Hello Avon!

** On Monday 19.01.26 - 20:31, Avon wrote to All:

So we looked and could not find a place that ticked all the boxes. In the end we opted to build a new house and are soon to start on that
adventure. The build should take about a year.

How did you go about choosing a design for the new house?



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Hello ogg!

** On Monday 19.01.26 - 20:14, ogg wrote to Avon:

After buying/selling/moving 8 or 9 times, my wife (the Real Boss) and I have learned one thing after the move. If a box hasn't been unpacked
after one year, we seriously look at disposing of its contents. Its made
a hugh difference for the "next" time.

I've moved 4 times in 15 yrs. Each time, I've added more unopened boxes to the next. I still haven't even unboxed much after my last move from 20+ yrs ago either! :D



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Ogg wrote to ogg <=-

I've moved 4 times in 15 yrs. Each time, I've added more unopened
boxes to the next. I still haven't even unboxed much after my last
move from 20+ yrs ago either! :D

Once I moved, realized I had unopened boxes from my last move, and
donated them without opening them.

Moving is an important tool for getting rid of crap, I've been here 11
years and my wife and I spent the weekend clearing out our storage space
of stuff to be tossed.

For me, it's mostly about getting rid of hardware and cables I don't
need any more. The one thing I refuse to get rid of -- my Linksys WRT54G router. I just can't get my head around tossing it.

I'm looking into minimalism, realized I have 7 books in my Calibre
library on the topic, then realized the irony of it.






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I'm looking into minimalism, realized I have 7 books in my Calibre
library on the topic, then realized the irony of it.

I think I'm generally aiming for something _approaching_ physical minimalism, and then be a digital hoarder.

Yes, I'm 99% sure that I won't read x book, but that 1% of the time...

But if I have 100 books on a bookshelf that I haven't read, that takes up a lot of space.

...mind you, not that I'm great on physical minimalism, given that I just tried sorting through my clothing, and I still have at least 27 dresses, and that... is probably way more than I'd keep if I were moving and needed to be space efficient.

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Re: Re: If a box hasn't been unpacked..
By: Adept to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Jan 26 2026 06:05 pm

I think I'm generally aiming for something _approaching_ physical minimalism and then be a digital hoarder.

Yeah, I'm getting rid of books, only keeping reference books I need to pick up and move to specific parts, fiction books with sentimental value, and the rest I'm getting in ebook format.
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Hello poindexter!

26 Jan 26 07:46, you wrote to Ogg:

The one thing I refuse to get rid of -- my Linksys
WRT54G router. I just can't get my head around tossing it.

Are you still using it? Mine has Openwrt on it, and since setup i've not had to mess with it. It just keeps on working, and the only
time it's had a reboot/power cycle is when the UPS has said "I'm running out of go-go juice, I'm shutting down"...

It's been one of the most rock solid network kit I've ever owned.


Vorlon


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Vorlon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

The one thing I refuse to get rid of -- my Linksys
WRT54G router. I just can't get my head around tossing it.

Are you still using it? Mine has Openwrt on it, and since setup i've
not had to mess with it.

I want to gut it and put a Raspberry Pi in mine. No, I'm keeping it
around as an AP, it was an ethernet switch for the BBS for some time.

I got it for free back in the 2000s from FON, a co-op wifi network.
You'd share your bandwidth with one of "their" routers and get free
wifi access from others. It turned out to be a skinned DD-wrt, which
sent me down the third-party firmware rabbithole.





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Hello poindexter!

27 Jan 26 08:12, you wrote to me:

The one thing I refuse to get rid of -- my Linksys
WRT54G router. I just can't get my head around tossing it.

Are you still using it? Mine has Openwrt on it, and since setup
i've not had to mess with it.

I want to gut it and put a Raspberry Pi in mine. No, I'm keeping it

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I got it for free back in the 2000s from FON, a co-op wifi network.
You'd share your bandwidth with one of "their" routers and get free
wifi access from others.

Yeah, it's a great bit of hardware. I've seen so many newer units die after 2-3 years, yet this thing is still going. That's why
I've not replaced it with a newer unit. It only serves as a AP for three devices and most of the time only two are on/in use.

It turned out to be a skinned DD-wrt, which sent me down the
third-party firmware rabbithole.

That whole is rather deep!




Vorlon


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Hey Vorlon!

On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:57:24 +1100, you wrote:

The one thing I refuse to get rid of -- my Linksys
WRT54G router. I just can't get my head around tossing it.

Are you still using it? Mine has Openwrt on it, and since setup i've not
had to mess with it. It just keeps on working, and the only time it's
had a reboot/power cycle is when the UPS has said "I'm running out of
go-go juice, I'm shutting down"...

It's been one of the most rock solid network kit I've ever owned.

Mine is tucked away on a shelf somewhere. I couldn't get rid of it either. I ran DD-WRT on mine, and the only reason I took it out of commission was because of better speeds and more wifi devices. Figured I'd keep it in case I needed a quick backup, but now it's probably so outdated all our devices would strongarm it, and I've updated routers a couple of times already since then (went to AC, then to AX).

Loved that thing, though! First router I ever flashed with new firmware, and was the timeframe I started tinkering with IPv6 via a he.net tunnel. Good times. ;)

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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