Do You 'Hoard' Stuff?

brummytom · 09-03-2010 08:56PM #1

Don't think I've started a thread in here for a while... Lucky you lot.

Anyway, is it just me or do other people, as the title says, 'hoard' stuff?

I'm terrible for it. My last wallet was literally bursting at the seams with train tickets, cinema tickets and the odd bus ticket. I just can't seem to chuck stuff out... my wardrobe's overflowing with eleven years' worth of school books, and old bits and bobs. Half the stuff on the top floor is old toys that I just can't bear to chuck out... I really have difficulty binning stuff.

Does anyone else do this or is it just me?

AnonoBoy · 09-03-2010 08:57PM

Only money.

Hagar · 09-03-2010 08:58PM

Yes, I'm the same, my cellar is full.

J.Fritzel.

Jako8 · 09-03-2010 08:59PM

brummytom wrote: »

I'm terrible for it. My last wallet was literally bursting at the seams with train tickets, cinema tickets and the odd bus ticket.

Change this to...

brummytom wrote: »

I'm terrible for it. My last wallet was literally bursting at the seams with money.

Enjoy getting laid. :cool:

Elenxor · 09-03-2010 09:00PM

Yes....

Grudges!!!!!!:(

bonerm · 09-03-2010 09:00PM

I destroy everything I own once per seven years in order to mimic the cellular process.

ejmaztec · 09-03-2010 09:00PM

brummytom wrote: »

Don't think I've started a thread in here for a while... Lucky you lot.

Anyway, is it just me or do other people, as the title says, 'hoard' stuff?

I'm terrible for it. My last wallet was literally bursting at the seams with train tickets, cinema tickets and the odd bus ticket. I just can't seem to chuck stuff out... my wardrobe's overflowing with eleven years' worth of school books, and old bits and bobs. Half the stuff on the top floor is old toys that I just can't bear to chuck out... I really have difficulty binning stuff.

Does anyone else do this or is it just me?

It's stupid getting rid of anything at all, which is my main reason for having a septic tank. We've also got sagging ceilings thanks to stuff being thrown up in the attic. One of these days we're just going to be crushed to death.

Bonito · 09-03-2010 09:03PM

I had a whole box full of photo's, train tickets, bus tickets, cinema tickets, bits and bobs, ice skating tickets, receipts and the likes.

phasers · 09-03-2010 09:03PM

I will do for a while, but then once every 6 months or so I'll throw out tons of random crap from my room because it gets so bad I can't even walk around it anymore

Mr Yellow · 09-03-2010 09:04PM

NO

I f__king hate hoarders. I even dump girlfriends..

Bonito · 09-03-2010 09:05PM

Mr Yellow wrote: »

NO

I f__king hate hoarders. I even dump girlfriends..

Yellow belly afraid of committment :mad:

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 09-03-2010 09:07PM

My emotions

:):rolleyes::o:mad::(:eek::cool::P:confused::pac:

Dudess · 09-03-2010 09:08PM

If I look at something and think "ah you never know, it could come in useful some day" it most likely won't. But I do hold on to some bits and bobs for their sentimental value etc. I'd say I'm somewhere in between hoarder and "clearer".

DundalkDuffman · 09-03-2010 09:08PM

brummytom wrote: »

I'm terrible for it. My last wallet was literally bursting at the seams with train tickets, cinema tickets and the odd bus ticket.
Does anyone else do this or is it just me?

Not just you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoPf98i8A0g

Daemos · 09-03-2010 09:14PM

I can't throw anything out. I even have a dead MP3 player in my drawer but I can't scrap it

crossmolinalad · 09-03-2010 09:17PM

Had the last two years nothing to do so i cleared out the whole house and sold much as posible on ebay
Attic and spare rooms are almost empty now
creditunion acc is a bit filled up now

alwaysadub · 09-03-2010 09:17PM

I keep anything that my nephews/nieces make for me. i have scraps of paper lying around that are like 14yrs old.
I also have a tendancy to just throw bits of paper in the drawer without looking to see if they are important or not-i found a receipt for petrol from 2years ago on my dressing table over the weekend:eek:

My name is URL · 09-03-2010 09:19PM

No, I can't stand any sort of clutter. I even throw my bills out once I've read them

Thomas828 · 09-03-2010 09:20PM

Yes, I used to hoard records and comics. Classical music LPs from the 50s and 60s, rock records from the 70s, 2000 AD comics from the 80s, Archie comics from the 90s and Manga from the 2000s. And what a drag it was lugging it all around every time I moved house. Losing my job and being thrown onto the dole queue was a blessing in disguise because I had to break the hoarding habit. And later I sold something like seven eighths of my comics and records and got a decent price for them!

jd007 · 09-03-2010 09:25PM

Why do people keep bus tickets?

Sofiztikated · 09-03-2010 09:26PM

Yes, oh gawd yes.

I have every payslip I have ever gotten, every p60, every bit of literature a bank/building society/credit union has ever given me, I have stubs from every show I've went to, a heap of cinema tickets, envelopes, I hate throwing out socks, even the odds that you can't even try and swing a match of from other odds.

I have teeshirts that are too worn and threadbare to ever be used as clothing again, but I can't throw them out.

I have jeans that no longer have a definable shape, but they could be useful for something.

I truely am my fathers son.

Her indoors has to do a raid on my wardrobe every year while I'm at work, and get rid of some stuff. I won't even notice its gone until I go rooting around to try and bring myself to throw something out, and I notice its gone, and then there is usually a short exchange of words.

Agricola · 09-03-2010 09:29PM

Nope. I keep things tidy with a teutonic efficiency. I dont even allow my pc to have more than 1 active system restore point at a time!

BraziliaNZ · 09-03-2010 09:36PM

i dont. I have a few things but not much. I can't stand the thought of someone having to deal with a load of crap when I die, or it rotting away for eternity in some dump. I've been at my folks now to start downgrading the amount of clutter they have so I wont have to deal with it when they die. Lovely son I am!

IvySlayer · 09-03-2010 09:39PM

I can't throw stuff away

I've got a drawer full of USB cables, I go to throw them out and then I think, I might use them one day, I might need back ups and back up-back ups.

I still have my school uniforms, I stll have my books. I still have some of my toys

One of them is a Sea Monkey tank, I don't even have any of those hatching kits left but I still keep it 'just in case'

Oh man I miss my Sea Monkeys

I had a good few and they had names...

Scarydoll · 09-03-2010 09:52PM

I'm a bit of a hoarder. I've got bills and stuff from ages. Pay slips from my first job over ten years ago. Really old mobile phones that are heavier than a brick etc.
The funny thing is I tend to get rid of clothes, if I don't wear something for a couple of months I give it to charity.

pookie82 · 09-03-2010 09:58PM

Yes I do, but I blame my Dad, who is the ultimate hoarder. He has a huge shed FULL of stuff that will "one day come in very handy" from old paint cans to random bits of wood and galvanise. He can NOT get rid of anything.

Atavan-Halen · 09-03-2010 10:09PM

I'm a bit of a hoarder too. I'd like to be able to get rid of some of my old stuff but I just can't

lorebringer · 09-03-2010 10:23PM

Tea towels - I have a drawer full of them. They are all clean, boiled to within an inch of their lives, and quite a few have been chewed by one of the dogs but still usable! Cleaning products is another, I will keep them until the bottle is totally empty - none of this "there's only a little bit left" or "what a crap/dodgy smelling/not useful product" talk, I'm keeping it until every last drop is used god damn it! As a result, I have quite a few products that are not quite empty but I just won't throw out. I'm working my way through them (or so I say) :rolleyes:

ejmaztec · 09-03-2010 10:39PM

jd007 wrote: »

Why do people keep bus tickets?

So they can stick em on suitcases to make it look like they're travellers of distinction.

They could also be worth a lot of money in 50 years time.:cool:

IrishManSaipan · 09-03-2010 10:58PM

My name is URL wrote: »

I even throw my bills out once I've read them

Should you not pay them first?

Giselle · 09-03-2010 11:01PM

Books.

Even if I hated it, and I'm absolutely certain I'll never read it again, I can never pass on, or throw out, a book.

Do You 'Hoard' Stuff?

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