Fly Boxes -- Advice?

"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.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang"
Newsgroups: rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:16 AM
Subject: Fly Boxes -- Advice?


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

Wolfgang
only in murrica.

Wishing to possess it all in the first place is the real problem!

.........and not only in "murrica".

One can be a slave to ones posessions. Having to get rid of a lot of stuff
that belonged to somebody else is also a terrible chore.

TL
MC

Mike Connor wrote:

Wishing to possess it all in the first place is the real problem!

........and not only in "murrica".

One can be a slave to ones posessions. Having to get rid of a lot of stuff
that belonged to somebody else is also a terrible chore.

Gawd damn, it sure is good to hear from you Mike.

Your chores are heavy of heart and please accept
my sympathies.

--
Ken Fortenberry

"Ken Fortenberry" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Gawd damn, it sure is good to hear from you Mike.

Your chores are heavy of heart and please accept
my sympathies.

--
Ken Fortenberry

I finally got a DSL flatrate, so the spam etc wont bother me much anymore!

Thank you.

TL
MC

"Mike Connor" wrote in message
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Wishing to possess it all in the first place is the real problem!

........and not only in "murrica".

One can be a slave to ones posessions. Having to get rid of a lot of stuff
that belonged to somebody else is also a terrible chore.

TL
MC


Good to hear from you again, Mike.

Danl

"Wolfgang" wrote


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



I agree and I bet many shiny nickels that I have tossed far less in my life
that still had usable life in it than "Joe Average Merican"

I drive a 1992 truck with 241,000 miles and most of my fly rods are 20+
years old, as examples. I'd love a new rod for stillwaters, have wanted it
for probably 10 years, but refuse to buy one as long as my 25+ year old
Scott is still alive ... I refuse for 'environmental ethics' reasons, not
financial

That said, it is amazing how much 'stuff' gets bought, used little, and then
stored. Example: I have 6 dozen heads ONLY for shell goose decoys ... I
can remember that I really 'needed' them for something, back when, but lord
knows what. Hehe, I checked the mfg's website and the replacement heads
are $6/ea. .... I'll try E-Baying them but I wouldn't be surprized to get
zero bids ... I offered them free to at least half dozen local hunters.