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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 250522" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>I think he is out of line, family or not.</p><p></p><p>I've similar situations a few times recently. I am in involved in a hobby building small live steam locomotives. These things involve a huge input of time and money and when sold generally attract top dollar, especially for a good model. $10,000 is not unusual.</p><p></p><p>It's not a young man's hobby though. Very few people under the age of 40 are involved because they lack the the skills, equipment, patience (a typical model can take 10,000 hours of work to build) and money. At 54 I am one the babies of my club, most of the others are retired men with few other commitments. Deaths among the membership are common for all the usual reasons associated with age and a generally hard working life.</p><p></p><p>All too often the family members, usually the widow, of recently deceased owners are approached with "What are you going to do with X's locomotive?", sometimes before the former owner is cold - literally in one particularly bad incident I heard of. Family members with similar interests are quite often the worst offenders.</p><p></p><p>All you can do is keep strong, tell the "friend" that you will NOT be making any major decisions until you have thought about it in the cold light of day. Valuable assets are needed for your future life. The laptops can be used for the kids, the car means you now have a choice to choose the one best for your changed circumstances. I would get rid of it to reduce the expenses associated with simply owning a car (insurance, registration, storage costs, depreciation, etc) but make sure you get the best market value for it. If brother in law wants to pay full market value then let him have it. Otherwise tell him to find a short pier and take a long walk!</p><p></p><p>As for the remodel, having to obey the laws of the land; local, state and federal is always a good excuse for refusing a person who doesn't have right bits of paper no matter how skilled they are.</p><p></p><p>Marg's Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 250522, member: 4085"] I think he is out of line, family or not. I've similar situations a few times recently. I am in involved in a hobby building small live steam locomotives. These things involve a huge input of time and money and when sold generally attract top dollar, especially for a good model. $10,000 is not unusual. It's not a young man's hobby though. Very few people under the age of 40 are involved because they lack the the skills, equipment, patience (a typical model can take 10,000 hours of work to build) and money. At 54 I am one the babies of my club, most of the others are retired men with few other commitments. Deaths among the membership are common for all the usual reasons associated with age and a generally hard working life. All too often the family members, usually the widow, of recently deceased owners are approached with "What are you going to do with X's locomotive?", sometimes before the former owner is cold - literally in one particularly bad incident I heard of. Family members with similar interests are quite often the worst offenders. All you can do is keep strong, tell the "friend" that you will NOT be making any major decisions until you have thought about it in the cold light of day. Valuable assets are needed for your future life. The laptops can be used for the kids, the car means you now have a choice to choose the one best for your changed circumstances. I would get rid of it to reduce the expenses associated with simply owning a car (insurance, registration, storage costs, depreciation, etc) but make sure you get the best market value for it. If brother in law wants to pay full market value then let him have it. Otherwise tell him to find a short pier and take a long walk! As for the remodel, having to obey the laws of the land; local, state and federal is always a good excuse for refusing a person who doesn't have right bits of paper no matter how skilled they are. Marg's Man [/QUOTE]
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