Originally Posted By Pika
Doing this made me feel as though I was letting go of an important part of my past but it also made me feel as though I was honoring old friends. I suspect that my sadness is more my missing the way I felt when I was young and using the gear than missing the gear itself. I feel the march of time quite keenly just now.

Thank you, Pika, very much appreciate. Touches growing feelings of my own. My very much loved and very close friend, Charlie the Golden Doodle is getting on 12 years and getting a little gimpy in the hips. The thought of losing him is a heavy one. The gear not so much. But I do have the tug of fond memories associated with specific gear and I also "feel the march of time quite keenly just now" and often, I might add.
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