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Originally Posted by frahse
I find it difficult to toss old machines. Yard machines, electronic machines, etc. I can usually get them to work, but I have moved on to the latest and so the old ones just occupy space in the garage or my storeroom in the basement and never get used.
Example. I have two old very powerful 33cc gas string trimmers, an IDC and a Poulan that are adapted for specific uses, but I mainly use a Worx lithium ion trimmer that a son gave me. There are also some old corded electrical trimmers down in my "storeroom." Truthfully I had forgotten about them until the other day when I was looking for something else.
Thank God city ordinances won't allow me to keep old vehicles anymore without licenses though I think that unfair if the vehicle can run.
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I think the majority of us find it difficult to toss out anything still working/usable.
I am sure there are lots out there with close to zero 'junk" but I can't think of any I know personally right now.
I moved to the Arctic in 1999 and in 2003 I had someone get rid of my stuff in storage, so I was almost clutter free for a short period except for 22 boxes of household crap I carried from job to job.
2005 found me in Rankin Inlet Nunavut. The company I worked for paid $2200 to ship my stuff to Rankin Inlet,(no roads in so air freight only) but as you can imagine they weren't going to pay to ship it out, so I had the big sale and was down to two luggage and a backpack
By 2008 I had accumulated 14 tubs and boxes. I moved back to my apartment in Vancouver for financial reasons, and am once again battling the clutter battle.
My big weakness are electronics and kitchen appliances. Got my eye on a Bluetooth enabled Instant Pot which will be shipping in the fall. And I have almost every spice and gadget one can buy affordably.
My last roommate left behind 16 boxes of stuff when she had to move back to Romania this year not including groceries. Every time the Vacuum got clogged up she would buy a new one
Luckily the Thrift shop is close by, although that too is a dangerous place to go.
Time for an intervention perhaps
Helen