Thrown away: The stuff you loved and lost.Smash Wogan writes, "we all love our Mums, but we all know that Mums can be cunts, throwing out our carefully hoarded crap that we know is going to be worth millions some day."
What priceless junk have you lost because someone just threw it out?
Zero points for "all my porn". Unless it was particularly good porn...
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chthonic, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:32)
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Vintage 80s synthesizers...When I used to work in a music shop, I would have a jolly good time fleecing people on part exchange deals so I could amass a collection of 1980's instruments, which are now considered "classics" by many. Many a night was spent playing, programming and fixing them up and while they were never worth stupid amounts of money, it looked flash as fuck doing gigs with 4 or 5 of them on stage at a time!
One day, the business went downhill sharply, I lost my job and had to sell the lot just to afford to eat and not be on the streets. I was able to sell each one for over 50% profit (on account of my earlier fleecing and basic repair abilities) and made enough money to pay my rent for a few months and eat rather well until the next job came along! I was sorry to see it go, and I may never be able to get hold of some of the synths again given the stupid second hand prices nowadays... but when sold in the right way, collections like that are as good as hard currency when things get rough and you need to liquidate assets.
So, in short - FUCK stuff. It comes and goes and you should never get attached to anything you can't fling in a rucksack and take with you when you have to pick up your petticoats and do a runner. Aside from the very basics (and the equipment I need to do the job with the band) I own esentially FUCK ALL and I don't intend on amassing any more material wealth.
(, Sat 16 Aug 2008, 14:07, Reply)
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