Video tour of whats left in a worksop from 14 years after guys death

[Homer J Simpson]

Shago066 gives a video tour of a guys shop left over from when he passed away.

No too much electrical or electronics specific but interesting to watch and sad at the same time.

A lifetime of work and hobby all going to the dump.



 

[MT]

The woman gives birth over the grave, as a philosopher once coined. Most left is garbage, no "ordnung muss sein" in that garage.

[GeorgeOfTheJungle]

That RCA is a point-contact transistor! (@35:50)

[unknownparticle]

So sad to see the lifes work of a guy go to a dump. I can't help thinking my stuff may eventually suffer the same fate.  I don't have a collection on that scale but friends that know of my guilty secret accuse me of being a hoarder and that I should 'declutter'.  My response is that it isn't clutter and my only problem is not too much stuff but too little space!

[Bud]

You nailed it! As BigClive said "if you are not a hoarder than you not have enough space" 

[ebastler]

What qualified the guy to get a first pass at the remaining goods before they got cleaned out? He does not seem to know much about anything.

Also, why does he think it is acceptable to tour a deceased person's house with a camera, thumb through their private photos, and then post the video on Youtube?

I'm glad I don't know the videographer, and hope I will never meet him. Dumb and rude.

[schmitt trigger]

Those Sylvania tubes in the yellow boxes appear to be NOS.

[nctnico]

So sad to see the lifes work of a guy go to a dump. I can't help thinking my stuff may eventually suffer the same fate.  I don't have a collection on that scale but friends that know of my guilty secret accuse me of being a hoarder and that I should 'declutter'.  My response is that it isn't clutter and my only problem is not too much stuff but too little space!

Wrong assumption. Make a list from memory with everything you have. Everything not on the list should go into the garbage. If you don't know you have it, you will buy it if you need it anyway.

There is this TV show called 'American Pickers' which often shows similar hoards.

[Echo88]

Is there anything under the rubbish thats as valuable as the moments spent with the deceased person, which is the true treasure? Nope, not to be found in those jars full of screws or under old catalogues.

[MrMobodies]

I remember when some board makers use to relabel chips with all sorts of names and I think the one with the ETEQ chipset 31:23 is either a rebranded SiS or Via.

There is a top header slot connector that I came across along time ago that I saw on some of the boards in a Compaq 386 that is on the Trident VGA ISA video card at 32:11 in the video.

9:00
"I mean would you call this complex or insane?"

I think of it as fun but then it is still hoarding.

[vk6zgo]

Having a well stocked junk hoard has saved my bacon on quite a few occasions----notably when having to replace a porcelain insulating standoff from the PA grid circuit of a "Nera" FM Broadcast transmitter.
The manufacturer was on the "other side of the world" & semi-defunct, so it was wait & hope for months, or try to find something.

In a box of National HRO parts at home, I found two standoffs which were just about the right size, & could be pressed into service--"one for now", & one for a spare.

Just as well I provided a spare, as years later, that insulator failed too, & needed replacement.(the circuit layout was a very poor design).
I hadn't possessed a National HRO for over a decade at the time, so had contemplated giving the bits away!

[Gregg]

I recently had the eye-opening experience of being the executor for the estate of a friend who had a similar amount of stuff.  It is sad to see so much stuff that is too good to throw away and try to find reasonable homes for the majority of items.  As one gets older, the projects that once seemed to be relevant become a burden especially with failing health. Things that once mattered just don’t matter anymore. 
From the video, it seems like the relatives may have made much of the mess looking for valuables.  It is amazing how greedy some people can become.
From my experience, I spent almost a year clearing up details for very little compensation.  I can fully see why someone would call the junk haulers especially if the real estate property needs to be sold and there is no clause in the estate to pay the executor. 
Lessons I learned:
1.   If you have anything left of value, dying isn’t cheap
2.   If you have a bunch of stuff that you deem valuable and you find a trusted person that is willing to be your executor, get a clause in the will or trust to pay them appropriately; lawyers are reluctant to do this because they are lazy and want to go with the “customary” 1.5%.
3.   Lawyers are mostly scumbags that are only in the business of getting paid more than they are worth
4.   Beneficiaries expect the executor to work for nothing but have no problem paying 6% to real estate agents and $400 to $500 an hour to lawyers out of the estate funds
5.   If you agree to be an executor, read the trust and will documents very very carefully and insist on changes you deem necessary before the person dies.  Make sure that you will have access to estate funds immediately upon the death to pay expenses.
6.   Make doubly sure that everything has been done to keep the estate out of any court action; this usually involves setting up a trust in the US.

[Stray Electron]

What qualified the guy to get a first pass at the remaining goods before they got cleaned out? He does not seem to know much about anything.

Also, why does he think it is acceptable to tour a deceased person's house with a camera, thumb through their private photos, and then post the video on Youtube?

I'm glad I don't know the videographer, and hope I will never meet him. Dumb and rude.

   I agree on all points. The narrator doesn't have a clue of what things are worth or what's useful and what's not.

     That grease in the military can that the narrator is complaining about is still being made and is still some of the best around.  While the narrator was ranting about the fan, there was a complete rifle (a Mauser?) or at least the stock lying just beyond it that he completely missed.  Original military stocks are worth anywhere from $100 to several hundreds of dollars, complete rifles general start at about $1000 and go UP from there.  ALL of that welding equipment and tanks are still in demand are worth good money.  Again tanks alone are $100 OR MORE.  Has anyone priced some of the rarer name-brand vacuum tubes lately?  And I noticed that he left a whole drawer full of aircraft gauges. It appears that he had no clue of what they were.  I had enough of his idiocy and I stopped at 18 minutes in.

[Bud]

Things that once mattered just don’t matter anymore. 

Heck, i will one day write this on the wall in my shack 

[Cyberdragon]

What qualified the guy to get a first pass at the remaining goods before they got cleaned out? He does not seem to know much about anything.

Also, why does he think it is acceptable to tour a deceased person's house with a camera, thumb through their private photos, and then post the video on Youtube?

I'm glad I don't know the videographer, and hope I will never meet him. Dumb and rude.

   I agree on all points. The narrator doesn't have a clue of what things are worth or what's useful and what's not.

     That grease in the military can that the narrator is complaining about is still being made and is still some of the best around.  While the narrator was ranting about the fan, there was a complete rifle (a Mauser?) or at least the stock lying just beyond it that he completely missed.  Original military stocks are worth anywhere from $100 to several hundreds of dollars, complete rifles general start at about $1000 and go UP from there.  ALL of that welding equipment and tanks are still in demand are worth good money.  Again tanks alone are $100 OR MORE.  Has anyone priced some of the rarer name-brand vacuum tubes lately?  And I noticed that he left a whole drawer full of aircraft gauges. It appears that he had no clue of what they were.  I had enough of his idiocy and I stopped at 18 minutes in.

Used gas torch equipment is only valuable after it's been inspected, otherwise it's just a potential deathrap. Also, I thought that drawer was in the dresser he took.

[TerraHertz]

Wow I knew that was going to be super annoying just from the title. Sure enough, first few seconds, he dumps a new 486 motherboard out of its anti-static bag then handles it with a rubber gloves. Chances he put it _back_ in the bag: zero. Then the video just keeps going south.

I saw numerous heavy blunt objects I'd enjoy bashing that ignorant barbarian's brains out with.

Tragedy rating: 8 out of 10.  Can't watch it all.

[unknownparticle]

My recollection of my stuff is pretty good but even the stuff I may have forgotten is still important to me, and would be a pleasant surprise when I find it!
My stuff is part of who I am and I don't want to just think of it in terms of what will happen to it when I die, as that would define the remaining time I have.
I do however, have a plan of what will happen to my estate eventually.
Regarding the guy who made this video, he may not know of the value or importance of some of the stuff he was sorting through but check out his videos on repairing old TV's, he knows his stuff.

[Ed.Kloonk]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowerbird

[ebastler]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowerbird

They are renowned for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a mate.

Sorry, but I'm afraid neither the collection we saw in the video, nor any of our own piles of "treasures", are going to be effective to that end. 

Edit: Messed-up sentence fixed... Thanks unknownparticle!

[unknownparticle]

Do you mean 'not' going to effective?  Unless she is a nerd of course!!  One of my female nerd friends loves to visit and fondle my treasures!!!

[ebastler]

Do you mean 'not' going to effective?  Unless she is a nerd of course!!  One of my female nerd friends loves to visit and fondle my treasures!!!

Thanks, you are right of course.
Too much information on the "fondling my treasures" part though. 

[Ed.Kloonk]

Do you mean 'not' going to effective?  Unless she is a nerd of course!!  One of my female nerd friends loves to visit and fondle my treasures!!!

Thanks, you are right of course.
Too much information on the "fondling my treasures" part though. 

Separate thread. And photos or it didn't happen.

[unknownparticle]

Do you mean 'not' going to effective?  Unless she is a nerd of course!!  One of my female nerd friends loves to visit and fondle my treasures!!!

Thanks, you are right of course.
Too much information on the "fondling my treasures" part though. 

Separate thread. And photos or it didn't happen.

You wish!!

[Ed.Kloonk]

Do you mean 'not' going to effective?  Unless she is a nerd of course!!  One of my female nerd friends loves to visit and fondle my treasures!!!

Thanks, you are right of course.
Too much information on the "fondling my treasures" part though. 

Separate thread. And photos or it didn't happen.

You wish!!

Some people do actually take me up on the offer. My hard drive is a lot like that gentleman's garage.

(I hope nobody rifles through it after I gone. Or before even.)

[nctnico]

Wow I knew that was going to be super annoying just from the title. Sure enough, first few seconds, he dumps a new 486 motherboard out of its anti-static bag then handles it with a rubber gloves. Chances he put it _back_ in the bag: zero. Then the video just keeps going south.

Ofcourse. What is the use of an old 486 motherboard? Zero. Even if you want to restore an old piece of equipment there are plenty of Pentium-II and Pentium-III boards out there which still have ISA slots.