Things you keep but dont need.
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Things you keep but dont need.
I have the ticket stub for every concert, and almost every movie Ive ever went to see. They call this stuff collectible, I call it a borderline personality disorder. Why do I need it ? Dont know , I just do.
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For years, I kept phone books. Up until3 or 4 years ago, I had every phone book (yellow and white pages) from everywhere I lived. So yes, in 2004, I still had a 1997-era phone book from Jacksonville, FL and a 1990-era College Park, MD phone book (I was living in Pasadena, MD in 2004).
No more.
No more.
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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I have roughly a years worth of bills for my phone, bank, credit card, etc. I pay all of these online, so the fact is that 90% of these are unopened. I really should have all of the statements discontinued, but I haven't done so. They all go in the same file box, so I know where they are if I should happen to need them. But having said that, I can't see why I would need to know my minutes of use for last November.
Other than that, I'm not a packrat. I do keep ticket stubs and such, and put them in my informal journal/scrapbook.
Other than that, I'm not a packrat. I do keep ticket stubs and such, and put them in my informal journal/scrapbook.
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I keep old software. Dos programs, games, even old Windows Operating systems. I had install floppies for Windows 3.11 that installed over top of Dos 6.2 back before windows 95. I should chuck every old floppy in the bin but something in the back of my mind keeps saying "Tom, you might need that one day."
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My roommate and I are in the process of moving, and we are discovering how much extraneous matter there really is here. (She has packrat tendencies.)
I remember a friend once telling me: "Four moves equals a fire." Now I know why. . . every time I move I make myself get rid of crap that is cluttering up my life.
I remember a friend once telling me: "Four moves equals a fire." Now I know why. . . every time I move I make myself get rid of crap that is cluttering up my life.
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This sounds like a interesting story.emotional leper wrote:Well, under a strict definition of need, the following:
A bracelet which belonged to a dead man, given him by the woman he loved.
A business card from an out of business cybercafe.
My Red Cross Domestic Animal First Responder Certification Card (never expires.)
A miniature frigate cannon.
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Graverobbing is a fun and profitable business.Wyldewode wrote:This sounds like a interesting story.emotional leper wrote:Well, under a strict definition of need, the following:
A bracelet which belonged to a dead man, given him by the woman he loved.
A business card from an out of business cybercafe.
My Red Cross Domestic Animal First Responder Certification Card (never expires.)
A miniature frigate cannon.
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I would have to agree with Cag. There's a bunch of stuff just taking up room that I don't necessarily need.Cagliostro wrote:I think it might be easier for me to go the other way and list the thinks I keep that I do need. Pretty much everything else is what takes up room in the house or garage.
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But you need to be feared, and a man just can't be feared these days without 7 doomsday devices!JazFusion wrote:I would have to agree with Cag. There's a bunch of stuff just taking up room that I don't necessarily need.Cagliostro wrote:I think it might be easier for me to go the other way and list the thinks I keep that I do need. Pretty much everything else is what takes up room in the house or garage.
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Good god.
Where to start. This could be and ABC game, quite frankly.
Things you keep but don't need....
.... I KEEP thinking I ought to shut up once in a while, but don't really NEED to.
.... I keep 2 Benny Mardones albums (cheese aplenty) but don't need them for anything other than target practive.
Where to start. This could be and ABC game, quite frankly.
Things you keep but don't need....
.... I KEEP thinking I ought to shut up once in a while, but don't really NEED to.
.... I keep 2 Benny Mardones albums (cheese aplenty) but don't need them for anything other than target practive.
"I use my gun whenever kindness fails"
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I've got lots of junk in the garage (I should really clear it out and keep the car in there), but it does get moved around now and again.
I feel sorry for my dad though, he's still got some of my mums make up in his bathroom, and she died 14 years ago. I just can't bring myself to confront him about it.
I feel sorry for my dad though, he's still got some of my mums make up in his bathroom, and she died 14 years ago. I just can't bring myself to confront him about it.
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"This is Glasgow- we'll just set aboot ye"
Re: Things you keep but dont need.
I'm the same with concert ticket stubs. A couple of years back I got rid of the movie tickets.Mr. Broken wrote:I have the ticket stub for every concert, and almost every movie Ive ever went to see.
I am a hoarder or items I really don't need! I am very sentimental so if an item holds a special memory it stays.
Saying that, I do have mini clearouts every so often and get rid of the really old stuff I don't ever use!
I also have a few collections I don't 'need' but I hang on to for no other reason than I like them and they took time to build up.
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