old" stuff their parents/grandparents cherished.

I agree - a different disposable world, where “new” is the key word and noting is repaired or cherished and maintained, just replaced with another “new” one. Not my philosophy. We cherish things from our parents and grandparents, and I think/hope we’ve passed a love of fine old things onto our children.