The thought occured to me that "registering your collection" with the local computer club or school might not be a bad idea Bill
On Thu, Jul 18, 2024, 1:38 AM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > What if you outlive your “executioners” ? > You need to have someone a good deal younger than you to be your executor. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 17, 2024, at 16:24, John Robertson via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > On 2024/07/17 11:26 a.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > >> Having just updated my Advance Directives document before going under > >> the knife and saw, I thought a bit about the subject of estate planning. > >> > >> My Lovely Wife, were she to become a Lovely Widow has enough trouble > >> dealing with day-to-day tasks. There's no way that she would want to > >> deal with the minutiae of getting rid of the old junk I have. Since > >> I'll be long past the "caring" stage, I've informed her that it's > >> perfectly acceptable to my memory to have a cleaning service come in and > >> dispose of the stuff by carting it off to a recycler. > >> > >> It will simplify her life dramatically. > >> > >> Sorry, but that's what will work for her. She will not deal well with > >> strangers coming into her house, ransacking the place for a bunch of old > >> computer gear and musical instruments. > >> > >> --Chuck > >> > > Hi Chuck, > > > > Having had a quad bypass (I'm good!) a few years back I've thought about > this a bit too. > > > > My intention is to have friends act as executioners of my stuff as they > too are collectors. > > > > I do believe if they get money for the stuff it will help my wife out in > the future after they cover expenses and their time...the idea is they > would simply take everything my wife doesn't want away and deal with the > disposal for her and then make some restitution to her. > > > > These are honourable folks...and my wife knows them. > > > > John :-#)# > > >
