Time to downsize and rationalise

[penrhos]

Firstly - apologies to anyone I went silent on earlier this year.

My father had cancer and 18 months of trips to hospital for surgery & radiotherapy ended November 2024 when he was put onto palliative care.

We enabled him to stay at home until just after the new year when he had to enter Loros (our local hospice) as the pain was no longer treatable at home.

Jan / Feb were horrible as we waited for the inevitable, but he put up a good fight and lasted 2-3 weeks longer than the staff expected him to.

The upshot of this is we've re-evaluated our lives. I've taken early retirement from a job I hated and am now working through life admin stuff.

Part of that will be getting rid of probably 90% of the arcade stuff i have stacked up around the house/garage/loft/shed.

I'll probably batch some of it together as I've multiple naomi/f3/mvs/cps3 setups and some darksoft kits i never got round to building. There is quite a lot of it...

I'm not after any sympathy - I've delt with that and am moving forwards as he asked me to do...

I will be donating a percentage of what I get for selling stuff to Loros.

 

[69er]

Things that happen in life can often cause a change in everyone else’s direction, it’s very sad when close relatives or friends fade quickly from their usual bright active self , and when that includes hospital visits and ultimately a hospice it’s extra tough.

I am sure folk on here will be supportive of your decision . I hope you get back on course to whatever the future brings you.

I was only 21 when my father was given about 3 months to live with cancer October 1974 ,, he died 12 weeks to the day in January 1975 … now 50 years ago .sadly. he never saw my change in direction to a successful career change . Great position as a farm manager to arcade operator, a couple of years later or my now long happy marriage in 1978 or my children etc…. Moreso this year I think of him but nothing I could do … The worst thing at the time was the surgical registrar who informed mum and me was a friend from school and lived nearby in our village . I think it upset him more than us?

No apology is needed… Peoples thoughts will be with you… especially now they know.

Best wishes however you go forward ?

 

[kingtreelo]

i think a lot of us will go through this, when a life changing event happens and you just go "why am i doing this"

i see a lot of people about 10 years older than me in exactly the same position, and i will be there one day, with hordes of stuff i don't touch anymore that is just gathering dust and the funds could be used for other things

whatever you decide to do, do it for you

 

[DaytimeDreamer]

Sad to read your dad's story. I lost mine in 2019 and it still hurts.

I've taken the same decision with a lot of my stuff even though it's split between the Greece and the UK (lived in both countries throughout my life) and it's prooving to be a huge PITA to sell it.

Hope everything goes well and they way you want it to go.

 

[AndyGeezer]

Losing a parent or parents is a life changing event - there is no words so I won't bother there.

Good luck with the sale/clearing of your items - if you need any assistance price wise etc - you know where I am.