Who has trouble coming to grips with getting rid of stuff in an effort to 'lighten the load and see clear space' I'm talking about . thinking about it for awhile . visualizing clear racks and shelves . pysching yourself up to get rid of stuff you perked as a cowboy but in reality - will never have a use for, then . actually doing it. Getting out there . getting the rubbish and scrap bins postioned - then 'nek minut' feeling a sense of lethargy towards throwing stuff. Lol! Gawd! Anyway :))) Haha!
thejazzpianoma,
Jan 2, 7:58am
Yip. you should see my basement wood shop. Its taken me months to make much of a hole in it and I have really only just started. Mind you with being tired everything takes me a LONG time to do but even so.
The most frustrating thing is its a bit "chicken and egg" with limited space and so much stuff MIA in box's doing other jobs and even knocking up the cabinets etc I need to get tidy takes so much more time!
monaro_xxx,
Jan 2, 8:45am
the problem is.there is no JUNK.
mugenb20b,
Jan 2, 9:14am
Whatever I don't use in 12 months = bin / sell. I prefer having the luxury of usable space than storing crap that "will be handy one day".
a18a,
Jan 2, 10:03am
and then soon after you do get rid of it, you'll probably find a use for that part you had stored for years
supernova2,
Jan 2, 10:04am
Good idea but when I do that at about 12months and 1 day someone comes along and asks for something I dumped the day before, or even worse I find that I now have to go and source another as I need it myself.Decisions decisions ah too hard take another valium!
mechnificent,
Jan 2, 10:28am
It's not my junk! It's the two lad's old motor and lumber and motorbike collections that are my problem.
tmenz,
Jan 2, 10:30am
Ha, have recently helped son buy his own house with big garage so now progressively moving HIS junk out of my garage into his!
trader_84,
Jan 2, 10:31am
I reckon you need to have a mate with you who is brutal. He has no emotional or financial attachment to your stuff and will go through your shelves like a machine.
mechnificent,
Jan 2, 10:35am
Is that the secret. help them buy a place of their own. I'll have to give that some more thought.
cuda.340,
Jan 2, 10:35am
not everything is junk, even if it looks like it. just this morning i had a guy come & see me for an item i had sitting in my shed for the past 9 years. it was just what he wanted & he gave me 2x 15 can boxes of Jim Beams for it. he got a bargain, n i don't have to go back to the wholesaler. win/win if you ask me. best thing was it cost me nothing in the first place.:)
trader_84,
Jan 2, 10:38am
I know what you are saying about kids. Mine all know that when they decide to leave the nest - all their gear leaves with them. One of my boys has his own place now but didn't make a clean break from here. I sorted that out after i gave him a heap of time to clear out . I gave him the ultimatum to come and clear his stuff or the oldman would do it for him. He came back and took what he wanted (or could fit) and I rubbished or scrapped the rest. I need my oldman still around so he can come and do the same to me, haha!
mugenb20b,
Jan 2, 10:40am
That happens all the time, but that's Murphy's law. I do keep some bits and pieces that I know I'll use, like threaded rod, pipe, plumbing fittings, hose clips, etc, but any old car parts, I try and sell.
clark20,
Jan 2, 10:45am
That reminds me, I have a 45 DCOE sitting around that I was given. Since I did not pay for it I have trouble selling it.
trader_84,
Jan 2, 10:46am
Its the endless containers of nuts'n'bolts etc. This is the price you pay for being brought up in an engineering workshop environ with big bolt bins and stuff - you try to replicate at home. All 'just in case' but you never have (or will have) the sorta turn over the shop had/has.
rsr72,
Jan 2, 1:14pm
#1- -Never, ever, go back and have another look inside the boxes of the stuff sorted out for junking. -Make the kids take away, store, and look after, their own junk.
mrfxit,
Jan 2, 3:10pm
THAT ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
Spot on ;-)
trogedon,
Jan 2, 8:00pm
I third that. The only problem is where does it go.
morrisman1,
Jan 2, 8:34pm
I've been having a bit of a savage clean out, off to the scrappy as soon as they open again, I have two trailer loads to go and it will be great to get rid of them too! Just junk like old bikes, diff housings, lawnmowers and mostly junk that has no good use. Theres a few things in there which I think twice before loading up but getting rid of it is best in the long run. There should be a good 700 odd kg of steel there
I rang the vintage machinery club today before loading up a radiator from a 1928 tractor, they have until the 7th to come buy it, then it will be scrapped. At least I've tried on that one!
And no matter how many of those containers you have you wont have the very bolt/nut you need at 2.00am on Easter friday when you are doing last minute repairs to your friend's wedding car.Believe me been there done that ( or in my case didn't do that as we didnt have it!)
ken_williams_nz,
Jan 3, 10:07am
I decided to help my father clear out *one* of his sheds this holiday.Three people have now been in the shed for the best part of three days.We can now see the floor and starting to tidy the benches.A double axle furniture trailer is bulging with rubbish waiting to be taken to the dump.Nothing is done by halves here.
ken_williams_nz,
Jan 3, 10:09am
Hoarding runs in the family.guess what we are going to be doing later on trademe haha.
elect70,
Jan 3, 11:19am
Didmine yesterdayfound some Mk1 escort tail lightsA/C compressor, & alternatorfrom sierra I wrecked for the escort 2 L conversion .VLcommiedissy& someoldpumps & electric motorsall for the tip ./ scrap man .
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