It hurts to give away all these things, all the memories in them

Tell me about it.

just think in what would happend to my stuffs if i would have to move scares me.... too many ultrafragile modelkits

yeah too many Memories frankly I Do not think I could do it...

when I went away to Victoria BC to take First Year Art that was a eyeopening experience ... Honesty, Sexuality, Self Confidence, Living on My Own... the List goes on
missed my Mom and Dad Terribly.. only my dad is alive now still would be sad now that I have to finish and get that Sheet of Velum with the seal on it

Remember to make copies in triplicate of all the things you throw out!

Can I put an order in for your UFO parts? I'll make sure they get looked after and used properly.

Actually you can blame the "Joke" on my friend Scott. He sent me the box clearly labeled "UFO Parts" just to rattle the folks at the USPS. I leave the box up high in the storage locket just to watch the likes of Dave or Ton fall over themselves and darn near kill each other for a box full of paperback books.

At least it's a smart Mr. Foxy, putting his box of magnets on the opposite end of the room as his electronics...

Agreed. It also has been rumored to mess up airline navigation too.

Getting rid of stuff it tough. I go on binges now and then, of trying to unload a bunch of 4 inch helicopters, or a stack of furry comics, or some McDonald's toys or a bunch of Hotwheels, but usually no one wants them. Now and then, I find them homes. The rest of the time it has to be the Sally Ann, where I've no assurance the stuff won't be broken by next week without ever being sold.

I gave a lot of furry comics to a local comics fan who writes sarcastic reviews on his website.

The helicopters sat in used book & used item store across the road on commission, but no one showed any interest. But I did sell about a dozen unwanted toy cars there. The Hot Wheels were a write-off. Collectors only want them in the package, preferrably signed by the designer and the president of the company. I ended up just giving them away to kids, mostly.

Right. One of the reasons I gave most the stuffed animals and toys to the Thrift Store was because I felt they would be given to an actual child and make them happy, which is the purpose of playthings anyway. I'm glad you found satisfaction in doing the same with the toy cars.

My sisters will have no problem throwing away my stuff when the time comes... Their main concern is not to have to spend too much time doing it, not whether the stuff is good for anything. I'll have to live a list detailed how I want my things disposed of.

This is one reason I buy damned few comics anymore. :)

You had to do this when I'm in the middle of arranging a YARD SALE, WOULD'NT Ya? Only I'm not getting rid of just "Stuff"...some of it IS memories. I need the DOUGH.

Yes. I've had to do that as well. I need the cash, and I'm not too swift on using e-bay. I prefer to sell stuff at yard sales and flea markets, but with my stuff now 400 miles away, that's kind of difficult.

Our yardsale did well enough....the proceeds are going to a friend who is getting screwed by the System. I won't go into it...long story.
I don't do Craig's List and certainly not eBay anymore. They took too much out of me for set-up fees. Not alot but I needed all the $ I could raise. So I do Amazon. Much better, smaller sized "audience" though. ^^;
I do flea markets all summer but with this economy, nobody's buying. $20 a table and you get no sales...it's all a crapshoot. (shrug) Can't win. My stuff ain't crap either...it's my possessions. Almost insulting, it is.

I still have the box of Battle Beasts you sent me here, and recently managed to watch the Transformer anime episode in which they appear in on DVD.

Hang onto them. I think as they are, they'd still fetch a good price on the collector's market.

I'll gladly take the furry magazines and original artwork off your hands if shipping isn't too much ^^

(I'm serious btw)

UFO parts
LOL!

i've walked away from everything i couldn't carry on my back about 5 times in my life. just to get the heck away from the dead end where i'd been.

i'd take everything labled on those boxes if i had a place to put anything more then what i've already got, which i don't. you should see the 'closet' i'm living in.

someday i'll move into a real apartment, if i can find one that won't discriminate against my refusal to use credit or own a car. (either of which would eat up what little i have to spend on trains and computers which is what i prefer to)

I've thought about "Walking away" myself recently. I still enjoy drawing too much though. I might have to drop building models and get rid of my tools just to buy gas money.

Man, I don't have too much stuff but I'm kind of attached to what I do have. Makes me sad, the thought of giving a lot of it up even if I didn't really need it.

when i was little my dad worked the extra board, because he didn't have a lot of seniority yet, so we never stayed more then a couple of years in any one place until i was in the third grade, so i got sort of used to, when i was really little, having to leave stuff behind. i didn't like it of course, and now that i've got what is hopefully a reasonably reliable income, even though its just bearly enough to get by on, plus now that i'm as old as i am, (the two are kindof connected), i don't plan on or expect to have to leave behind what little i have now again. but at the time, when i was younger, it was worth more to do so then what the alternative would have been. i'd love to still have some of it, about a third of the stuff that got abandon, but the other 2/3rds was just ballast, that was sentimental to other people who had given it to me and wanted me to have it for reasons that had nothing to do with who i was or wanted to be. but i've got now, just about only what i actually and frequently use. which is still more then i can carry on my back in one load though. (or even one pickup truck load, takes about two and a half to get all of it moved)

Heh! I soon must go thru this painful ritual... I want so bad to leave Md. and the East to transplant my butt in the Rockies, out west somewhere... I guess I got at least a semi of Stuff To Be Rid Of.

The way I handled the problem was to put things in three piles. One for items I knew I'd never need again, one for stuff to keep and one pile for stuff to give to "Charity." Now "Charity" doesn't necessarily mean "Give it to the Poor," but more to give said items to friends, family and those I knew who could use or treasure the items. In giving little things to good friends, I knew they would be taken good care of, and I would know where they are.

If you're tolerant of the Summer Heat, Colorado is a nice state to live in. There's lots of Live Steam railways still in operation for the Tourist Trade. Of course North-Western Nevada is Booming because of the newly discovered Gold and Coal deposits there, so it might be worth looking into that area of the country.

OOooh He looks so sad. Poor Mr. Foxy I feel fore him...