Charlie,


Great summary and update; thank you.


A few thoughts that may have been covered by you in your letter, but I
don't **think** have been raised on the list.  (If they have been, my
apologies.)


-If Jim's shop(s) are anything like mine, the top layers are the active
layers.  Thus, anything "sentimental" to the list (i.e. Jim's "user" tools)
would be on the top layers.

-One of you who know Jim personally **and** are on the OldTools list would
have a sense of Jim's working habits -- and a sense of what is
Galoot-worthy -- and could probably skim off the "sentimental" tools for
The Porch.  The rest is more $$$ in value rather than sentimental (i.e. The
Porch probably has no more, or less, dibs than the general WW public).

-As long as the tools are currently stored safely and free from
deterioration, disposal of Jim's gear does not **have** to be done all at
once.  If could be one tool a day for a thousand years; or quarterly
"batches" for the next twenty; or one quadrant of an outbulding per year.
(Etcetera.)  Thus, there is no reason for anxiety or pressure.

-Unless Mrs. Thompson is looking to move house.


As a non-operational comment:  Jim is an inspiration (a modern-day Leonardo
da Vinci).  I knew he had a range of skills -- but not the full breadth.
Something for me to aspire to in my own retirement...


--Travis