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18 Apr 2014, 3:03 pm

Minimalists unite.
I'm all in.

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18 Apr 2014, 4:00 pm

I like the idea of packing stuff into boxes and then only taking it out if you need it, it's a great way to identify the essential stuff and I do this every couple of years or so with my toolkit.

However.....................

I like my 'stuff'. I like having shelves full of books because I read to relax. I like having shelves full of DVDs and CDs because I like to be entertained. I like having a workbench full of test gear because sometimes when an obscure problem comes up you might need that weird piece of equipment there and then.


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18 Apr 2014, 4:02 pm

Eccles_the_Mighty wrote:
I like the idea of packing stuff into boxes and then only taking it out if you need it, it's a great way to identify the essential stuff and I do this every couple of years or so with my toolkit.

However.....................

I like my 'stuff'. I like having shelves full of books because I read to relax. I like having shelves full of DVDs and CDs because I like to be entertained. I like having a workbench full of test gear because sometimes when an obscure problem comes up you might need that weird piece of equipment there and then.


Nothing wrong with being content as long as one knows what it is that brings them contentment.



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18 Apr 2014, 4:03 pm

khaoz wrote:
Minimalists unite.
I'm all in.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sectio ... id=9507946


i've always embraced this philosophy--though to be fair, it is much easier to embrace when you're of scanty means to begin with. :lol:



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18 Apr 2014, 4:11 pm

starvingartist wrote:
khaoz wrote:
Minimalists unite.
I'm all in.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sectio ... id=9507946


i've always embraced this philosophy--though to be fair, it is much easier to embrace when you're of scanty means to begin with. :lol:


I have to admit to being a minimalist because I am scatter brained. Sometimes, I just wake up and find myself with next to nothing. I just "lose my mind sometimes" and just get rid of everything I own and start all over again. I liberate myself from excess every couple years.



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18 Apr 2014, 4:25 pm

I'm a hoarder and of very limited financial means. Being a hoarder allows me to be quite creative. Take today for example, I made a fertiliser dispenser that would enable me to sprinkle a small amount of fertiliser at the base of my onion sets and other seedlings in the garden without having to bend over for each plant (which would make my back ache). I used some old PVC sink waste pipe tubing, an bit of leftover plywood, a short length of a old car seat belt, a couple of galvanised roofing washers, an old bolt, a plastic water bottle, some old garden wire and some duck tape. The resulting contraption worked like a dream - made completely out of rubbish that most folks would throw away. I'll probably get several years worth of use out of it. If something like this existed in gardening stores it would probably cost around €20 or more - not that I've ever seen anything like it anyway.


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18 Apr 2014, 4:36 pm

TallyMan wrote:
I'm a hoarder and of very limited financial means. Being a hoarder allows me to be quite creative. Take today for example, I made a fertiliser dispenser that would enable me to sprinkle a small amount of fertiliser at the base of my onion sets and other seedlings in the garden without having to bend over for each plant (which would make my back ache). I used some old PVC sink waste pipe tubing, an bit of leftover plywood, a short length of a old car seat belt, a couple of galvanised roofing washers, an old bolt, a plastic water bottle, some old garden wire and some duck tape. The resulting contraption worked like a dream - made completely out of rubbish that most folks would throw away. I'll probably get several years worth of use out of it. If something like this existed in gardening stores it would probably cost around €20 or more - not that I've ever seen anything like it anyway.


all my family on my dads side are hoarders, it comes in real handy a lot of times, they all seem to specialize their hoard in the trade they work. I have made tons of things by just welding scrap metal together. I am even building a hoard, its mostly electronics. in my family when something breaks we dont throw it away we pack it away. it becomes real handy when you buy the same make and brand of whatever broke you now have a bunch of parts to fix the new one when it breaks. its also really really handy when money gets tight. my dad has made a few house payments on scrap alone when work was slow



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18 Apr 2014, 4:45 pm

chris5000 wrote:
all my family on my dads side are hoarders, it comes in real handy a lot of times


A few weeks ago my wife accidentally crushed her laundry trolley (it was made with cheapo Chinese metal tubing as many things are nowadays) so I made her a new one with some scraps of wood, plywood and the wheels off a broken lawnmower. It works fine. She uses it to push laundry from the washing machine outdoors to peg it on the line to dry.

I'm always hoarding bits of metal and wood, nuts bolts and washers, electrical fittings and flex. The tricky part is remembering where everything is. We've still got some boxes full of stuff we brought with us to France from England 8 years ago that haven't been opened since we got here! :lol: We've got enough cutlery to open a hotel.


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18 Apr 2014, 7:23 pm

TallyMan wrote:
I'm a hoarder and of very limited financial means. Being a hoarder allows me to be quite creative. Take today for example, I made a fertiliser dispenser that would enable me to sprinkle a small amount of fertiliser at the base of my onion sets and other seedlings in the garden without having to bend over for each plant (which would make my back ache). I used some old PVC sink waste pipe tubing, an bit of leftover plywood, a short length of a old car seat belt, a couple of galvanised roofing washers, an old bolt, a plastic water bottle, some old garden wire and some duck tape. The resulting contraption worked like a dream - made completely out of rubbish that most folks would throw away. I'll probably get several years worth of use out of it. If something like this existed in gardening stores it would probably cost around €20 or more - not that I've ever seen anything like it anyway.


This sounds like a description that should come with photographic illustration. You do sound to be very creative.



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19 Apr 2014, 5:43 pm

I've not only accumulated too much stuff in the space of our apartment, but so has my wife and daughter. And I don't know if I could get on without all my junk, some of which only has sentimental value.


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