please empty your brain below
Another question is what happens to the artefacts which were kept because they had a value to somebody else. For example I have a pipe fom my grandfather's house. To me it's a part of my childhood and the smell is linked to the person so it has some sentimental value for me. My grandfather had stopped smoking when my son met him. The pipe means nothing to him, what would be the point of him keeping it (the same goes for my grandmother's button box). On the other hand I can imagine he might want to keep my grandmother's collection of recipes even if the notebook is close to falling to bits.

stroppycow | Homepage | 11.03.05 - 8:26 a.m. | #

That box contains the school reports eh?

Debster | 11.03.05 - 8:42 a.m. | #

I can see a quiz coming on?

Peter | 11.03.05 - 9:18 a.m. | #

My boxes of that nature are labelled: "Please destroy without opening." The rest are labelled with contents. Take the hint

I do wonder what the people who do house clearance do with most of the stuff they find. I could never do house clearance - I'd take all what most people would term 'rubbish' home with me as I couldn't bear to lose social history, even though it wasn't mine.

Blue Witch | Homepage | 11.03.05 - 9:26 a.m. | #

From birth to death in 3 posts is scarily efficient DG - even for you.
I was advised recently by a solicitor that I should save myself the money and not make a will. Crazy advice I think.
He did look like David Hasselhoff though - which may explain things. When one dies in this country, all notions of personal privacy evaporate. Better sell that box on womblebay before you cark it.

drD | Homepage | 11.03.05 - 10:34 a.m. | #

One thing you've failed to mention is this blog. What will happen to the archive of postings? Are you leaving details of your hosting details etc. in your will? Or will future generations have to rely on on http://www.archive.org/?

DOLnet | Homepage | 11.03.05 - 1:33 p.m. | #

yeah right, like anyone is not gonna open a box labelled ' do not open'.

dave | Homepage | 11.03.05 - 2:10 p.m. | #

they don't make wills in this country, so i was told. everything i own will be split between the kids.

well, that makes life easy.

zed | Homepage | 11.03.05 - 3:58 p.m. | #

Bags the 1972 London bus map...

but don't even think about dying for a long, long, long time yet. Many more years of putting smiles on faces beckons, and I know that the 40-year-old DG of 2305's blog will namecheck you in a big way. Happy birthday.

Matt

Matt | Homepage | 11.03.05 - 8:24 p.m. | #

My solicitor insisted I insert a "Battersea Dog's Home" clause. So if you reach list 3 and there are no beneficiaries, you name a charity everything goes to.

That way, a charity gets it and not the Crown. Makes great sense. Sod the crown, Charles and Liz don't need it.

Paul | Homepage | 11.03.05 - 10:15 p.m. | #

DOLnet, it's funny. I have never made a will (apart from a letter addressed to my sister, hidden in my house in a location she knows), but I have made provision for closing my blog if I should die suddenly. In other words, someone else in blogland has my login and password and he'll know what to do. Do I have my priorities wrong?

Chart Chig | Homepage | 12.03.05 - 12:31 p.m. | #

If I die, this blog should last indefinitely (or at least as long as Blogger does). However, all of the photos (which are hosted elsewhere) will disappear as soon as my direct debit with Demon lapses.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 12.03.05 - 2:11 p.m. | #











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