Poodle, I found the same thing when I cleaned out my parents' house in 2005. They had extras of everything - much still in the original wrappings. They were retired and had downsized from a big old house, so furniture was not an isssue, and there was no garage! However, every storage space was stuffed! I ended up hiring a woman to clean after we were done sorting stuff (and we filled a dumpster, plus took lots of clothing - much brand new - to thrift shop) and she came to give me an estimate while we were still mucking out. She said if we just left any kitchen and cleaning stuff we didn't want, she would donate it to a women's shelter where she volunteered. I was delighted to do it.
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I'm glad this topic popped up again.
Guess what I just found? We are having unseasonably warm weather and I just found a pile of Very Special Sticks in what had been a snow pile in the yard. I went to add them to the sticks-for-bundling pile and my son was all NO NO THOSE ARE MY SPECIAL STICKS FOR DRAWING IN SNOW.
He's generally really good at getting rid of things - we just donated a paper shopping bag of lots of little toys (blocks, cars) he noticed he didn't play with. But suddenly rediscovering something he hadn't touched in a month tripped that "keep it, it's mine!" reflex.
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Lol, Rosa! What is it with boys and sticks? I spend my life saying 'no sticks in the house/no sticks in the car/put that stick down, it's 12 feet long so it's a tree, not a stick'! You could always take him to a bridge to play Pooh sticks with the pile, that would be a fun way to get rid of them :)
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@ Rosa, When I was little, I had a game called 'Pick Up Sticks'. There were about 25 or 30 different colored sticks about 12 inches long. You held them together in your hand, with the ends on the table or floor. You dropped them and had to pick up the sticks without moving other sticks. Kind of like Jenga where you have to move the blocks without knocking the tower down. You could get him that game, and he could have as many sticks as he wants!
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Lottielot: I used to live in Hartfield, where the original pooh sticks bridge is located.
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this is a fascinating discussion! I have to agree with all of you! Mostly I find it difficult to get rid of things because I can hear my mom's voice in my head (she grew up during the depression, too) saying, "But that's good quality; it cost a lot, and you can't get the same thing at that price now!" The other items I find difficult to part with are those that invoke memories (eg, mementos from trips, cocktail dresses from college formals [yes, I saved one], photos, music [yes, still some vinyl around our house], my kids' drawings [I try to save only 1 piece per kid per year], and so on). I know it's silly, and the memories will always be there, but those things trigger emotion (I also have my eldest sister's doll - she passed away in 2006 and I can't part with it yet).
So, in short, I think some of it is conditioning from our families or childhoods, and some of it is genetically/emotionally derived.
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Mskris, still plenty of vinyl at our house as well. And a working turntable! In the "someday" part of my life plans is a turntable that digitizes the music, like susanintexas has. I'm interested to hear how her conversion goes.
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@ Mskris: Don't get rid of your sister's doll. Do you have a daughter or niece? Keep it for her when she's old enough to appreciate it. My maw-maw was given a doll when she was 10 years old in 1935. The kind with hard head, arms and legs, but the body is soft. Hher eyelids move and she cries when you lay her down. After WW2, my granny (her mom) lived in Scotland, and for some reason brought the doll with her. Maw-maw eventually got it back when Granny moved back to the states. When my mom was 10, it was given to her as a gift. Mama had it for years and as a result of moving through her adult life, it was slightly damaged. When I was 10, she fixed it up and gave it to me that Christmas. That doll is 77 years old and sits out at my house. Now, both my granny and maw-maw are gone, but I still have the doll.
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I gave a USB turntable to dh a year and a half ago.
You play the record on the turntable and it is recorded to a flash drive.
So you HAVE to play the whole record, it's a little longer process than we thought it would be.
I think we've done 2 albums.no more ambition to do more.
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Irishbell, that's what I suspected. Years ago we started recording records onto cassette tapes, which was even more time consuming, as you had to listen, and stop recording at the end of the song which wouldn't have been recorded in full on side 1, then flip the tape and record the rest. Like you, we only did a few albums! At least with a flash drive you'll get all the album at once. Of course, DH doesn't have an iPod or MP3, and buys tons of CDs. He has realized, as he buys CDs that more and more music is only available digitally. We have to sit down and address this at some point.
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Susan: I've been to Pooh sticks bridge! Not many sticks in the vicinity :) Lovely area though.
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