Kevin's Watch

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

This sounds like a interesting story.

Wyldewode wrote:

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.

This sounds like a interesting story.

Graverobbing is a fun and profitable business.

Sure it is. Tell that to Lord Carnarvon!

Wyldewode wrote:Sure it is. Tell that to Lord Carnarvon!

There's a reason I shave seldom, and never after opening a crypt.

It was an insect bite, I believe, that led to his downfall. And by sheer coincidence, Tutankhamen had a matching insect bite in the same location.

Wyldewode wrote:It was an insect bite, I believe, that led to his downfall. And by sheer coincidence, Tutankhamen had a matching insect bite in the same location.

It was an infected mosquito bite he sliced open while shaving that then led to bacterima.

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.

I would have to agree with Cag. There's a bunch of stuff just taking up room that I don't necessarily need.

JazFusion wrote:

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.

I would have to agree with Cag. There's a bunch of stuff just taking up room that I don't necessarily need.

But you need to be feared, and a man just can't be feared these days without 7 doomsday devices!

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.

I still have a box of things related to my ex. It's in the very top of my closet. I don't know why I haven't tossed that stuff yet. . . prolly because I don't like burning bridges. *shrugs*

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'm a hoarder. Like Caggy and Jaz, it'd be easier for me to list all the things I don't need to keep!

Mr. Broken wrote:I have the ticket stub for every concert, and almost every movie Ive ever went to see.

I'm the same with concert ticket stubs. A couple of years back I got rid of the movie tickets.

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.