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Post by Mairi on Mar 18, 2005 12:31:21 GMT -5
I am guilty of saving everything, well practically everything. I just know that if I throw it out I am going to need it within 10 days. So I have a storage unit full of stuff.
Anyone else a pack rat? And what is it that you save?
Mairi
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Post by AlloriaDark on Apr 26, 2005 13:00:04 GMT -5
I'm really not too bad about keeping everything, but my parents sure are. I tried straightening up the attic the other day. It's a total disaster area, and I figured I could get it sorted out so at least when a holiday rolls around you can walk in spot the corresponding decorations fairly easily and haul them out without too much struggle. Well I was making some head way when my mom came home from work and noticed I was about to throw away a bag full of ragged, dusty old silk floral arrangements that were so old they were crumbling. She flipped out! I mean I would never toss anything important like the cedar chest that contains all of my grandmother's carefully preserved baby clothes, but really, who needs that many old silk flowers when they go and buy new ones every spring? You know what though, I've decided I'm going to use them when I make my decorations for Halloween next year. Hehehe, at least mom can't say I wasted them.  Alloria Dark WV Branch Head groups.yahoo.com/group/ShadowLore_VirginiaEgroup for Virginia and West Virginia groups.yahoo.com/group/ShadowLoreMain Egroup shadowlore.netOfficial website and message boards. |
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Post by Soullie - The Dark Soul Reaver on Apr 26, 2005 19:30:06 GMT -5
I used to be, until i starting moving a lot and two moves over to the other side of globe, sure helps break that habbit......although i love my books they go everywhere.....
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Post by Obscure Thoughts on May 7, 2005 2:42:28 GMT -5
Somehow two suitcases, a carry on, and my backpack turned into a pile of stuff that is steadily claiming every inch of my floorspace in my bedroom... And that's after throwing away a bag full of papers and other random things that I definately don't need...
*sigh*
And I still have my boxes of things back in NJ to get, too...
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Post by WingedWolfPsion on May 7, 2005 13:24:39 GMT -5
Ooooh, yeah. <G> Books, furniture, and...stuff. I have boxes full of stuff. When I've had to move in a hurry, stuff was thrown into boxes, boxes were tossed into storage, and there it is...I have no idea what all is in there.  Broken things are usually thrown away....... Then, I'm married to a dragonkin, and he collects shell casings when we go up into the mountains, so he has boxes of shell casings in storage. Why? He claims that they can be sold for the copper... rofl.... Oh, and computer parts and old computers....lots of those, too. |
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Post by Lupey on May 16, 2005 1:15:48 GMT -5
No I'm defanitly not a pack rat
*shoves a pile of stuff out of the way*
A pack wolf maybe but not a rat
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Post by morganna on Sept 15, 2005 1:23:04 GMT -5
I am most definitely a pack-rat. I have all kinds of romance books laying around my room and old catalogs and stuff even in my vehicle. My parents try to get me to get rid of the stuff but I can't... ;D
Morganna(Sharon)
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Post by backlash on Sept 15, 2005 7:46:36 GMT -5
Books and guitar strings Iknow it's a strange combination but I just cant seem to get rid of books I've got crap in my attic that I know for a fact I'll never read.Guitar strings well I dont consciously keep them but evertime I change the ones one all my guitars they wind up laying around my dresser top for weeks nay months.(drives my wife up a tree). ;D :PPEACE OUT  |
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Post by AcaciaPhoenix on Sept 15, 2005 12:04:10 GMT -5
I tend to horde every single piece of paper that I've accumulated over the years. I suppose it's a good thing when it's receipts/pay statements etc. But I horde....didn't say I organized LOL
I also tend to horde books.
*hugs*
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Post by Jasmine Nyte on Sept 15, 2005 13:55:30 GMT -5
I tend to horde books and old movie posters, Patrick saves everything, he has even brought some things home that I can't figure out what the heck they are.
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Post by Elix on Sept 15, 2005 15:20:00 GMT -5
OMG, James is a pack rat, so is his entire family. They call themselves "collectors"... sheeya!!
James has a problem getting rid of books.
Again, I ask you, what do I need a 1919 medical book on hand surgeries laying around??
Elix
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Post by DreadLordDarkness on Sept 21, 2005 5:58:05 GMT -5
I'm definately a packrat.
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Post by Obscure Thoughts on Sept 21, 2005 22:35:38 GMT -5
Elix: You never know.. What if you get sent back to 1919, and cut your hand open?
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Post by Mairi on Sept 24, 2005 11:14:55 GMT -5
The whole issue that plaques all packrats is; If I throw it out now, I am going to need it within a week and won't have it. And its 90% true. So we hang onto to our stuff.
Mairi
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Post by Elix on Sept 26, 2005 14:06:21 GMT -5
You're right, so I should keep the 1843 book on Artic Expeditions too LOL!!! What I usually do is if I find a box in my storage room, I peek inside, I quickly skim through it to see if there in anything vitally important or if it can all just go back into storage. If it can go back into storage, I dump the entire box in the dumpster and call it a day, and hope that slouch socks and LA Gears don't come back into style  |
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