Are you a hoarder?
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KiotiKowboy
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I had a friend who was constantly buying chainsaws. When I asked why ... he said;
A man just can't own too many chainsaws! lol
If I hoard anything - it's dogs! I have 7 at the moment
A man just can't own too many chainsaws! lol
If I hoard anything - it's dogs! I have 7 at the moment
Mace Canute
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Is it really hoarding if you're just too lazy to throw it out?
farmer2009
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You never know when you may need something. That being said I will throw things away if I don't see a quick use or potential. I sell scrap metal once a year. But I don't sell pulleys or sprockets or such. They get the shafts cut off and pressed out. Lumber if of a usually size gets saved and stacked for future use.
Wife tells me I have too much junk. I say let's clean closets. She has things she hasn't worn since we got married. That usually ends it. When I buy new tools she ask why I am buying a woodworking tool, a metal working tool, a plumbing tool and an electrical tool. I say well I need them all 4 tomorrow.
Was in a group once had a guy ask an old farmer what skills where needed to farm. His response was "you need to be a jack of all trades. I may be an accountant, plumber, electrician, welder, businessman, and agronomist all before lunch." He was right. Very few days go by that I don't deal in more than one area.
Wife tells me I have too much junk. I say let's clean closets. She has things she hasn't worn since we got married. That usually ends it. When I buy new tools she ask why I am buying a woodworking tool, a metal working tool, a plumbing tool and an electrical tool. I say well I need them all 4 tomorrow.
Was in a group once had a guy ask an old farmer what skills where needed to farm. His response was "you need to be a jack of all trades. I may be an accountant, plumber, electrician, welder, businessman, and agronomist all before lunch." He was right. Very few days go by that I don't deal in more than one area.
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I 'm only 30 but yes I 'm bad about hanging onto items I do not always need. I grew up in the city and couldn't have anything so now I feel I have some freedom on my 17 acres......
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My hobby farm has been in our family for about 160 years. It was also used as home base for my grandparents' logging operations in the 40's. No one ever got rid of anything. It is a living farm museum with tools, mowers, washing machines, et al stretching back centuries. So the buildings start with a bunch of really cool old stuff. Then you add all the new stuff like chainsaws, ATVs, socket sets, etc. and there's not much room leftover.
But my big failing is going to farm auctions and buying a mixed box of junk for $2. There's always something in there that's really cool. Once I found a metal box at the bottom with over a dozen good brass padlocks stamped U.S. in big letters. Really cool but how many do you need. Once got two dozen switch plates. Needed a grinding wheel but got seven in the box. Have at least four hacksaws and a wrapped package of 12 new blades. And I will buy any metal wheels, wooden bushel baskets [hard to find anymore], or wooden boxes I see.
But once a year I load up stuff I'm not using and take it to the local farm heritage auction. You don't get much but it does reduce inventory. And you don't have to deal with shipping et al like with eBay. Of course, I always come back with a couple boxes, The stuff is so cheap I can't resist. Like the pair of old balance scales for $3 -- what a deal.
Something you might want to check out is Freecycle. You just post what you have and someone will want it. Got rid of a lot of old sheet music that way and a small school really appreciated it.
But my big failing is going to farm auctions and buying a mixed box of junk for $2. There's always something in there that's really cool. Once I found a metal box at the bottom with over a dozen good brass padlocks stamped U.S. in big letters. Really cool but how many do you need. Once got two dozen switch plates. Needed a grinding wheel but got seven in the box. Have at least four hacksaws and a wrapped package of 12 new blades. And I will buy any metal wheels, wooden bushel baskets [hard to find anymore], or wooden boxes I see.
But once a year I load up stuff I'm not using and take it to the local farm heritage auction. You don't get much but it does reduce inventory. And you don't have to deal with shipping et al like with eBay. Of course, I always come back with a couple boxes, The stuff is so cheap I can't resist. Like the pair of old balance scales for $3 -- what a deal.
Something you might want to check out is Freecycle. You just post what you have and someone will want it. Got rid of a lot of old sheet music that way and a small school really appreciated it.
kiotiken
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No, I'm not a hoarder but my parents have that tendency and because I grew up with that, I don't want to keep ANYTHING! I'll admit, I can be disorganized which leads to my workbench having a pile of stuff on it, but I'm happiest pitching things out. It's a struggle with 3 young kids, they have crap everywhere. I used to take great delight vacuuming up small Barbie pieces they used to adorn the floor, then my wife pointed out a Barbie accessory pack at the store, along with the price, and I'm now reformed. It drives me nuts how much stuff my wife brings into the house but it drives her nuts how much stuff I have for the outside of the house, so we have a shaky trues, I don't throw her stuff out and she doesn't sell my tractor, attachments or tools.
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I am too... It´s in the familly I guess..... My dad keeps a lot of things, but he do throq a lot of it away.... The garage at is gouse ended up with 3 additions, all nice / clean and well sorted.... But he eventually run out of space, so he put a pole barn on my land 7 years ago, and Eventually put an addition to it, it is now 26x54.... And me, as of now I only have a 12x16 shed at home so I put a lot of stuff in the pole barn, I would mosy likely have filles her up, but dad is watching... .... So I am trying not to save too much... But beleive me, 2 seta of tires per vehicule, boats, canoe, atv, ski-doo, trailers, timbers, ect.... Just the basic take some room, so the pole barn is full, and I am trying to keep the pole barn yard clean and well organize with other "not need to be peotected from the element" stuff....
And the good rhing is that the pole barn is in the wood , 400 feet from the house, so the house aureonding looks nice and clean....
.... So I am trying not to save too much... But beleive me, 2 seta of tires per vehicule, boats, canoe, atv, ski-doo, trailers, timbers, ect.... Just the basic take some room, so the pole barn is full, and I am trying to keep the pole barn yard clean and well organize with other "not need to be peotected from the element" stuff....And the good rhing is that the pole barn is in the wood , 400 feet from the house, so the house aureonding looks nice and clean....