That was, for our European cousins, a reference to a bumper sticker
popular in the old days in the USA.

So, you ghosts who post here, who are you leaving your stuff to? Does
anyone care about your toothpick holders?

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,
Here are a few suggestions and ideas

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,

That was, for our European cousins, a reference to a bumper sticker
popular in the old days in the USA.

So, you ghosts who post here, who are you leaving your stuff to? Does
anyone care about your toothpick holders?

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,

I miss you guys...anyone know of a good newsreader
program? My ISP dropped theirs.

Rhiannon

On Oct 2, 9:22 pm, asdf <ectoplasmicfin... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,

I feel sorry for my son who'll have to deal with all my junk. Some
I've already marked will stay in the family, If my son doesn't want
them, they go to siblings, nieces, nephews, whoever wants to maintain
the memories. There's some I intend to sell eventually to support
myself in my old(er) age, and the rest will probably end up in the
dumpster that I got it from. .
I miss you guys...anyone know of a good newsreader program? My ISP
dropped theirs.

Rhiannon

On Oct 2, 10:22 pm, asdf <ectoplasmicfin... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
That was, for our European cousins, a reference to a bumper sticker
popular in the old days in the USA.

So, you ghosts who post here, who are you leaving your stuff to? Does
anyone care about your toothpick holders?

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,

This is what's nice about having only one child: you
don't have to split stuff up. The problem is: we taught
her to be a collector, so she has little interest in our stuff.
We've already been simplifying over the past few years,
so only one small and unvaluable collection is left.

My cousins had a problem: they were trying to split
up their parents' stuff among the grandchildren. I
suggested they pass out Monopoly money, an equal
amount to each grandchild, and let them "buy" things
in an auction. They told me later that it worked
great, the kids had to think seriously about what they
wanted to bid on....and then I wish I'd invented
something called "The Inheritance Game". ;)

Kris

On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:22:55 -0700 (PDT), Kris Baker
parallelcooler at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

On Oct 2, 10:22 pm, asdf <ectoplasmicfin... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
That was, for our European cousins, a reference to a bumper sticker
popular in the old days in the USA.

So, you ghosts who post here, who are you leaving your stuff to? Does
anyone care about your toothpick holders?

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,

This is what's nice about having only one child: you
don't have to split stuff up. The problem is: we taught
her to be a collector, so she has little interest in our stuff.
We've already been simplifying over the past few years,
so only one small and unvaluable collection is left.

My cousins had a problem: they were trying to split
up their parents' stuff among the grandchildren. I
suggested they pass out Monopoly money, an equal
amount to each grandchild, and let them "buy" things
in an auction. They told me later that it worked
great, the kids had to think seriously about what they
wanted to bid on....and then I wish I'd invented
something called "The Inheritance Game". ;)

Kris

This is something that I am thinking more and more about as I get
older - 74 now. My oldest daughter is interested in some of what I
have collected but the other two are not. She, at least, knows what
is valuable and what is truly junk. My estate leaves everything
divided 3 ways only a few things stipulated as to who gets what. I
have left information about auctions etc. I guess I'll just die and
let them worry!!

Mary Ann
"Anything can be anywhere."

PS The only thing that I have told them that I am really serious
about is that if they haul any of my stuff out on the lawn for a yard
sale and don't wash and/or dust it first I WILL come back and haunt
them.

That was, for our European cousins, a reference to a bumper sticker
popular in the old days in the USA.

So, you ghosts who post here, who are you leaving your stuff to? Does
anyone care about your toothpick holders?

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,

"maryann kolb" <mkolb at (no spam) sc.tds.net> wrote in message
news:1f6hc5htv7q8dg7ci2p9o2jbf0iddb7bkr at (no spam) 4ax.com...
On Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:22:55 -0700 (PDT), Kris Baker
parallelcooler at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

On Oct 2, 10:22 pm, asdf <ectoplasmicfin... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
That was, for our European cousins, a reference to a bumper sticker
popular in the old days in the USA.

So, you ghosts who post here, who are you leaving your stuff to? Does
anyone care about your toothpick holders?

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,

This is what's nice about having only one child: you
don't have to split stuff up. The problem is: we taught
her to be a collector, so she has little interest in our stuff.
We've already been simplifying over the past few years,
so only one small and unvaluable collection is left.

My cousins had a problem: they were trying to split
up their parents' stuff among the grandchildren. I
suggested they pass out Monopoly money, an equal
amount to each grandchild, and let them "buy" things
in an auction. They told me later that it worked
great, the kids had to think seriously about what they
wanted to bid on....and then I wish I'd invented
something called "The Inheritance Game". ;)

Kris

This is something that I am thinking more and more about as I get
older - 74 now. My oldest daughter is interested in some of what I
have collected but the other two are not. She, at least, knows what
is valuable and what is truly junk. My estate leaves everything
divided 3 ways only a few things stipulated as to who gets what. I
have left information about auctions etc. I guess I'll just die and
let them worry!!

Mary Ann
"Anything can be anywhere."

PS The only thing that I have told them that I am really serious
about is that if they haul any of my stuff out on the lawn for a yard
sale and don't wash and/or dust it first I WILL come back and haunt
them.


Ha!

May I make a gentle recommendation? How about, next time
you have them over for dinner, you get out some of those little
1" dots, and have them write their name on them.

Tell them that they can "claim" anything they want, now, and
that you'll save it for them. They have to put one of the
stickers on an item, with a number.....and then, on a separate
sheet of paper that you'll keep, they will write down the
item description next to that number like this:

Son
1 - That thing
2 - This thing
3 - This and that

(that keeps a record in case someone tries to switch a
sticker....plus you can make them a copy of it.)

Everything else, you will send to an auctioneer and the
proceeds will be donated to charity.

That'll get 'em off the stick.

Kris

On Oct 2, 9:22 pm, asdf <ectoplasmicfin... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,

I feel sorry for my son who'll have to deal with all my junk. Some
I've already marked will stay in the family, If my son doesn't want
them, they go to siblings, nieces, nephews, whoever wants to maintain
the memories. There's some I intend to sell eventually to support
myself in my old(er) age, and the rest will probably end up in the
dumpster that I got it from. .
I miss you guys...anyone know of a good newsreader program? My ISP
dropped theirs.

Rhiannon

That was, for our European cousins, a reference to a bumper sticker
popular in the old days in the USA.

So, you ghosts who post here, who are you leaving your stuff to? Does
anyone care about your toothpick holders?

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,

My garage would be easy to clean out, if my first car wasn't
taking up half the space. It hasn't been driven for ten years, so
it's decidedly a large paperweight. But that's OK, my husband's
British motorcycle is in the garden barn ;)

We're still hoarding big stuff, I guess. The little stuff is mostly
gone.

Now I'm hoarding home canning I've done.

it never ends.

Kris

Kris Baker wrote and I snipped some:



My garage would be easy to clean out, if my first car wasn't
taking up half the space. It hasn't been driven for ten years, so
it's decidedly a large paperweight. But that's OK, my husband's
British motorcycle is in the garden barn ;)

We're still hoarding big stuff, I guess. The little stuff is mostly
gone.

Now I'm hoarding home canning I've done.

it never ends.

Kris

I know you've got a vintage 'stang, but the cycle... a Norton, perchance?

The "good" thing about hoarding home canning is that it really does not
keep indefinitely. Eventually, you just have to throw it out...but you
can keep the jars and start all over again.

Mary

That was, for our European cousins, a reference to a bumper sticker
popular in the old days in the USA.

So, you ghosts who post here, who are you leaving your stuff to? Does
anyone care about your toothpick holders?

Seriously, what are you doing with your stuff after you croak.

T,