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Has anyone accumulated to much stuff?

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I am trying to clean stuff up around here and it is overwhelming me to the point I give up. It is all good stuff but I just thought how nice it was during the time of my life I only owned what I was wearing and what I could carry in my pockets. What simple times those were.[8]
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  • Old-Colts
    Yep, I've got a bunch of extra stereo equipment and my Lionel train collection that I need to start selling off. I was able to sell all but a few of my case knives from my collection, the ones I wanted to keep. However, I'm not ready to reduce the gun collection![:D]
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  • GuvamintCheese
    Oh, to be a minimmalist again.
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  • mateomasfeo
    quote:Originally posted by cartod
    Oh, to be a minimmalist again.



    Sounds good on paper...
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  • Permanently deleted user
    I got way too much stuff!

    I use very little of it but I know once I get rid of it I am going to want or need it again![;)][:(][:D]
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  • Cubslover
    quote:Originally posted by git_r_done
    I got way too much stuff!

    I use very little of it but I know once I get rid of it I am going to want or need it again![;)][:(][:D]


    Same here.
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  • beneteau
    That's why I use eBay. I've sold things on eBay that most people would throw away. Keeps my "stuff" down to a minimum.
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  • bhale187
    I've been trying to clear out our junk around the house. I have a pickup truck full of toys I plan to drop off if I can find a charity that actually gives them away instead of reselling them. Any suggetions for such a place?
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  • LOKO383
    Has anyone accumulated to much stuff?

    MY WIFE.. :( Loko..[V]
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  • Permanently deleted user
    quote:Originally posted by bhale187
    I've been trying to clear out our junk around the house. I have a pickup truck full of toys I plan to drop off if I can find a charity that actually gives them away instead of reselling them. Any suggetions for such a place?


    Toys for tots?
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  • MVP
    quote:Originally posted by git_r_done
    I got way too much stuff!

    I use very little of it but I know once I get rid of it I am going to want or need it again![;)][:(][:D]


    That is exactly my problem.
    I have some old obscure stuff around here that I never need to use until the day after I get rid of it[:0][:D]
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  • Cubslover
    quote:Originally posted by freemind
    quote:Originally posted by bhale187
    I've been trying to clear out our junk around the house. I have a pickup truck full of toys I plan to drop off if I can find a charity that actually gives them away instead of reselling them. Any suggetions for such a place?


    Toys for tots?


    Or a children's hospital.
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  • Sperry
    quote:Originally posted by cartod
    Oh, to be a minimalist again.


    You mean a bachelor traveling the country on your thumb, with a backpack?
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  • lts
    Local daycare centers, churches and schools
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  • MVP
    quote:Originally posted by Sperry
    quote:Originally posted by cartod
    Oh, to be a minimalist again.


    You mean a bachelor traveling the country on your thumb, with a backpack?

    I think he meant like when he owned a cardboard sign and frequented freeway offramps.
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  • shootlow
    i am in the middle of trying to locate the top of my reloading bench and get some crap put away
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  • jtmarine0831
    quote:Originally posted by LOKO383
    Has anyone accumulated to much stuff?

    MY WIFE.. :( Loko..[V]



    I agree Loko!
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  • Sav99
    How I've accumulated all this stuff I do not know. For example, does one man really need 17 fishing poles [:0]
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  • MVP
    quote:Originally posted by sav99
    How I've accumulated all this stuff I do not know. For example, does one man really need 17 fishing poles [:0]

    Fishing poles keep me busy moving them around my shop from bench to bench...leaning them all in this corner before I move them to that corner.
    They are constantly in the way.
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  • Permanently deleted user
    Time for some giveaways! I'll take that 6.5" Judge...[;)][:D]
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  • MVP
    quote:Originally posted by ECC
    Time for some giveaways! I'll take that 6.5" Judge...[;)][:D]

    LOL so far the Judge hasn't got on my nerves so no giveaway yet[:o)]
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  • shootlow
    we men have stuff
    women have JUNK
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  • victorlvlb
    I've taken three or four truck loads to the goodwill store,and four truck loads to the dump.I've got to talk my wife into getting rid of the 45, lps, cassets and eight tracks.We have two racks of vhs movies, over half of them are for the grand kids. After the holidays i'll try doing some book give aways.
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  • mango tango
    It's gotten to the point in my basement work room, there is not one flat surface that isn't covered with crap. I can't find anywhere to work on anything! I have a lot of hobbies and a lot of stuff, and most of it is good stuff, but sooner or later it's got to go.
    Maybe it will end up in a Giveaway pile!
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  • spurgemastur
    Ten years ago, everything I owned would fit in a Honda Civic Hatchback.

    Five years ago it would have taken 1.5 of such hatchbacks.

    Today.....uhg. maybe three?

    I'll be moving soon. It's a good excuse to purge a lot of those items that I haven't even touched since they last were unpacked.
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  • Locust Fork
    I've tried to have a yard sale for months and months. The whole move led to piles of crap being tucked away in the barn....and the pile is growning daily. By the time I actually have time to have that sale the barn will be STUFFED!
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  • pickenup
    My son can move, and have everything put away, in ONE day.

    He was giving us a hard time this fall, after spending most of the summer (one day a week) helping us pack and move "stuff" that we are going to keep. Also helping us get rid of what we were able to this year.

    He can NOT phantom how we accumulated all this "stuff" especially after spending the last few YEARS getting rid of truckloads of it. 13 trailers, and a spare house full of it. House basically had just an isle you could walk through, in most rooms.

    We had yard sales that were talked about down in town. (wife heard ladies talking about them, in the grocery store) Then pack up what was left, and give it to ARC. Repeated as necessary. Countless loads to the landfill.

    We are down to probably 2-3 yard sales next summer, a load to the recyclers (copper, brass, aluminum, etc.) 1-2 loads to the scrap iron recyclers, one trailer to sell (once it's empty) and a load or two to the landfill.

    I might mention, I LOVE Craig's list. [:D][:D][:D]

    Don't give up MVP.
    I only had ONE item that I took to the iron scrapper, that I had to go out and buy later. It was WORTH IT, to get rid of ALL that other "stuff" IMHO.
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  • Wolf.
    quote:I just thought how nice it was during the time of my life I only owned what I was wearing and what I could carry in my pockets. What simple times those were. That's exactly why you have too much stuff today.
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  • Blade Slinger
    I think I would go meet my maker before moving all mu STUFF[:0]
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  • mrseatle
    yep... I just spent a month... moving.

    I try to think of my stuff as tools, and I try not to horde books anymore. Books are meant to be read.
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  • cce1302
    We've moved 4 times in our 4 years of marriage. We haven't had time to stop and have a garage sale yet, but I sure hope we can soon or we'll have to buy a bigger house!
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