Estate Sale

(IMHD: ‘Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose’.)
Had another ‘Estate’ sale yesterday, continuing today. It’s good to get rid of stuff, even stuff I like, reminds me that it’s all just stuff.

Sold a bunch of crap I’m not even sure where I got or why I still had. Who keeps a 1/2HP motor for 30 years? Anyway, had fun talking to strangers, selling stuff and keeping cool in my air-conditioned house. It got up to 81F yesterday (that’s hot for us here near the coast).

Margie came over in the morning to offer support and a little help, turns out I can be quite the chatterbox sometimes. (IMHD: Blah, blah, blah – why can’t I shut up?!)

Got some interest in the tools and toolboxes, nearly new, hardly used, cost me almost $2600, asking $1300. Most people don’t walk around with $1300 on them.

My in-home shop is going to be a chore to clear out. 10’s of thousands of individual electronic parts. And lots of electronic test equipment. It’s going to be hard to sell it all but my plans include a shop in whatever I buy so if it’s big enough, I’ll be able to care a lot of it with me. I’ll have to buy a mini scope to replace my big one to save room.

Got to talking to the FEDEX guy when I was shipping the stuff to Mush, turns out he has some elderly parents out in Sublimity, OR who bought a 32′ Fleetwood back in ’95 then hardly used it. It’s sitting in a warehouse on their farm most of the time. There’s only 9,000 miles on the thing and they are asking $35,000. Guess I’ll take a trip and go out and see it tomorrow. The problem is the low miles. They think it’s more valuable, actually, it’s worth less…think of all the seals, bearings and belts in and on the engine and tranni that are just sitting there, resting with lots of weight on them, developing flat spots. So, when you get to driving it, stuff starts to break or leak, especially engine seals.

Opps, got to get set up for the ‘Estate’ sale! Fun!