So no opinions on 1. and 3. of the OP?!
I am well aware of the "this should go into a stockbin"-discussion, and I don't want to do it here all over again, though as meow said, dross is a very valid thing, especially as your can't just leave it in its boulder, log or whatever, but have to throw it away if you have no space to store it.
Anyways, if JC does not feel like poking in here and saying something about this, I'd like to focus more on points 1 and 3 of my OP here, thanks!