[Boatanchors] Interesting Boatanchor Site

[ddswl]

Boy there is sure a lot of jealous people out there, a least someone is
saving stuff!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <ka1kaq at GMAIL.COM>
To: <BOATANCHORS at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [BOATANCHORS-TEMPE] [Boatanchors] Interesting Boatanchor Site


> On 3/23/06, fkamp at comcast.net <fkamp at comcast.net> wrote:
> > doc wrote:
> > >>
> > >
> > > A well-lived life includes attention to balance.
> > >
> >
> > Very true.  Unfortunately it also includes lots of folk
> > willing to define 'balance' for you.
>
> Yep, and as far as I'm concerned, to each his own. What amused me was
> the way he referenced the items as rare, very rare, extremely rare,
> holy grail, etc. as well as the reference to paying off his mortgage
> by selling two pieces of gear. To me at least, the approach seems to
> put the emphasis more on assigning value or importance to his
> 'collection', and less on the actual radio/historical subject. More
> like a pissing contest, 'my pile is bigger and rarer than yours' or
> such. Who cares?
>
> I'm not one who agrees with the ridiculous term of 'hoarder' as it
> smacks of jealousy and, as you point out Frank, someone else wanting
> to define balance for you in their terms. There are stamp and coin
> collectors out there with some pretty large collections, are they
> hoarding simply because they have many different examples, or
> something someone else doesn't? Should they have, say - only a dozen
> coins or stamps? OTOH, having ten of the same item just so you can say
> you have ten of them seems silly to me, but it's not for me to decide.
> Opinions are like ears: most folks seem to have them.
>
> I agree that the museum reference is misused in the accepted sense
> (not to mentioned hap-hazardly piled equipment), but it adds to the
> overall laugh-ability of the site and situation. I saw maybe half a
> dozen things of interest (like the SX-73 and a few others), mostly a
> lot of stuff I pass by at hamfests and tag sales. Not my cup of tea,
> but we now know that someone is saving it.
>
> The liberal use of exclamation points and upper case text in his
> descriptions is the topping on the cake, but then he is on the left
> coast. (o:
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ
>
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