5/4/21. The free table at the NEARC
old radio show is a troubled but revered institution where the
exhibitors are supposed to leave valuable things for free — as opposed
to the table theyve rented where they sell things. And even those
who
havent brought stuff to sell can put things on the free table.
... The trouble is, stuff is always left
on the free table that nobody wants, and then the hard-working club
volunteers have to do something with it. Naturally, the stuff left on
the table tends to be valueless junk. Various disciplinary schemes have
been proposed and even adopted, but so far I dont think the problems
gone away — not
that Ive attended a show recently, NEARC
being in the Northeast, and I in paradise.
... But free table outrage bubbles over in the newsletter.
That which drives people to discard junk on the free table is the very thing that gives them anxiety about what will happen to their junk when they kick the bucket. In both cases, delusional estimates of value are involved — but arguably such delusional estimates are involved in much of what happens in our lives, good & bad. ... Anyway, I regularly read pitiful plaints from camera/music/radio/etc. hobbyists about how everyone should be so careful to document everything they own so some ignorant person just doesnt shuffle it all off to the landfill! ... And their pre-death behavior is often described, cruelly, by know-it-alls, as hoarding. ... Here I will gin-up a topical quote:
For them that think deaths honesty
Wont fall upon them naturally
Life
sometimes must get lonely
— Bob Dylan, Its Alright, Ma (Im Only Bleeding)
And by naturally is meant the survivors calling Punks With Junk or someone to come and remove the pitiful debris for a very reasonable fee. If theres really anything worth $, one can contact auctioneers who will deal with it — or not, if it isnt worth anything....