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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting bbbbb: Quote:
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How will your family handle your collection if the worst happens to you?
My will is to bury the collection with me. I wonder how they manage it. With a flat panel built in to the coffin, god that sounds morbid. Oh well that's where my sense of humor is these days, | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
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| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 3,321 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Silence_of_Lambs: Quote:
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I'm going to the other place. Where it's all just streamed into my brain. In crystal clear 3D! 
No need to go anywhere then ... of course I don't know too much about the quality of your optical sensors ...
But hey, you are currently watching "This is your life" in Ultra HiDef Real-3D with sound-effects that make THX sound like a toy. Not to forget the sensory specials like REAL-smell® and REAL-Move® No need to go anywhere? I can see my life any day of the week. And while it has it's entertaining moments, it is certainly NOT something I'd want to watch every day! | | | Get the CSVExport and Database Query plug-ins here.
Create fake parent profiles to organize your collection. |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 1,796 |
| | Posted: | | | | If have any specific desires you better make out a will or it al goes in to probate.
I n Arizona they just changed have it all has to be spelled out. You know Lawyers making work for themselves.
Lawyers and doctors are good at that. And they're the first to squeal loudest and longest about the price of something. | | | We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln |
| | Registered: March 15, 2007 |  Posts: 1,982 |
| | Posted: | | | | Depend of where you leave...
Here if I die without a testament this is what will happen.
Of course if someone is found at a stage the rest doesn't get nothing.
1. wife and children
2. father and mother
3. brothers and sisters
4. other familly members
So by example if I'm single with no child and my father is alive he is the legal heir. But of course my testament was written 22 years ago when I was in the army so I've choose my heir. | | | | Last edited: by Jimmy S |
| | Registered: March 16, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 943 |
| | Posted: | | | | I won't. I don't give a rat's as what happens to my things after I'm gone. | | | Just in from somewhere left of the middle of nowhere
The Holy See
Hell | | | | Last edited: by Floorwalker |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 1,819 |
| | Posted: | | | | My Mum had a very similar attitude to many people here: 'Why should I care? I'll be dead.'
Well...she died on the 15th of January 2012.
She left behind a house full of stuff - ranging from DVDs, CDs, collectible dolls, plates, ornaments, cut-glass crystal etc, etc, etc.
Not a single thing was itemised in her will and, subsequently, it was up to our family to sort through everything and make decisions on what to do.
This sort of thing can easily tear families apart. I was lucky, and we didn't argue on anything, but I have since heard from friends the troubles they've had.
Personally, as soon as possible, I'm getting a will drawn up. |
| | Registered: March 19, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | My condolences to you, Pantheon. |
| | Registered: June 6, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 950 |
| | Posted: | | | | My deepest sympathies to you, Pantheon.
I went through a similar situation upon the passing of my father, in october 2010. He left lots of stuff, including a sizeable wine cave and a complete set of carpentry tools, but no instructions at all. We, his sons and daughters, had to decide how to distribute his possessions amongst us. Although mostly done without acrimony, it was extremely unpleasant.
I am definitely writing a will, not because I care what becomes of my stuff, but because I care for my family. | | | | Last edited: by Wigram |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Pantheon: Quote:
My Mum had a very similar attitude to many people here: 'Why should I care? I'll be dead.'
Well...she died on the 15th of January 2012.
She left behind a house full of stuff - ranging from DVDs, CDs, collectible dolls, plates, ornaments, cut-glass crystal etc, etc, etc.
Not a single thing was itemised in her will and, subsequently, it was up to our family to sort through everything and make decisions on what to do.
This sort of thing can easily tear families apart. I was lucky, and we didn't argue on anything, but I have since heard from friends the troubles they've had.
Personally, as soon as possible, I'm getting a will drawn up. My heartfelt condolances to you and your family on the loss of your mother Neil. I too recently lost my father in September of last year. He also left no will and it was up to us siblings to divide up his belongings. It was NOT an easy task to say the least and although most went well, there were some arguments and harsh words. You wouldn't think this would happen with family members...but it does. I'm 52 and have had a will for many years. It's one of the first things they have you do when you enlist in the military. Since I've gotten out, I've tried to keep it updated. For those that say "I don't care, I'll be dead"...don't think just of yourself. Your family members will benefit greatly for your diligence and it could help avoid a lot of heartache. | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
| | Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,491 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Winston Smith: Quote:
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I always think of your autographed Robert Wise Star Trek DVD ....
will you ever sell it or part with it .... ???
Lol, terry, I know better than to say never, especially given my personal mess, which is awful, I'll give you first refusal on it though, I promise, but I have no plans currently, Btw did you forget my ST II with khan's auto. I did forget .. BTW my son ( who is connected with the entertainment business).., did a business favor for Clint Eastwood's current wife ( Dina) last year and in return he was rewarded with these two autographed BD's .. ( they are signed right on the insert not the plastic front ..) Kinda neat .. But I'll probably go before him ( 20 year difference) so maybe my granddaughter will get them???  | | | In the 60's, People took Acid to make the world Weird. Now the World is weird and People take Prozac to make it Normal.
Terry | | | | Last edited: by widescreenforever |
| | Registered: May 26, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,878 |
| | Posted: | | | | Our condolences for your loss, Pantheon.
I suppose I am lucky on the score of not having to worry about divvying things up. My family consists of 2 people. So, if I predecease my mom, she gets everything. I'm a third-generation only child on the maternal side, and my grandfather didn't stay in touch with his brothers and sisters after he left home in the 40's.
If Mom predeceases me then I'll go about making a will. Like Skip, I want to leave my collection to a university, possibly one of my two almas - University of Louisville or University of Kentucky. But I'll worry about it then. | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
-- Thorin Oakenshield |
| | Registered: June 21, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,621 |
| | Posted: | | | | This is ironic as I was just telling my girl the other day if I were to drop dead to look up the dvds before selling the ones she doesn't want, as I have many rare and OOP things worth a ton more than the pawn shop or used store will offer. Just cuz she doesn't like Savage Streets doesn't mean the disc isn't worth around $100.
She then joked back she'll just bury them with me, but we'd need a frickin' huge coffin for that! |
|  | Blair | | Resistance is Futile! |
| Registered: October 30, 2008 | | Posts: 1,249 |
| | Posted: | | | | My sympathies, Pantheon. I am both lucky and thankful to still have both of parents given their ages.
My parents do have wills set to make it clear on who gets what in terms of the more general valuables (land, bonds, money, some jewelry, etc,) but other stuff (like the tv's, furniture... even around 20 paintings which likely have decent value themselves) they say nothing. They too expect the five of us to "work it out," but I think other than my two sisters on a few very specific things, there will be no issues because almost everything will end up sold anyway.
I have a hard time imagining setting up a living will saying, "I want [name 10 movies] to go to. . . [name 12 more] to go to. . ." I would rather liquidate and have the money given. | | | If at first you don't succeed, skydiving isn't for you.
He who MUST get the last word in on a pointless, endless argument doesn't win. It makes him the bigger jerk. |
| | Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Posts: 762 |
| | Posted: | | | | My deepest sympathies Pantheon. I know too well how you must feel. I lost my mother last November, just 2 1/2 years after my father. I can't describe the vacuum that the loss of both of my parents left behind.
Dirk | | | | Last edited: by TheDarkKnight |
| | Registered: March 19, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,018 |
| | Posted: | | | | My condolences to you, too, Dirk. |
| | Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | It amazes me how some families behave at the passing of a parent.
When my mother passed, My sister and I went through the house, she ended up taking what she wanted, and I ended up with the rest. (she lives on the coast and not feasible to ship/move a lot)
I actually ended up finding other relatives and friends that took a lot of it, and gave the clothes to goodwill. I still have a few things, but there wasn't an argument to be had....
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