Having always rented I have been forced to have a clear out every few years, otherwise I'd have a loft full "gems". I'm lucky to have a partner with a similar desire to cut down on the crap we move from house to house... Saying that I we recently had a little one, can't see her wanting to get rid of any old baby stuff.
You know you're a hoarder when you find...
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tunes!!! born in '75 here so know most of those off by heart
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"Handy even if you never use it" is actually my motto, the Mrs hates it. The loft and garage is full of handy stuff, or junk as she calls it.
I still have pretty much every Total Film magazine from first issue in the mid 90s to around 2005. Pretty much covers the time I frequented the cinema the most and there's a lot of memories associated with that. But to an outsider probably considered "hoarder".
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Ok, quick check, 369 Model kits.
I must introduce to my mate- he has his attic half filled with unbuilt kits, no exaggeration.
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That’s like vintage pr0n right there.
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A friend owns a trailer manufacturing company. I asked once if he had any old MIG welding wire plastic reels to keep electric cable, cord, temporary electric fencing wire et cetera on. The cardboard cheeked ones just fall apart or deform.
I see him regularly and now have over fifty reels.. I must resist, but they'll "come in handy"
Another friend asked if could have a couple off me, I spent ages trying to give him ten, but he has more sense than me and dug his heels in at two <lol>
I see him regularly and now have over fifty reels.. I must resist, but they'll "come in handy"
Another friend asked if could have a couple off me, I spent ages trying to give him ten, but he has more sense than me and dug his heels in at two <lol>
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I have a box of various cables - no usb lightning cables. No idea what they were for but kept them just in case.
Though I did bin the multi volt charger which came with an assortment of plug in jacks. As can’t find the jacks.
Though I did bin the multi volt charger which came with an assortment of plug in jacks. As can’t find the jacks.
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Nothing wrong with hoarding, you never know when you're going to need the 4ml of paint left in the bottom of the tin to touch up the shed door (that's already been repainted twice in different colours since), or when the wiring harness for the rear light cluster for a car you sold 6 years ago is going to come in handy!
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I'm emptying my house and surely half the skip is paint!
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I've just cleared out one of the sheds, and yeah, loads of almost empty tins of paint, a few 1/4 full bottles of oil, bits for cars I haven't had for years...
Still got the other one to do
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When my great uncle died, my great aunt was moving to a property near to her daughter.
My mum and I helped my great aunt and daughter (mum’s cousin) in clearing out stuff.
When my great aunt and great uncle ran out of wardrobe space, they purchased another wardrobe! Same thing with sheds. Most of us would have a clear out then discovered we had space!
Think they had FOUR sheds and EIGHT wardrobes.
They lived in a dormer bungalow. The dormer bedroom looked like a wardrobe showroom!
Things I can remember was finding a box with a landline phone written on it ‘phone - broken’. Did my great uncle think that there are elves like in the Elves and the Shoemaker? That the phone was going to work again?
Then my mum’s cousin found 3 suitcases of clothes she wore late 60s/early 70s which were moved three times since mum’s cousin moved out of her parents!
I took the clothes to a vintage clothing shop and got £150 for them.
My dad’s friends are moving to a smaller property. His friend found stuff from his parents in the garage’s loft who died 35-40 years ago. He said he was going to sort it out one day when he got the stuff. Maybe 35-40 days later, not 35-40 years!
My mum and I helped my great aunt and daughter (mum’s cousin) in clearing out stuff.
When my great aunt and great uncle ran out of wardrobe space, they purchased another wardrobe! Same thing with sheds. Most of us would have a clear out then discovered we had space!
Think they had FOUR sheds and EIGHT wardrobes.
They lived in a dormer bungalow. The dormer bedroom looked like a wardrobe showroom!
Things I can remember was finding a box with a landline phone written on it ‘phone - broken’. Did my great uncle think that there are elves like in the Elves and the Shoemaker? That the phone was going to work again?
Then my mum’s cousin found 3 suitcases of clothes she wore late 60s/early 70s which were moved three times since mum’s cousin moved out of her parents!
I took the clothes to a vintage clothing shop and got £150 for them.
My dad’s friends are moving to a smaller property. His friend found stuff from his parents in the garage’s loft who died 35-40 years ago. He said he was going to sort it out one day when he got the stuff. Maybe 35-40 days later, not 35-40 years!
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Going through my loft - live in a first floor maisonette with a pitched roof. Found a box from a toaster which I had three toasters since!
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I still have the headlights i fixed but never used from an old zx6r i sold 15 years ago.
Grandchildren will come soon enough.