[sdiy] Old Age and Synth-DIYers

[R. D. Davis]

Quothe nN AAt e e, from writings of Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 01:38:10AM
-07\ 00:
>     a little over a month ago, i turned eighteen. so relative to me, some of
> the regulars on this list [while i wouldn't say too old], are getting to be
> [or are] for the most part, over the hill... admit it, you know you are :P

In a sense, age is merely a state of mind, although something often
overlooked in our "youth oriented" and dumbed-down societies is that
with age often comes increasing knowledge.  Hence, we can often learn
much valuable information from our elders, who have most likely
learned more lessons from life, and accumulated more knowledge, than
we have, if we listen to them.  BTW, I'm guessing that, at forty, I'm
one of the younger list members; don't consider myself old, and still
feel that I've much more to learn from my elders.

>     i was curious... have anyone here ever thought about what you would want
> your family to do with all of your synthesizers and equipment after you have
> passed away?

Yes.  I plan to hang around, in spirit form, and still play with them
if and when I want to, haunting anyone who does with them what I don't
want them to do. :-) Anyway, as to what will become of them, that's
what wills are for... no point in revealing them to anyone before it's
necessary to do so, however.

> appreciate them as you do, would you have them sent to someone who could be
> considered a peer, such as one of the other seasoned members of the list
> that you trust? or even someone who could be considered an 'up and comer',

No point in telling too much, i.e. letting people know about the
contents of one's will, and risk getting croaked by someone, so that
they can get some toys, etc. to play with far sooner than they should.
Having multiple, as similar as possible, copies of one's will prepared
by a few lawyer's, unknown to each other, wouldn't hurt either.

-- 
Copyright (C) 2004 R. D. Davis The difference between humans & other animals: 
All Rights Reserved            an unnatural belief that we're above Nature & 
                               her other creatures, using dogma to justify such
www.rddavis.org 410-744-4900   beliefs and to justify much human cruelty.