Stuff, junk

[ionelv]

For as long as I remember, I've been a rat-pack. I think this has a little to do with inheriting the trait from my mom and a lot with my personality (a thirst to learn a lot of superficial stuff on a lot of topics which causes me to save stuff, that I don't have time for, for later). Interestingly, my dad is the opposite (he discards most stuff rather easily) which probably has something to do with his life experience.

My rat-packingness has caused numerous proddings from Marina to get rid of junk I've been accumulating through the years. So, quite a while back, I did decide that she's right and that I should get rid of most of my stuff. Turning that decision into action is another story...

Most of my prized junk is in the category of computer stuff (mostly old PCs and console games bought from second-hand stores) and books (too many books). I started getting rid of old computers (and games) last time we moved and again more recently (pending an imminent move). We haven't made much of a dent in our book collection, but a day of reckoning is approaching fast.

Anyway, I was reminded of this while reading a review of an interesting book: Getting Things Done by David Allen.

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[tarwatersghost.livejournal.com]

We have an old Vic-20, an Apple computer and a TRS-80 in our basement. The TRS-80 is the only thing that was purchased new years and years ago. The Apple was a gift in pristine shape when we received it a couple of years back (Jay's parents' friends were going to throw it out and his father knew that we got a kick out of old computers). We made the mistake of lending it to a friend who claimed to have used them when they first came out and within a week, he'd fried something in it and merely returned it to us broken. The Vic-20 was something Jay's brother bought off eBay and gave to Jay at Christmas; we've never been able to get it to work. The night before last, we tried to dig up our old Atari game systems and spent an hour looking, but they seem to have gone missing. We really should get rid of some of this stuff, particularly the stuff that no longer works since neither of us knows how to repair it.

[ionelv.livejournal.com]

Check, check and check. The VIC-20, all my old Apples and my TRS-80s are on the chopping block. I think I just got tired of hauling them around. I might keep my HC85 and HC90 (VIC-20/Sinclair Spectrum/Z80 like Romanian knock-offs) due to their sentimental value.

[marinav.livejournal.com]

You mean a pack-rat? :o)

[ionelv.livejournal.com]

No, I meant rat-pack: I happen to pack a few rats in my junk, amongst which some Sinatra and Dino ;^)

[ionelv]

I have a separate mini-blog just about my computers and my interaction with them in general: http://marinel.net/cc/history.html