In stead of simply throwing it all away, and not keeping any of the material for any other reason, why not just give it to a library that sells used items, or give it to some other needy organization. ----- Original Message ----- From: sarah miller <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 7:56 AM Subject: Re: school books > Are you throwing away all your kids' stuff under the name of 'junk'?! do > your kids know about this? Or is it a unilateral action? I am painfully > reminded of my father's jettissoned collections of jazz records, comic > books, and American product ads which his mother junked while his back was > turned. Nice going. I hope you have better discretion, but much more, I > hope that you're not throwing away a bunch of stuff your kids thought was > safe with you. -S > > -----Original Message----- > From: Indigo Nights [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 1:23 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: school books > > Oh, I'm soooooo glad to hear you say that. > > I'm afraid my home was turning into a museum that > violated the Fourth Law. I've spent days throwing > crap away, and I'm amazed at how much floor space I've > found. Now that my youngest has fled the nest, it's > been how much junk can a junky junk if a junky wants > her house back? Look Ma, no junk! > > I must remember that one. You can't save everything. > > Don't send Martha Stewart over to help. That goes to > the First Rule of Human Nature. You can't save > everyone! > > --- Janice Klein <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I am reminded of my "Fourth Law of Museum Work": > > > > You can't save everything > > > > Not every piece of material culture can go into a > > museum or be preserved, > > and certainly not forever. Choices -- and often > > difficult ones -- need to > > be made about what is kept. > > ===== > Indigo Nights > [log in to unmask] > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. > http://invites.yahoo.com > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff > Museum-L" (without the quotes). > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).