On 11/18/2014 9:53 PM, Malcolm Thomas wrote:
> So what is it with all this over anxious desires of ours to acquire 
> certain large numbers of items such as spiral screwdrivers or back 
> saws, or planes, or chisels etc??
>
> Sure we can use some of course, but I probably have 20+ spiral 
> screwdrivers now, I have no hope in heck of using them all.
>
> Do we simply hang on to them so they do no get lost in history ?
>
> Do we make sure they are kept safe for a few more years and then, 
> hopefully, sell them on at a small profit (they are now older and 
> perhaps harder to come by) ?
>
> Is it simply because we enjoy the quest for some obscure item and feel 
> some sense of achievement when we finally find it ?
>
> or what ??

Maybe all of the above - and then some. The pleasure of restoring, 
making something work well, for example.

Don