GG's;

Bob Nelson writes:

"This might be a pet personal peeve, but I know of too many things in museums 
that
are in some back room "study" collection rather than on display and are not 
really avialable for "study" because no one, including the owning museum, 
knows they're there."

This is so painfully true.  There is more great stuff locked up in basements 
and attics of museums never again to see the light of day.  An unfortunate 
example is the Duncan Pfyfe tool chest in the Museum of the City of New York. 
 I mean come on guys / gals....   it's Duncan Pfyfe.....  put it out there!!  
I have a connected cousin, who was able to get me in the inner sanctum of the 
museum, so I have seen the chest, and it's great to see.....  but it ought to 
be out there next to the Duncan Pfyfe furniture...  no?  Sorry for the 
rant....  Bob just got me going (thanks Bob).

So on another note, if you're a collector, and we all are in some fashion - 
whether you can admit it or not (Hi, my name is Matt and I have a monkey 
wrench on my back)...  don't let your stuff go into a museum.....  share it 
with others - let them understand your passion (for highly collectible stuff 
or even mundane user stuff, passion is passion).... do like Bob did and enjoy 
the hunt, the study, the research, the having and the sharing (or the using 
for those who are 'not' collectors)....  and then in the future, put it back 
into circulation via auctions or gifts to other enthusiasts - just keep 'em 
out there.  'nough said.  Thanks,

Matt Glass - bench nearly done - Emmert waiting to be mounted (beep beep) - 
soon to be not just a member of FOYBEVO but of FOYBEVO/U in Nukeville, USA