I hate throwing things away
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im quite bad for collecting stuff altho i have just moved i have got rid of a lot of stuff but i tend to keep boxes for old consoles and for other "expensive" things ive bought. Still got the box for a zalman flower and old mobo for some reason :s
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stokefan said:
My room's needed a tidy for months, it's got to the point that if I don't tidy it the central heating won't be upgraded
I've taken the view that if I don't currently need it and can't see a future need for it then it's binned, whether it could be sold on eBay or not. The key is to have no emotional attachment to the item and view it as an object which you either need (keep) or don't (throw away).
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Went back home the other weekend to clear out my room, but only managed to get rid of clothes 
Have loads of books dvds etc that 'I might need', well I would have taken it with me to London, thing is I don't feel settled here really, and until I find somewhere I can call 'home' (apart from mum and dads) I won't move all my stuff there...
God its late... babbling now.. I should be asleep.
Sometimes it is just easier to leave - that way you will never know what you left and will never miss it. Let someone else chuck it
BB x
Have loads of books dvds etc that 'I might need', well I would have taken it with me to London, thing is I don't feel settled here really, and until I find somewhere I can call 'home' (apart from mum and dads) I won't move all my stuff there...
God its late... babbling now.. I should be asleep.
Sometimes it is just easier to leave - that way you will never know what you left and will never miss it. Let someone else chuck it
BB x
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i was going to say yes i understand its hard to bin things as i have this problem to but a slowdem ? if your bad enough that you cant bin your 56k connection then u might want to seek professional help
Heh. I have a drawer of old computer parts, just on the off chance that they come in handy some day. I think the best in there is a P3 866 with a motherboard but no compatible RAM.
Oh yeah, and I have more phone cable than one household can possibly need.
Oh yeah, and I have more phone cable than one household can possibly need.
I am bad for collecting boxes. I carefully flat-pack the boxes (my A-level on origame helps here) and stow them in the attic. My reasoning is: I never know when I would need it and if I ever sell the item in question, it'd be nice to have its original box; or if ever I need a box for anything, i always have one with a funky design on it! etc.
I also collect things like old PC parts. When I first started upgrading my PC, I would keep the old kit "just incase the new stuff went wrong". Thing is, I have things like my old slot 1 Celeron 333MHz + mobo + ram sitting around doing nothing. The thing has over 6 years of dirt and stuff on it--time to chuck. I do try to take my old PC bits and make them into whole PCs (purchasing random needed parts from fleabay if necessary). This means that I don't get that feeling that it is going to waste.
Thats my problem: I hate things going to waste, then again, I hate being in a position of needing something and thinking to myself "ahh bugger! I wish I still had XYZ".
I had the same thoughts a few months back. I used to have a PS, I loved playing the games but then got bored with it (moved to FPS and strategy games on ze PC!). I sold it because I thought to myself "well I don't need this anymore!". Queue a few months back, i then thought "I'm bored....let's go and play some older games!" and couldn't. So, back onto fleabay, PSone + loadsa games for £30! Bargain!
With TVs, the way I see it is I've already paid for the thing, I may as well use it. If I don't use it as much/at all, I've always got it for a time when I can use it. I did that mistake with my original PS--thinking I was done with something and then selling it. In all honesty it wasn't worth selling. Paying over £300 when it first came out compared to selling it for less than £50 (+ all games and peripherals) a few years later--didn't really make it worth it to me.
Old DIY bits (from failed DIY projects etc) I seem to keep. My excuse is: "those bloody projects just grow and grow, must finish them one day!" Heck, I remember saying that in the 80s. Still haven't got around to it, but I know one day I will! That's good enough for me
I also collect things like old PC parts. When I first started upgrading my PC, I would keep the old kit "just incase the new stuff went wrong". Thing is, I have things like my old slot 1 Celeron 333MHz + mobo + ram sitting around doing nothing. The thing has over 6 years of dirt and stuff on it--time to chuck. I do try to take my old PC bits and make them into whole PCs (purchasing random needed parts from fleabay if necessary). This means that I don't get that feeling that it is going to waste.
Thats my problem: I hate things going to waste, then again, I hate being in a position of needing something and thinking to myself "ahh bugger! I wish I still had XYZ".
I had the same thoughts a few months back. I used to have a PS, I loved playing the games but then got bored with it (moved to FPS and strategy games on ze PC!). I sold it because I thought to myself "well I don't need this anymore!". Queue a few months back, i then thought "I'm bored....let's go and play some older games!" and couldn't. So, back onto fleabay, PSone + loadsa games for £30! Bargain!
With TVs, the way I see it is I've already paid for the thing, I may as well use it. If I don't use it as much/at all, I've always got it for a time when I can use it. I did that mistake with my original PS--thinking I was done with something and then selling it. In all honesty it wasn't worth selling. Paying over £300 when it first came out compared to selling it for less than £50 (+ all games and peripherals) a few years later--didn't really make it worth it to me.
Old DIY bits (from failed DIY projects etc) I seem to keep. My excuse is: "those bloody projects just grow and grow, must finish them one day!" Heck, I remember saying that in the 80s. Still haven't got around to it, but I know one day I will! That's good enough for me
Just to add to that, I have a few older mobile phones that I could do with getting rid of. Thing is, i don't want to just chuck them, but then again i don't see the point in selling them for £5 or something--is that really worth my time? etc.
gah!
gah!
mobile phones you can give to places like tesco and the get referbed and sent to other countrys, tis a good idea.
Me personaly i would throw most things away, infact i have just been sorting out the cupboard under the stairs and have cleaned out 3 binbags of stuff, boxes kettle power cords old hovers and stuff like that. My girlfriend is the complete opposite of me se keeps everything even the envelopes that birthday carsd come in!!!
Me personaly i would throw most things away, infact i have just been sorting out the cupboard under the stairs and have cleaned out 3 binbags of stuff, boxes kettle power cords old hovers and stuff like that. My girlfriend is the complete opposite of me se keeps everything even the envelopes that birthday carsd come in!!!