Sharing Scenarios and Conditions 1.

Sharing Scenarios and Conditions 1. Things I would lease to someone for a moderate price, but do not currently Among the various things that I call my own and would be willing in some capacity to share, there are very few that would justify imposing some sort of expense. At my age, I have not come to own a great deal that could be considered worthy of a lease expense.

Thinking on the subject with respect to those things which I would be willing to loan but for which some sort of compensatory price would be charged, my car comes to mind. As I live in the city, I use my car but somewhat infrequently. Therefore, under the condition that a friend really needed to borrow it, perhaps for a temporary commuting assignment for work, I would be willing to arrange some terms of lease.

I could part with the car for a month or two, but I am responsible for a variety of expenses which include regular maintenance, a monthly finance charge and a quarterly insurance policy. Each of these would at least have to figure into the agreement to lend. Other conditions would include the assumption of responsibility for regular maintenance during and immediately subsequent to its usage. Another item which I possess the right to share at a justified price is a room in my apartment.

As the owner of my lease, I have written into my agreement the right to sublet a room in my apartment. Though I live with a roommate, we have the option of opening up a common living space as a rental unit. The conditions under which we would consider doing so we either be economic or social. The former impetus would denote that we fell into a position of requiring a third individual to share the rental cost, which could occur in one of us were to lose his job.

The latter impetus would be based on the need of a friend to either myself or my roommate. As an act of friendship, we would be willing to allow a third party to enter into our lease agreement as a subletter. 2. Things I own and use frequently that I also currently share with people I live with One item that I own which I have been more than willing to share with my roommate is the television.

When we moved into this shared living space, I acquired a large, brand-new television. It was our mutual resolution that the television would be a useful shared item, and we therefore placed it in the common room where I am pleased to say it gets heavy usage and engenders significant enjoyment. The only condition for this sharing plan was that my roommate contribute some of his peripheral entertainment items to the use of the television. I will address this in a subsequent section.

In terms of shared usage, one could certainly say the same of my microwave, which is an item that brings considerable joy to the household. Both my roommate and I, in the shared pursuit of eating together and when dining independently, would make regular use of the microwave. This was conditional upon an unspoken agreement in which we would grocery shop together, creating a situation where the condition was essential a collective space. 3.

Things I own and use frequently that I also currently share with people I do not live with. Something that I tend to share frequently are my compact discs. I have a lot of music in my possession but I am always happy to loan out my CDs. This is a condition of the fact that CDs have become increasingly expendable with the advent of MP3s and CD burning programs.

Many of my CDs are burnt so when somebody notes that they are enjoying an album, I will usually lend it to them without the expectation of receiving it back. This is essentially a condition free lending situation. By contrast, I have on occasion lent articles of clothing to individuals with the expectation of receiving these back. For instance, if I am going out for the evening with a couple of friends, and the weather has turned unexpectedly chilly, I would be more than happy to share an extra jacket.

The condition is unspoken but understood amongst friends, that I expect to receive my jacket back in the same condition in which it was loaned out. 4. Things I use frequently that other people I live with own As I have implied above with respect to my television, my roommate provides two items which help to make our entertainment center more complete. He contributed a DVD player to the shared space and naturally, this is an item which gets both a lot of shared usage and a lot of independent use.

This is also the case with his video game system, which is a frequently used item as well. We tend almost exclusively to use this together as I rarely find myself with the leisure time to play on my own. With both of these items, we refer to the vice versa of the arrangement with the television. The condition by which my roommate has been willing to make these items available to me has been the exchange for the use of my television. 5.

Things I use frequently that other people I do not live with own One item that I borrowed some time ago from a friend and have yet to return is a window air conditioner unit. The air conditioner in our apartment is neither effective nor economical. A friend who was visiting recognized that we had this dilemma and offered to lend me a window unit. He told me that he didn't really need it and that it was just taking up storage space.

He insisted I take it and next time he visited, he had it in his trunk. His only condition was that I return it either when I was done using it or upon such date as he might require it himself, whichever comes first. To date, I do not claim ownership of this item, but it has been in my position for well over a year. The same is true of an iPod that was lent to me by my sister.

Though I did not own one and could not afford the luxury item, she had just purchased an iPhone. The first generation iPod was no longer useful to her and I was preparing for a trip. She lent the iPod to me for my airplane ride and indicated, similarly to my friend with the air conditioner unit, that I could return it at a juncture when such a need should arise.

I anticipate that I will at some point upgrade to a bigger and better music playing device, at which point I will return it to her so she can use it as a backup player. 6. Things I use only occasionally that other people I do not live with own One item that I have used occasionally but which belongs to a friend that I don't live with is a tuxedo.

In the last two years, I have attended a lot of weddings and formal events which have required black tie attire. Fortunately, I have a close friend who is exactly the same size as me. Therefore, any time I have an occasion which requires this, I borrow his tuxedo. As an unspoken condition and a sign of my gratitude, I always take the tuxedo for a full dry cleaning before returning it. I anticipate.