"Larry L" wrote in message
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the very bottom of one of my never-to-be-used-again gear boxes.




DISCLAIMER: This is one of LarryL's weird off thread replies to nobody in
particular .... boring stuff to follow



That never-to-be-used-again gear box has been giving me headaches lately.
I've seen a few people pass on the last couple years leaving so much
'stuff' behind it was a real pain for their loved ones. So, I'm cleaning
out my ****, determined to stop being a slave to crap I own and even more
determined to avoid making others deal with it, when I can't. The
problem? It's damn hard to ashcan "perfectly good ****." g But each
week I manage something, toss an old rod, fly box, decoys, or something.

Fwiw, it always brings a very real feeling of freedom to see the long
unused crap go, but it's still hard to throw it out .... in our culture
we're so trained to "want more, more, more, and consume, consume, consume"
that the idea of wanting to own a lot less seems a bit evil. I have a
40ft X 60ft shop that has collected junk for years, my goal is to see it
empty, or damn near so.

Throwing the stuff away doesn't solve the problem. It IS the problem.

Wolfgang
only in murrica.