I've just cleared out a couple of cupboards and thrown away four bin bags of stuff, I have a shed I can hardly get into because of various bits of wood and the likes.
I tend to hold onto things I think may come in useful for something, only to end up throwing it away later.
Anybody else like that, What is the most useless item you have held on to ?
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Sex God
Oh how true are those words. I've held onto a pair of blunt scissors in the view that I could sharpen them at a later date.
I'm quite fond of keeping small sticks of wood in the garage for the sole purpose of stirring paint. 8)
I'm sure there is loads of stuff I could throw away but I still think it is the scissors. I already have three perfectly good pairs anyway.
I'm quite fond of keeping small sticks of wood in the garage for the sole purpose of stirring paint. 8)
I'm sure there is loads of stuff I could throw away but I still think it is the scissors. I already have three perfectly good pairs anyway.
My father was a terrible hoarder and even took battered furniture out of skips and basically hoarded junk in general. You couldn’t move around the house properly because of all the stuff he held onto 
It’s a form of anal retentiveness and I heard only recently that this kind of hoarding is regarded as an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Because I witnessed what it can lead to, I fight hoarding with all my might.
That said – I too kept throwing plastic carrier bags into a box instead of throwing them away and recently threw them all out into recycling. I worked out that I might have had some as long as 20 years
I have sold CDs and books by the suitcase full over recent years in order to stop these becoming a ‘hoarding hotspot’ in the house.
I also have a rule that if I buy a new jacket or shirts, I always equally get rid of some to the charity shops.
I retain things like old hi-fi leads or bits and pieces of light switches and things that lie in my tool box ‘just in case’ and they never get used.
Another thing was retaining the cardboard boxes and foam packing of my Hi-Fi ‘for when I might move house’ – but I threw all these into recycling recently.
The classic hoarding items are newspapers and magazines that never get thrown away and I have now blitzed every one of these out of existence and into the recycling.
It’s a form of anal retentiveness and I heard only recently that this kind of hoarding is regarded as an obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Because I witnessed what it can lead to, I fight hoarding with all my might.
That said – I too kept throwing plastic carrier bags into a box instead of throwing them away and recently threw them all out into recycling. I worked out that I might have had some as long as 20 years
I have sold CDs and books by the suitcase full over recent years in order to stop these becoming a ‘hoarding hotspot’ in the house.
I also have a rule that if I buy a new jacket or shirts, I always equally get rid of some to the charity shops.
I retain things like old hi-fi leads or bits and pieces of light switches and things that lie in my tool box ‘just in case’ and they never get used.
Another thing was retaining the cardboard boxes and foam packing of my Hi-Fi ‘for when I might move house’ – but I threw all these into recycling recently.
The classic hoarding items are newspapers and magazines that never get thrown away and I have now blitzed every one of these out of existence and into the recycling.
Orgasminator
As soon as you decide to throw something out it is guaranteed you'll need it the very next day even though you haven't used it in 20 years!
Warming the Bed
I have great difficulty parting with clothes I no longer wear. If they don't fit I keep them in case I am that size again. If they are worn out I keep them as gardening or decorating clothes - got quite a few of them It's strange really, becasue I am more than happy to go through the kids (and Paul's) clothes and turn loads out for the charity shops....
My Mum is a hoarder too, and Granny (her Mum) used to hoard honey :? (don't ask, very long story.) Perhaps it is a family trait
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It's strange really, becasue I am more than happy to go through the kids (and Paul's) clothes and turn loads out for the charity shops.... My Mum is a hoarder too, and Granny (her Mum) used to hoard honey :? (don't ask, very long story.) Perhaps it is a family trait
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Sex God
I have started to empty my draws in the passed couple of years as a friend once told me , if you haven't worn it in the last year you never will. That friend is correct so I do have a clear out now and again. Not that I shop for clothes much as I don't, I generally stay in the clothes i like most. But does anyone feel relieved once your clutter has gone, because before you know it you don't miss it anymore.
And if you clutter your life with too much unwanted things there is no room for anything else to come in.
And if you clutter your life with too much unwanted things there is no room for anything else to come in.
There's a growth in people who make a living helping people de-clutter.
There was/is that TV series all about the American lady who bullies people into de-cluttering.
To my eyes, the result is always a considerable improvement - pride in the home and oneself (pride in the home therefore oneself).
There was/is that TV series all about the American lady who bullies people into de-cluttering.
To my eyes, the result is always a considerable improvement - pride in the home and oneself (pride in the home therefore oneself).
I am one of those annoying people keeps everything neat and tidy. I usually go through the house (starting in the loft) with a fine tooth comb and have a mass clear out each year. I keep all paperwork filed away in order, even the kids letters homes from school. I have one junk draw in the kitchen and that is even sectioned off and kept neat.
I NEED HELP!!!!!
I have one job that is always outstanding and that is to put old photo's into albums. They are all in date order but not actually in the albums and since we went digital a few years ago I seem to keep putting it off as the pile is not building anymore.
I do hoard some things but usually in an orderly fashion.
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Wilma
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I NEED HELP!!!!!
I have one job that is always outstanding and that is to put old photo's into albums. They are all in date order but not actually in the albums and since we went digital a few years ago I seem to keep putting it off as the pile is not building anymore.
I do hoard some things but usually in an orderly fashion.
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Wilma
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I usually go through the house (starting in the loft) with a fine tooth comb and have a mass clear out each year.
That's the way - do it regularly and be ruthless!
I NEED HELP!!!!!
I don't think so. You could probably make some dosh as a professional de-clutterer (but remember to adopt a bossy US accent
) Old photos into albums.
I actually intended to add photos to my list of typical/common-to-all-of-us clutter above - the secret is to weed out the indifferent ones. And yes - digital photos are great 'cos you tend to weed them anyway and they don't use up cupboard space in any case!
Warming the Bed
No Wilma you don't need help, just admiration 
However I am relieved that you do have one flaw :grin:
I have exactly the same problem, but my photos are not in any order at all, infact they are not all in the same place
Rachel
However I am relieved that you do have one flaw :grin:
Quote by WilmaFlintstone
I have one job that is always outstanding and that is to put old photo's into albums. They are all in date order but not actually in the albums and since we went digital a few years ago I seem to keep putting it off as the pile is not building anymore.
I have exactly the same problem, but my photos are not in any order at all, infact they are not all in the same place
Rachel
I just move house on a regular basis and leave loads behind. I used to go always to car boots and auctions so soon build up rubbish again. Cant throw away cards though. Keep them years. Most useless thing - most gadgets in my kitchen that I buy and think I will use that and 10 years later still not used. Why? never have got the hang of what a woman is supposed to do in a kitchen apart from walk through it 
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:wink: Man Alive has just reminded me that I write lists of things to do all the time. Infact I have lists of lists.
I have 3 on the go at the moment. I'm obsessed I know. I shouldn't be on here at all because now I come to think of it the medicine cabinet could do with a clear out of all those out of date things and the dvd's need puting into age certificate order. The lawn needs cutting. The garage could do with a clear out since I did it 2 months ago. The summer house needs airing and the glory hole (my cupboard under the stairs, before you all get too excited) could do with a tidy and there are at least 3 pieces of paper in my filing tray. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
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Wilma
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I have 3 on the go at the moment. I'm obsessed I know. I shouldn't be on here at all because now I come to think of it the medicine cabinet could do with a clear out of all those out of date things and the dvd's need puting into age certificate order. The lawn needs cutting. The garage could do with a clear out since I did it 2 months ago. The summer house needs airing and the glory hole (my cupboard under the stairs, before you all get too excited) could do with a tidy and there are at least 3 pieces of paper in my filing tray. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
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Wilma
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I don't hoard, at all: I only keep what is really useful.
In my shed I have the Weber carburretor (broken) from my beloved 1968 Corsair2000 V6; a pair of 1920's hedging gloves, a collection of axes, slashers, hedging hooks and brummocks (billhooks), some paint I bought in 1976, a box of baler string, a collection of broken mole traps, several broken bicycles, two paraffin heaters that don't work, a Briggs and Stratton 3.5 hp engine that would be great if it had a piston, spares for a 1940's pipeline milking system, 10 chains-all broken, several coils of mouldy rope and a collection of receptacles (old boots, buckets, boxes, cans, barrels, sinks and pots) that I have been intending to plant up with flowers for the last 15 years.
I hate to think what it would be like if I hoarded things...
In my shed I have the Weber carburretor (broken) from my beloved 1968 Corsair2000 V6; a pair of 1920's hedging gloves, a collection of axes, slashers, hedging hooks and brummocks (billhooks), some paint I bought in 1976, a box of baler string, a collection of broken mole traps, several broken bicycles, two paraffin heaters that don't work, a Briggs and Stratton 3.5 hp engine that would be great if it had a piston, spares for a 1940's pipeline milking system, 10 chains-all broken, several coils of mouldy rope and a collection of receptacles (old boots, buckets, boxes, cans, barrels, sinks and pots) that I have been intending to plant up with flowers for the last 15 years.
I hate to think what it would be like if I hoarded things...
Sex God
We have a loft full of stuff that has been put away for when the kids move out, thinking that they might be usefull too them as we remember how tight things were when we started. Problem is they have both pissed themselves laughing at some of the gear as it is very old fashioned. Microwave in a fetching beige colour with huge twiddly knobs, stereos that have record decks on them "what the fuck is that" was the comment. Lamp shades, venetian blinds, cutain track etc.
We have decided that they will never want the stuff and that its all realatively cheap anyway these days so we are gonna join the throw away age and get shot although it really does seem a waste.
We have also tried to give stuff away to charity shops but they do not want electrical items and even furniture is these days unless you can prove its fire rating. O.K. then lets dump it. Well thats not as easy as it sounds our local dump has that many rules and restrictions these days as to make even this option difficult. No wonder fly tipping is blightining our countryside.
Iknow lets have a bonfire in the garden and burn it WHOO! not allowed either. So perhaps hording is the easier option.
We have decided that they will never want the stuff and that its all realatively cheap anyway these days so we are gonna join the throw away age and get shot although it really does seem a waste.
We have also tried to give stuff away to charity shops but they do not want electrical items and even furniture is these days unless you can prove its fire rating. O.K. then lets dump it. Well thats not as easy as it sounds our local dump has that many rules and restrictions these days as to make even this option difficult. No wonder fly tipping is blightining our countryside.
Iknow lets have a bonfire in the garden and burn it WHOO! not allowed either. So perhaps hording is the easier option.
Sex God
Good idea mr FC we have a cart full of gear to get shot of. Can we throw in some spuds wrapped in foil around the edges and break into a couple of crates of beer and lager.
Just hope the neighbours dont complain
Just hope the neighbours dont complain
Sex God
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What is the most useless item you have held on to ?
I still have the manuscripts of the text books and training notes I wrote on the maintenance of a machine that has been obsolete for the last ten years.
