There comes a point in everyone's life where they wonder why they have so much stuff. This is usually when they move. For the second time. In a year. Like my family did. I must admit that I moved quite a bit growing up as an army brat, but we had movers and packers. All we did was show up. Sometimes not even that! Then there were the numerous times I moved while on my mission, but transfers were much different than moving. You had two suitcases, and that's what your life was for two years. I still had messes, and whenever I lost something my companion told me to look at least three layers down on my desk. He was usually right too.
Now things have changed. Having a wife and two girls, all sorts of junk and stuff accumulates, and in the oddest places. But I'm going to try to tackle the more obvious things first, and then move from there.
Here we have exhibit number one.
Reasons I can think of hanging onto this:
- Still functional
- It can be used in a science experiment, or at least donated to the Electrical Engineering project lab
- It could be hacked to tune into locally broadcast RF signals
- I'm too lazy to take it to the
Eco Station
Reasons to get rid of this:
- Lost the transmitter
- Apartment is laid out such that we can hear our daughter crying from anywhere in the apartment, including the balcony
- The only time when it would be slightly useful would be while doing laundry, but the transmitter may not work through three floors of concrete, and therefore defeats the purpose
- It's ugly and taking up space
Looks like this little guy is going to be taking a trip to the
Eco Station since my current employ is located very close to the Southside location. That and my boss does a run every now and again to dump batteries and the like.
Final Verdict:
TOSS
