J4CKO

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Do you hoard tonnes of rubbish as well ?

My missus and kids generate masses of junk, she keeps bringing stuff home from her mums, then kids get something new everytime they go somewhere, they get too much stuff at Christmas and nobody will throw anything away, cupboards get filled and never opened and I have found I can bin things and nobodu notices anyway.

Its driving me mad !

STi wanna Subaru

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You're having a bad week aint you

StickyMicky

yup i started doing this 2 years ago, throwing out things that the G/F has left about, she has never noticed anything apart from 1 eye make up brush thing, she had left it next to the computer for 2 days, so it went in the bin.


she hoards anything, plastic bags, obscene amounts, it got to the point when the drawers in the kitchen would not close, upon inspection i found another 24 bags that had over spilled down the back due to her putting more and more in

threw them all out and she started having a go "because sometimes i need a bag"

new phrase is "leave it about, i chuck it out"

AndyC_772

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Sounds like you have both the problem and the solution in the same post

Eddie1980

Yep really annoys me, clearing out dads garage this weekend, spent 6hrs at it, hardly looks like I have touched it, I was finding paperwork from 1973, and big thick employee nominal reports from 1979.

Kinda hoping I am going to stumble over a 1960's Farrari or something but sadly I don't think it will happen.

God only knows why some people refuse to throw anything away, really really bugs me. Makes no sense as once the clutter gets above a certain level they cannot remember what they have got and if they can they cannot find it, normally resulting in the purchase of another one so its ultimately pointless.

Gurr anyway!

Snazy

Yup missus is the same, but I have my moments too lol.

Tend to have a good clean out once in a while, and start all over again.

The thought "oh that will come in handy" is a BAD one!

Sonic'

Somebody please please please show this thread to my MD

we are a computer company (have been for 25 years) and the workshop has 2 rusty golf clubs, a toy teddy, a car seat, astra headrests from 1998, haridryers from a hairdressers from the 1970's

And lots of 2,3 & 486 chips and motherboards, ink cartirdges that are 3 years out of date, toner cartridges that have soldified, yet we are not allowed to throw anything away (just in case !!!)

john_s

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Our boss is a bit like that.

We tidy up the yard and stores and things "disappear" when he goes on holiday... I don't think he's missed anything yet.

spider

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LOL - my other half is the complete opposite. "hmm, we haven't used this for over 6 months - charity or bin"

I do have a tendency to hoard car parts (unless they're busted!) at the back of the garage, even for cars I don't have any more. Set of brand new rear shocks for an MGC? - yup, still in the wrapping; glass bowl fuel pump for a 2.25 Land Rover? - yup, at the back there somewhere; windscreen wiper motor for a 1960s Mini? - yup, in that box new & unused; assorted parts like lights, spoiler, wheels, etc. off the Scoob that "might" be used to return it to normal someday - oh yes!

I really must have a sort out & get down to the Bealieu auto-jumble one day!

David Lock

But never forget sod's law of hoarding.......

You keep something for years - just in case - but then get all brave and sling it.

Then about 3 days after the bin men have been..... Yes you've guessed it

Happened to me several times

magepaster

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Suffering from the same problem here.
Kids get ridiculous amounts of toys at Christmas and Birthdays. The wife seems to think we are living in a storage facility.
I have told them that we are going to have a major clear out and anything that has not been used in the last twelve months is going to a charity shop.

I guess that we should be able to get rid at least a dozen black bags of crap and with luck should double it. This is without taking the loft into consideration. I may be gone for some time.

Turbo2

Defintely car parts. E-Bay is often to blame in my case. Because I tend to favour rare old motors, I seem to buy parts whenever they come up for sale and never get round to putting them on the car.

Eg: for my R5 Turbo 2: brand new front disks, new Goodridge braided brake lines, brand new original rear Alloy wheel, 2 used front TRX tyres, 2 used rear TRX tyres, alternator, headlamp, side stickers, oh and then a damaged front bumper which is of no use to anyone and various useless bits of damaged trim and other assorted rubbish.

I was heading down the same direction when I owned an Integrale last year, but that's gone now. I haven't given in to temptation to start hoarding for our Bugeye yet: hopefully parts are still plentiful and Jap cars don't tend to break as much as my other ones. Touch Wood of course.

j4ckos mate

J4cko knows about me and this problem, im the opposite, i have thrown out ornaments that have been out on display in the past,

i have thrown out her handbags and purses in the past, and she has not noticed.

the cupboard under the stairs is full of her ****, i have even threatend to nail the ****er up before today.
the cupboard that is

j4ckos mate

and crap the kids have printed off and left on the side or drawings they have done at school how long do you have to keep them, happy meal toys,

**** toys from poundland, i can and will go on

j4ckos mate

and the junk your wife brings home from her mum and dads, old books and free dvd's from papers, and of course you daren't throw it away.

mine know now, if its on the floor they will never see it again.

Sonic'

We cant because believe it or not he actually checks the bins

An antique shop opened on the corner next to us, and I told him I was going to give her most of our stock his answer ' pah your'e all throwaway society you arent you'

john_s

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That's why we do it when he's on holiday. If he wasn't he'd look in the skip and fish it back out again. We just skip the junk and get the skip swapped before he's back in work.

SCOsazOBY

I have sold my other halfs old clothes on ebay without him knowing as he never wore them and didnt even notice they had gone.
This year he asked where his xbox was, it had been stuck in the spare room gathering dust, he was shocked when i owned up to selling it a year ago for £70

hrness

and the loft, my ceiling is bending with the weight, summer clothes, winter clothes, kids clothes (all left home). and what is it with plastic containers. we have hundreds of them for two of us, and do you all have that dreaded kitchen draw, you know the one with 15 never used aaa batteries, six rolls of sellotape,
super glue (hard), mobile chargers for phones we have not got anymore.paper clips, drawing pins,picture hanging kit, it is endless.

junk expands to fit the available space simple law of physics.

J4CKO

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My in-laws live on a farm, it has a barn which fairly large, and full, most of us need to get rid of old couches but not them, I think its where the habit comes from, it goes in worth something and either devalues due to progress, for example old camera kit, went in still worth something, now its not worth a penny and furniture goes in, goes out of fashion or gets eaten. Have to say its the place to go for old videos, out of date dog food and vintage fax machines !

kingofturds

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Shed is full of my crap, the exercise bike, mini moto, fishing rods,golf clubs all great fun at the time now they just gather dust. I convince myself one day they will all come in handy

Fuzz

Don't get me started on my family, also farmers.
The place is a pig sty and that's just the house!
Jam jars, margarine tubs, plastic bags, old carpets, sawn timber offcuts, bricks, paving slabs, pots, old aluminium saucepans.
Tins of paint with 5mm of paint (usually solidified) in the bottom, wall tile spares.. Only trouble is those "spares" are for the kitchen that was ripped out in 1990...
Never mind what's up in the attic..

Luminous

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omg!! The people in this thread!! Throw my stuff out at your peril.

I like to keep a few things (hoard), but they are nicely stored away. On occasions in the past people have "cleared" them out "for me". Hasty trips to the bin and threats of revenge have been given

oldsplice

What is it with blokes and keeping paint dregs? Drives me nuts!

kingofturds

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It will come in handy one day and whats with women leaving their snotty tissues everywhere

oldsplice

Have you been putting your hand under my pillow?

J4CKO

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The snotty tissues, there is one in the same place every day in our bedroom, its like a law, like the handfull of fluff near the dryer, the toffee wrappers round the pc, the 2 foot of debris in the kids bedrooms.