Onoff
In the land of the unfinished project I am King!
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A lenor bottle is hard to use i prefer a bit more comfort, its a fabric conditioner joke
Keeping my powder dry here but that was bold.
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Keeping my powder dry here but that was bold.
Wondering where to stick the Aeriel ?
Farside
Badly Welded Man
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Probably got a Shewee.A relative of mine & his wife use a Lenor bottle in there campervan for a pee. Not quite sure how, she must have a good aim
Value remains when cost is forgotten. There's a fine line between knowing what's useful and what isn't. I have a large number of odd bits and pieces, but only because I know they're irreplaceable. WWII-era radio components and decent single-purpose hand tools. Not often used, but great when needed. By contrast my grandmother kept minutes from church meetings sixty years ago. The volume of paper cleared from their loft that went straight to the tip...
In a general sense where clutter is concerned, especially when relatives are involved; it's not your responsibility to be a museum. If you have things from relatives, make sure it's because you want them. Not because your great aunt really liked a hideous vase. The vase remains hideous, and you are doing her memory no favours by retaining it out of a misplaced sense of duty. If something hasn't been touched in years, unless it has a specific purpose or a clear plan to deal with it, then it can be sold or given away. Mostly, I completely forget what I paid for things and end up enjoying giving them away to friends who need that thing at that time. Pass things on, and do your best to increase joy in the world.
In a general sense where clutter is concerned, especially when relatives are involved; it's not your responsibility to be a museum. If you have things from relatives, make sure it's because you want them. Not because your great aunt really liked a hideous vase. The vase remains hideous, and you are doing her memory no favours by retaining it out of a misplaced sense of duty. If something hasn't been touched in years, unless it has a specific purpose or a clear plan to deal with it, then it can be sold or given away. Mostly, I completely forget what I paid for things and end up enjoying giving them away to friends who need that thing at that time. Pass things on, and do your best to increase joy in the world.
MattF
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That's one which can be problematic. Sentimentality. Something I've always tolerated, but I'm learning to topside that one too. An item is an item. It has to be classed as such.
My Old Landy
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I have also come to the same conclusion. I have managed to get rid of a lot of stuff recently that was purely kept through sentiment.
Nick DV
"That's the only name they ever gave me."
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Not in my house ...............
cheb
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That long? There's nothing I own that I wouldn't sell for the right price. That's my right price, not your idea of my right price.
Anyone on who doesn't know me well enough and gives me a celebrations card probably won't do it again after they see me read the card and then put it in the recycling. I've seen it, why do I need to keep it?
Smallfry
HE's Spartacus.
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Cards. We don't do cards at all here. Not for anything.
My mum kept them. Had a couple of boxes full from rellies and people I had never heard of. Also a boxful of postcards sent by people on their holidays, including me, wishing you were here etc, and what the weather was like in Torremolinos in 1976. After a scan through for missed birthday banknotes, I put the whole lot in recycling. Along with loads of photos of long dead relatives that I never met.
I wobbled though at the wedding telegrams, and the one saying how my dad was missing in action in 1940. Will MY son even care ?
All that history lost though
marlinspike
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Cards. We don't do cards at all here. Not for anything.
My mum kept them. Had a couple of boxes full from rellies and people I had never heard of. Also a boxful of postcards sent by people on their holidays, including me, wishing you were here etc, and what the weather was like in Torremolinos in 1976. After a scan through for missed birthday banknotes, I put the whole lot in recycling. Along with loads of photos of long dead relatives that I never met.
I wobbled though at the wedding telegrams, and the one saying how my dad was missing in action in 1940. Will MY son even care ?
All that history lost though
You can't keep every card you receive but I have kept a few. It's nice to see my late parents and aunts handwriting now and again.
I’m the same- seeing my Mums writing is a real tonic from time to time - and the voice mails from missed calls so I can still hear her happy voice occasionally.
