Cleaning out the garage this afternoon. Removed the hard drive from my very first computer. Felt a little like a brain surgeon in doing so. Had to go online and look at a picture of a hard drive to make sure that's what was removed. I imagine that there might be one or two other people who have been living in caves since the 1960's who might not have known. Now I know! (I think.) Add the hard drive to the plastic storage crate in the closet full of computer accessories. Various cords, wires and plugs, mouse(s), microphones, adapters, old modems, web cam, more cords, etc .... None of which I know what to do with but am afraid to discard. Just in case it's needed someday.
Old Rolling Stones and Sporting News magazines also fell victim to the cleansing. Saved all these years because I thought that I might just want to go back and re-read them someday .... but that day never seems to arrive. It's time to cut the ties to youth. Those two brands have literally downsized quite a bit in the last 35 or so years.
There's a few second and third thoughts as the long walk to the recycle bin is undertaken but in the end, it feels good to create space where before there was clutter. It's like, "Free your mind!!" After a week and a half of vacation from work I've been cleaning both inside and out today. It's like Spring cleaning in December. I had stated to any co-workers possessing mind reading powers that I was going to undertake some cleaning while lounging and relaxing around the home and now on the eve of my return, I can not be accused of telling falsehoods. It should also not be forgotten that I've saved whoever gets to come in after I pass away and clean up, from an hour or two of additional manual labor
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