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    Local estate find in San Diego

    I'm told I am not allowed to post here any longer, so I hope this all works out.
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    Local estate find in San Diego

    I think the brother is going to have to speak to others, whether he likes it or not. Having been executor of an estate (when my wife died) it entails a great deal of unpleasant tasks that I doubt anyone would want to do, but he can't work through you, because in the end he has to personally...
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    Local estate find in San Diego

    You don't seem to be taking notice of 'It is none of your business'. Which it isn't. This is merely harassment.
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    Local estate find in San Diego

    I wonder, and it is pertinent, by what authority the family members who allowed access and took money from the OP did so. For the record, you don't seem to have any right to expect any information on the transaction unless you are the executor of the estate. Which also begs the question as to...
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    Local estate find in San Diego

    Oh wow. Just, oh wow. It gets even more bizarre. I get that Tony Diaz was highly respected and that many long time Apple users knew him and had interactions with him, and ANY death is a loss, not just specified ones. But a little perspective here, because the implication that the OP acted in...
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    Local estate find in San Diego

    By what authority would they act in any more of a lawful role than the people who let the OP into the house and took his money? Who knows who these people are? The 'authorities' are the right people to work with, and estate law is governed by courts.
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    Local estate find in San Diego

    It depends on the law in California. It could be (based on English law) that only the legal owner of property can lawfully sell it, so if you buy something not legally sold, you never actually own it. Technically, not 'stolen property' though - the definition of that is to intentionally deny...
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    Andy’s PowerBook Problem

    Way off in the long grass of PowerBook addiction, I believe I have strayed. Indeed, badly. My latest is at least still a Mac, but at 22 pounds, not one for the lap. It is in fact a G3/266, not in working condition, but which I am rather hopefull I can clean up and get into working condition...
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    Local estate find in San Diego

    The problem here is that on the face of it, the executor of this estate has not got proper control over it, or members of the family. That's distressing for just about everyone, but conducting the affairs of the estate via anonymous/semi-anonymous third parties, on the internet, is certainly not...
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    Local estate find in San Diego

    I think that's insulting to anyone who has acted in good faith, and doesn't seem likely to help in the slightest. It also doesn't seem to me to be in keeping with the memory of a highly respected, now deceased, member of the community, who himself was acting in good faith.
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    My 3lectr1cal Conquests!

    I know I'm in a tiny minority who don't like the design of the 500 series, and it's not that I can put my finger on why I don't, except that when I got diagnosed, one of the primary characteristics was poor motor control. I was told that due to this, I would probably find objects that were...
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    My 3lectr1cal Conquests!

    I wanted to really like the Lombard, but I don't find the big PowerBooks all that good to use. A Wallstreet or PDQ is better, but that's down to the keyboards, with smaller and more contoured key caps. Model after model, these flattened out and my fingers just don't locate on flatter keys at all...
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    My 3lectr1cal Conquests!

    There doesn't seem to be a shortage of them, but they do seem to sell for a variety of prices. Not usually cheap though! BTW, not that it matters, but the reason I was more interested in Lombards was because of the SCSI. Can't say I have any need for FW - though somewhere in the house there's...
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    Local estate find in San Diego

    Not being slightly interested in anything, all I can say is that if I were, you wouldn't be at all likely to figure into my consideration. The family would, and if they believe - rightly or wrongly - that they have a right to sell, that is all there is to it as far as we, here, can reasonably...
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    Local estate find in San Diego

    While I agree with the sentiment, except the 'Do better' bit perhaps, the problem seems to me that in order to resolve the question of ownership, it will be necessary for those who lent Tony any of these items to demonstrate to the family that they are the rightful owners. People scrabbling for...
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