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Post by VanWoman84 on Apr 18, 2018 13:41:36 GMT
I like to think we all do it. I just wish I did it less.
I have tried not to collect or keep stuff as much as I used to, since moving into the van.
For instance, currently I have ten or so folding plastic spoons, the kind that are in yogurt and salads. I don't know why I am keeping them! I have perfectly good cutlery.
So am I on my own here hoarding stupid stuff?
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Post by Compo Simmonite on Apr 18, 2018 14:00:47 GMT
Yes. I only hoard useful stuff.
My missus however does not share my opinion of what is useful.......
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Post by VanWoman84 on Apr 18, 2018 14:17:54 GMT
My problem is, when does it stop being useful and end up in the way?
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Post by bigbear67 on Apr 18, 2018 14:29:18 GMT
I'm with Compo, I only save stuff thats useful. Not sure what most of it will be useful for just yet though.... 😇
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Post by EcoBob on Apr 18, 2018 14:50:02 GMT
Yes I hoard useful stuff but I prefer to call it squirrelling away cos I try and store it tidy.
The trouble is when you have a clear out you can guarantee you'll suddenly find a need for the thing you just cleared out.
As a prime example of the above, I recently chucked out a couple of spare hoover nozzles I had lying around. Low and behold 2 weeks later I acquired a hoover and it didn't have any attachments apart from the bare hose. That'll teach me.
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Post by VanWoman84 on Apr 18, 2018 15:04:25 GMT
Yes! Exactly that! It's the feeling you will need it one day.
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Post by nicklincs on Apr 18, 2018 18:05:17 GMT
Another hoarder/squirrel here too, but i only hoard useful or saleable stuff not shite.
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Post by fenrisulfr on Apr 20, 2018 6:30:35 GMT
Got stuff from when I was a kid including my first car which I bought in 66 (one I decided to keep and restore but never did)and bike bits, spares which could have come in use but never did. I don't like selling stuff and usually will swap or give away. This year I'm determined to have a serious clearout and have made a very small start to fund my box.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 19:29:37 GMT
Er yeah.. me too lol.. alsorts.. *it will come in handy one day* or *I could do something with that* haha
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2018 19:30:12 GMT
but then... hoarders are just people who dont like to be wasteful..  ? |
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Post by cricket on Apr 21, 2018 11:16:30 GMT
Its books...lovely old books read then on a shelf and never read again but unable to pass on...like 7 years in tibet.Regret every one i have passed on.The one i regret most was my beloved motorbike haynes manual.I could get a copy but wouldnt have my youthful oily fingerprints and notes.Why are these things long gone so stuck in mind?Someone i lived with was a big hoarder.I binned stuff utter crap,came back from work and there it was again.On the road feels so much lighter and freer.Once in a house it sort of gathers and settles round me.Yet I do not like it as it feels heavy somehow.
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Post by bigbear67 on Apr 21, 2018 15:00:06 GMT
I think I know why I hold on to stuff so much. I really want to be on the road, but can't because I have family issues just now, so I console myself with putting stuff around me. Then I look at the piles of gear I have and get depressed, so to make myself feel better I go out a Wombling! My own worst enemy I am.... 😁😁😁
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Post by VanWoman84 on Apr 21, 2018 15:03:33 GMT
That's the problem, it's soooo easy when stuff is free!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 6:18:00 GMT
I don't hoard as such as I like to keep my life as simple as possible.I'm abit of a tidy freak too,so if I had too much stuff lying around,it would stress me out.The less I have,the happier I am.My twin's bf is a full on hoarder.They don't live together yet,he rents,she has her own place,and he does "attempt"to sort his stuff out,but by the sounds of it has a long way to go.I did some research a while ago,and found hoarding is linked to a form of OCD.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2018 8:15:05 GMT
I am a bit of a hoarder , and have the space to do it , I even have 4x 25 kg buckets of nails I have taken out of pallets waiting to be straightened. It's such a good feeling making and mending , you just never know when something will come in useful ! Baling twine is one of my favorites .
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