[78-L] Average age

[Steven]

From: zimrec at juno.com
> I'm 63 and I like to tell people that I began collecting records before I 
> knew it was a disease.  Not sure how many 78-L'ers have seen the series 
> this week on NBC Nightly News about people who have downsized.  You may be 
> able to see the segments at 
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/nightly_news.  Scroll down a bit to 
> see viewer comments on the "Living with Less" series.  The initially 
> segment, broadcast on Monday, featured a young man, living in a studio 
> apartment, who claimed everything he owns would fit in the two suitcases 
> shown.  Wouldn't that be an interesting topic for a reality TV show?!! 
> Coincidentally, there is, in today's Newsday, among the classified ads for 
> garage and estate sales, a two line ad by resident of Roslyn Heights for a 
> sale on Saturday (13th) - "Reformed shoppaholic selling all."  For those 
> unfamiliar with the newspaper, Newsday is the Long Island daily that 
> covers the two counties east of New York City.  Movie buffs may recall 
> that the paper's na
me and logo were used as that for which the fictional reporter worked. ... 
And, coincidentally, the ad immediately above that of the reformed 
shoppaholic is one that mentions Victor Victrola being among the objects for 
sale. A useful site for estate sales is http://www.estatesales.net. 
Unfortunately for our neighbors to the north, the site seems to be 
restricted geographically to the USA.  Of course, anyone can access the 
site, so Canadians can easily check out sales in the border areas if they 
are so inclined.  Keep in mind that, from the home page, after you've 
clicked on a state, there will be a list of cities.  When you click on a 
city link, the list of sales that will appear will often include suburban 
areas.  Thus, clicking on New York City will also bring up a listing on 
sales in NJ, Long Island, southwest CT and the northern NYC suburbs. Art
>
What these idio...er, people...FAIL to realize is the simple fact that the 
"antiques" much beloved
by to-day's householders would NOT still exist were it not for us "crazy 
pack-rats" who hung
onto them when they were dismissed as "ugly old junk"...?!

So, in a decade or so when to-day's self-righteous DE-clutters are setting 
up
households and buying OVER-priced "antiques" (apparently, thanks to aging
baby-boomers, one of the hottest items in to-day's "antique" market is 
original
fifties furniture...?!)...they will conveniently forget that "antiques" were 
preserved
when they were merely "old junk" by us pack rat types...?!

Steven C. Barr