[AccessD] Members in Bermuda?

I think that the stuff we accumulate is there to make our lives more 
convenient where we are.  A snow shovel or snow blower, a favorite 
recliner, a refrigerator.  Sometimes even a car.  Like that.

Of course where we are going we may or may not need that, but the bigger 
question is whether it is cheaper to just buy it again than to pack and 
ship it.

The snow shovel is not a cherished item, just a tool.

One can be quite comfortable with just a few cherished items, assuming 
of course that you are not sleeping on the floor of a stone cell.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Arthur Fuller wrote:
> Yes I have heard of Island Fever and yes I have been there, but only for a
> few days, but there are direct flights back to Toronto or NYC or Miami so no
> problem. It costs a bunch to live there but it's compensated. I am so
> looking forward to this, and meanwhile trying to learn about hedge funds.
> Turns out the topic is very complex, but I'm trying, and packing, and
> realizing that 80% of the stuff I own I don't care about. It's an
> interesting execercise to move to another country. What do you want to
> bring? What do you want to store in a rented storage locker? I have
> discovered some "zen-like" principles here. What ultimately matters is
> several changes of clothing, a powerful notebook, a few CDs and DVDs and
> that's about it. This raises the question, why did I bother accumulating all
> the rest? I cannot provide a good answer to that. I have a large collection
> of first editions of various novels, all signed, and I think that when I'm
> dead the authors' signatures will increase the value of same, but they are
> artefacts not regularly-used items.
> 
> This exercise of moving to another country has been a huge learning
> experience for me. What do I own that I need to take? The answer is, Very
> little. A few changes of clothes and a few CDs. The rest shall lie in
> storage, and if I need it I'll return and fetch it from the locker.
> 
> One thing I'm taking, for sure, is "Miller's Crossing", my fave movie of all
> time. I'lll probably also take "Beethoven Cello Sonatas" by Jacqueline du
> Pre and the superior version by Jackie and Stephen Bishop, and Shakti -- all
> and everything.
> 
> In planning a move such as this, it's remarkable (at least to me) how little
> stuff I have accumulated really matters. The physical stuff matters not at
> all, other than a few changes of clothing. The rest, apparently, is just
> junk.
> Besides changing countries, this has been an interesting exercise in what I
> care about. Turns
>