From: "Thom R. Lacosta" 
Subject: [drakelist] (OT)The Junk Box


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Forgive the length of the post....I heard the story last night and I am still 
laughing:

A relative of mine by marriage was rejoicing over the fact that she had finally 
solved "The Problem".

She went on to tell us that her father, who at one time had been a ham, couldn't
bear the thought of all the good stuff going to waste when Heathkit went out the
kit business.

She recalled that as a yound child she and her Dad would go into Benton Harbor 
with trucks, load them up and store the parts, manuals, etc. in various barns on
old farms that her father had bought at auuctions over the years.

After her Dad moved to Puerto Rico, he charged her with the task of selling off 
the farms, but NOT the heath gear...and she did it for years...selling farms, 
and moving the junk to another one of their properties.

When she married my brother, she conned him into erecting several quonset hunts 
on one of the farms...simply to store the mounds of heathkit parts.

Finally, this year she sold the last farm....and was faced with having to break 
the news to her father that she had disposed of the Heathkit parts, or having
to spend most of the proceeds for storage.

She tells me she screwed up her courage, called her Dad and explained the 
problem and the two unacceptable compromises.

So...I had to ask..."And your dad said....????"

She told me his only comment was to "Call Ralph...while I was buying farms, he 
was buying old factory buildings around Benton Harbor.  I'm sure he can store 
the parts for you."

So, if you think there are no heathkit parts around...they are somewhere near 
Benton Harbor...and my brother tells me that while there may be several 
buiding's worth...he's never found anything he needed.

And before you ask...when my sister in law's Dad dies...she will either have 
a very large sale, or Ralph will open up an outlet.

Thom

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