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Originally Posted by IdeaDog
In getting rid of surplus "stuff", it may help you to remember that although you may love your stuff, your stuff doesn't love you.
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It's not love, but there is a sort of relationship that comes from using something for a long time: you don't have to think too much about it, and (especially with a motorcycle) it sometimes allows you to do things you "shouldn't" be able to do (such as going 'round corners too fast).
Many people's lives are hopelessly cluttered -- they spend more time buying and looking after their possessions than they do on enjoying them -- but their stuff is their problem. My stuff is my problem. I dislike having so much stuff that I trip over it even when I'm sober.
Also, what's 'surplus'? If it's more trouble to sell it than I'd get for it, and if I might find a use for it someday, I keep it. But sometimes (once a year or so) I give such semi-useful things to people, either as a present or with the suggestion they make a donation to charity. The last present was a Canon f/1.2 to a friend who admired and the last charity donation was a Werra 3 to someone -- a stranger to me -- who really loved Werras.
Cheers,
R.
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