think of it this way: you''re also being "green" by reusing and reducing the amount of new items you buy because of it, so you''re not really a pack rat, you''re PC and environmentally friendly, LOL!Date: 9/7/2007 1:13:56 AM
Author: strmrdr
way kewl im not the only one :}
Both my parents where pack rats I think it genetic lol
They were both born during the great depression and learned at a young age to reuse/save everything.
Yes.Date: 9/6/2007 11:27:56 PM
Author:strmrdr
fess up so I dont feel strange
Anyone else have boxes and boxes of stored stuff they have no idea whats in them?
I cant be the only one!
lol
kewl!Date: 9/7/2007 4:32:11 AM
Author: Lorelei
Yes.Date: 9/6/2007 11:27:56 PM
Author:strmrdr
fess up so I dont feel strange
Anyone else have boxes and boxes of stored stuff they have no idea whats in them?
I cant be the only one!
lol
that cracked me up LOLDate: 9/7/2007 2:07:32 AM
Author: TravelingGal
One more kind of funny story...
My mother is a pack rat in the sense that she''ll reuse paper bags, cheap tuperware, etc. When I traveled Europe, I had a gallon ziploc bag that all my dirty underwear went into. I had ''dirty laundry'' written on the bag to keep track of things.
When I came back, I tossed everything out. A few hours later, I came down to the kitchen and spied a bag of walnuts in the freezer...and you guessed it...it was labeled ''dirty laundry.''
''MOM!'' I exclaimed, ''THIS bag carried my DIRTY UNDERWEAR FOR FOUR MONTHS!!!''
She looked horribly perplexed. Having grown up during the Korean war, she''s a penny pincher. She LOVES nuts, but they are pricey and she just had bought a big bag of them as a treat for us since I just came home.
She looked at me, looked at the bag, and chucked the whole thing into the trash. I guess a mother''s love isn''t unconditional after all.
Hehehe....thanks Storm and I say the same!!! I hate throwing things away and avoid it where possible, I could fill Buckingham Palace with junk probably!Date: 9/7/2007 5:33:32 AM
Author: strmrdr
kewl!Date: 9/7/2007 4:32:11 AM
Author: Lorelei
Yes.Date: 9/6/2007 11:27:56 PM
Author:strmrdr
fess up so I dont feel strange
Anyone else have boxes and boxes of stored stuff they have no idea whats in them?
I cant be the only one!
lol
Im in good company!!!
My DH has the same thing! He has about a hundred (or two) of those stupid Star Wars "action figures" (aka DOLLS) and he refuses to get rid of them because "they might be worth some money". Ugh. Give me a break! I don''t know anyone who, in their right mind, would pay any more than the retail price for those. I always tell him that if they are worth so much then he should sell them so we can buy a house. He also has boxes and boxes of comic books. It drives me nuts! Lucky for me, however, he keeps all of that "junk" at his mom and dad''s house because they have room for it and we do not.Date: 9/7/2007 9:39:46 AM
Author: sumbride
I''m the child of packrats and so is my FI. And we live in a wee tiny house.
I go through rampages of thowing stuff out. I just did it this past weekend... went through the ''linen closet'' and tossed all the cosmetics and such that had been in there, untouched, since we moved in 2 years ago. Then I stacked up old towels we don''t use for donation. Then I hit my bathroom and did the same thing. Now I have to get to the bedroom, the office, the kitchen and the basement before it all builds back up again. FI has ''collector''s item'' syndrome... determined that something is ''worth something'' he''ll hold onto it forever. Honestly, if you don''t put newspapers in archival containers, they aren''t going to be worth anything! I keep telling him that about the Pope papers but no, they''re still in the closet of the office. I think I''m going to send him on a trip and clean the house while he''s gone.
And, of course, it''s a lot easier to throw out somebody else''s stuff than it is your own. I almost have to pretend the house is on fire to throw out MY stuff.
Date: 9/7/2007 2:07:32 AM
Author: TravelingGal
One more kind of funny story...
My mother is a pack rat in the sense that she''ll reuse paper bags, cheap tuperware, etc. When I traveled Europe, I had a gallon ziploc bag that all my dirty underwear went into. I had ''dirty laundry'' written on the bag to keep track of things.
When I came back, I tossed everything out. A few hours later, I came down to the kitchen and spied a bag of walnuts in the freezer...and you guessed it...it was labeled ''dirty laundry.''
''MOM!'' I exclaimed, ''THIS bag carried my DIRTY UNDERWEAR FOR FOUR MONTHS!!!''
She looked horribly perplexed. Having grown up during the Korean war, she''s a penny pincher. She LOVES nuts, but they are pricey and she just had bought a big bag of them as a treat for us since I just came home.
She looked at me, looked at the bag, and chucked the whole thing into the trash. I guess a mother''s love isn''t unconditional after all.
OMG, that was hilarious... I was just imagining the look on your faces!Date: 9/7/2007 2:07:32 AM
Author: TravelingGal
One more kind of funny story...
Two words.Date: 9/7/2007 1:56:54 PM
Author: poshpepper
OMG, that was hilarious... I was just imagining the look on your faces!
My Dad is a pack-rat but I'm not sure if it is to the point to be classified as a disorder... but he has ALOT OF JUNK!!! Of course he wouldn't call it junk... LOL!
I have a hard time throwing away mail... or half empty bottles of body products that I know I wont use again (but for some reason I just cant throw it away) Mail is by far the worst... I am too paranoid someone is going to go through my trash or something... to many identity theft horror stories I guess...
Haaa LOL!! Yes, that is on my list of things to buy! I guess I should do it before my mail pile swallows me up! hee heeDate: 9/7/2007 2:47:34 PM
Author: Ellen
Two words.
Paper shredder.
Monarch...the sentiment is there...but it is not functional...when you don''t know what''s in the boxes!Date: 9/7/2007 1:44:23 AM
Author: monarch64
think of it this way: you''re also being ''green'' by reusing and reducing the amount of new items you buy because of it, so you''re not really a pack rat, you''re PC and environmentally friendly, LOL!Date: 9/7/2007 1:13:56 AM
Author: strmrdr
way kewl im not the only one :}
Both my parents where pack rats I think it genetic lol
They were both born during the great depression and learned at a young age to reuse/save everything.
You''re right, Ira! I guess I was trying to put my positive spin on the issue at hand again, lol!Date: 9/8/2007 12:15:38 AM
Author: Regular Guy
Monarch...the sentiment is there...but it is not functional...when you don''t know what''s in the boxes!Date: 9/7/2007 1:44:23 AM
Author: monarch64
think of it this way: you''re also being ''green'' by reusing and reducing the amount of new items you buy because of it, so you''re not really a pack rat, you''re PC and environmentally friendly, LOL!Date: 9/7/2007 1:13:56 AM
Author: strmrdr
way kewl im not the only one :}
Both my parents where pack rats I think it genetic lol
They were both born during the great depression and learned at a young age to reuse/save everything.
Storm...I...too...am packrat.
Since moving last summer...only my wife has been unpacking us. It''s not fair...and I''m a baaaaaad man.