Looking4new
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My motto is, 'waste not, want not'. Am I a hoarder? Yup!
Are you a hoarder?
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Ken
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I'm guessing that there should be categories of hoarding.
1. Must not be worth much for it wasn't stolen when left out side.
2. Requires work to use.
3. Something not expensive to purchase is broken.
4. Anyone need my Model 14 Teletype?
5. Old test Equipment like shop frequency standard , Heath kit home built test meters
cabinets of tv. radio replacement parts obsolete or no longer used.
I have been for the past 2 years trying to sell electronic stuff and the younger generation has no use for it because not digital or requires thinking to use.
So far 2 truck loads went to local salvage and paid to unload it in the dump. Then the scavengers will in turn pay the junk dealer to forage into the pile. for items.
Getting ready to load computers and no flat screen monitors? cannot get online? (What is Win 3 ? ) .It requires a land line no modems?
Tv. preamps and individual channel amplifiers. manual switch gear for video what do you use it for.
What is ham radio and you built your own receivers and transmitters?
What for ? Just to talk to someone and get his handle and record it for location .
I'm didn't start out to be a hoarder just was taken by surprise when one day could not get into the shop with out moving something that only needed a fuse or had replaced the fuse and owner never returned to pick it up again.
Know this is supposed to be a tractor discussion . Have the tractors in other building but something needs to be done before opening that door. beside the parts are getting hard to locate that isn't Chinese made and cheap built.
ken
1. Must not be worth much for it wasn't stolen when left out side.
2. Requires work to use.
3. Something not expensive to purchase is broken.
4. Anyone need my Model 14 Teletype?
5. Old test Equipment like shop frequency standard , Heath kit home built test meters
cabinets of tv. radio replacement parts obsolete or no longer used.
I have been for the past 2 years trying to sell electronic stuff and the younger generation has no use for it because not digital or requires thinking to use.
So far 2 truck loads went to local salvage and paid to unload it in the dump. Then the scavengers will in turn pay the junk dealer to forage into the pile. for items.
Getting ready to load computers and no flat screen monitors? cannot get online? (What is Win 3 ? ) .It requires a land line no modems?
Tv. preamps and individual channel amplifiers. manual switch gear for video what do you use it for.
What is ham radio and you built your own receivers and transmitters?
What for ? Just to talk to someone and get his handle and record it for location .
I'm didn't start out to be a hoarder just was taken by surprise when one day could not get into the shop with out moving something that only needed a fuse or had replaced the fuse and owner never returned to pick it up again.
Know this is supposed to be a tractor discussion . Have the tractors in other building but something needs to be done before opening that door. beside the parts are getting hard to locate that isn't Chinese made and cheap built.
ken
SPIKER
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Lived that 2 times in last month, as I took a old car w load of good stuff to recycle scrap yard.
My biggest problem is FINDING the GOOD stuff when I need it, I know I have exactly what I need to finish a few jobs, but finding those last bits in the GOOD STUFF piles is the problem...
Mark
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It's in my blood for sure but I try to keep it under check, Both my grampa and dad had it grampa being the worse coming from the depression era, I always admired his ability to conjure things out of scrap.
PILOON
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I am not a hoarder, I just need a bigger shop.
Happens every time, what I tossed yesterday I'll need to buy it tomorrow at full price.
My problem is that I enjoy too many trades or hobbies.
Very mechanically inclined so have huge assortment of tools many specialized.
Was aircraft mechanic so have all those tools. (doz air tools)
Tractor has it's asst of tools.
Woodworking means that I have lathes, saws, air tools (8-9?)
3 welders + torches + tig.
Contracting tools, screw guns, nail guns, lazer level
Then to add to the clutter I am somewhat electronically inclined so that adds freq counters, scopes etc.
Example, few weeks back at a yard sale guy had 2 50lb cases of galvanized nails, 2 1/2" and 4". How could I turn that down when he loaded them into my car for a $5.00 bill (five, or $2.50 /case!)
Another time a 1500 watt compressor just O/H (invoice attached) and he accepted my offer of $20.00., but I already had a BRAND NEW 1500 watt, in box still within warrantee (invoice included) for $50.00 (owner said it was too noisy!)
As previously said, It is in the blood!
Happens every time, what I tossed yesterday I'll need to buy it tomorrow at full price.
My problem is that I enjoy too many trades or hobbies.
Very mechanically inclined so have huge assortment of tools many specialized.
Was aircraft mechanic so have all those tools. (doz air tools)
Tractor has it's asst of tools.
Woodworking means that I have lathes, saws, air tools (8-9?)
3 welders + torches + tig.
Contracting tools, screw guns, nail guns, lazer level
Then to add to the clutter I am somewhat electronically inclined so that adds freq counters, scopes etc.
Example, few weeks back at a yard sale guy had 2 50lb cases of galvanized nails, 2 1/2" and 4". How could I turn that down when he loaded them into my car for a $5.00 bill (five, or $2.50 /case!)
Another time a 1500 watt compressor just O/H (invoice attached) and he accepted my offer of $20.00., but I already had a BRAND NEW 1500 watt, in box still within warrantee (invoice included) for $50.00 (owner said it was too noisy!)
As previously said, It is in the blood!
My parents lived through the depression and I assume that had a big influence on their behaviour. When my father passed away and I had to clean out his shop. He had saved all kinds of junk, like every broken plumbing fixture he'd ever replaced. After my father died, my mother moved into a condominium in town. She'd never thrown anything away and it was torturous to her when she realized that she couldn't take every one of her 50 teapots or more than a dozen sets of dishes with her.
When I was younger, I would strip down broken electronics and save every resistor and bit of wire. Now, I have a strict policy that I don't keep things that I don't plan to use. I consider it to be cheaper to buy something when I need it than to store everything that I might possibly need someday. The reward is a well-ordered home and shop with no clutter. To me, that's well-worth the possibility of having to buy something a second time.
When I was younger, I would strip down broken electronics and save every resistor and bit of wire. Now, I have a strict policy that I don't keep things that I don't plan to use. I consider it to be cheaper to buy something when I need it than to store everything that I might possibly need someday. The reward is a well-ordered home and shop with no clutter. To me, that's well-worth the possibility of having to buy something a second time.
buckeyefarmer
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I've been recycling since before it was cool.
MacLawn
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Yep. A man can never have enough roofs on his place to keep his stuff. I'm about two roofs shy now. My parents were married in '34, farm raised, no running water, no electricity, etc., so that Great Depression mentality is still alive in me. One of my Old Man Mentors told me one time that he saved stuff for seven years. That was it, seven years. He said you'd need it within seven years. I might have a few things I could cull.
