Those "obsolete items" !!
I tried to tell him that some are in working order and we should keep them as backups. He said we have enough junk and these were not used for lone time , so they should go.

OK. I told him about other stuff that is NOT working, why they were not included in the list ??? He said : let's keep them and try to fix them.

So, we are keeping the non-working stuff, and throwing the working stuff !!!! Absolutely no logic, no system, no common sense.

What I started to do, is to focus on MY own interests there. So, I beefed up my office PSK to contain more tools. Reason ?? To enhance my capability to disassemble some items and take what I need out of them. Example : one field instrument has to be thrown. It is cased in a sturdy box with rubber seal. I unscrewed the istrument , pulled it out of the box, and threw it (the instrument) in the pile. The box itself has become my new tool box. A very nice and sturdy box that is about 12x6x5 inches, with rubber gasket.

I think this is the only way to survive jerkdom.