Pack Rats

Lady Pi Phi · #1 02-29-2004, 03:54 PM

I searched and couldn't find a similar thread so I started a new one.

Spring cleaning came early for me this year. My room was so messy that I decided it was time to clean. But I didn't just tidy. I'm doing a massive clean. So far it has been a 3 day job. Just on my room!!

I am probably the worlds biggest pack rat. I have thrown away at least 6 bags of garbage. Just of things that I haven't used in a while and things that I didn't even know I had. I still had papers and notes from elementary school.

I hate throwing things away but I know I should. Who else here is a pack rat?

Jill1228 · #2 02-29-2004, 05:04 PM

Ahem....

Guilty as charged!

tnxbutterfly · #3 02-29-2004, 05:46 PM

I am

I'm doing a massive cleaning today of my apartment. I'm moving at the end of March and my complex has to do a walk thru beforehand.

Well before they do that, I have to clean,clean,clean. Wish me luck

tinydancer · #4 02-29-2004, 05:58 PM

Oh, I am - and it is one thing that I just HATE about myself. I have way too much "stuff." That's probably one reason that I lose everything I lay my hands on!

Kevin · #5 02-29-2004, 07:24 PM

Yup.

honeychile · #6 02-29-2004, 07:36 PM

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Originally posted by tinydancer
Oh, I am - and it is one thing that I just HATE about myself. I have way too much "stuff." That's probably one reason that I lose everything I lay my hands on!

We were noticing recently how many people are building additions onto their houses, rather than moving, and I said, "It's because we all have too much STUFF!! The thought of trying to tame it all in enough time to move is just too overwhelming, so people add on instead!"

Oh, yeah - I need an addition. :blush:

cherrycola · #7 02-29-2004, 07:50 PM

I am a super pack rat. I go through my stuff every spring, I just threw out 4 bags of old papers, numbers, my tennis shoes from three years ago

Tom Earp · #8 02-29-2004, 07:57 PM

How can you get rid of treasures?????

I know I need to throw stuff away, but?

Damn would I have a lot of room! But, they are my treasures!

I DO NOT HAVE JUNK!

Any 78 Record collectors and ah other stuff!

33girl · #9 02-29-2004, 08:04 PM

I am a giant pack rat. My father is too (and to a lesser extent, so was my mother) so it runs in the family.

Rudey · #10 02-29-2004, 08:19 PM

I collect panties from every girl I sleep with. Then I sell them on ebay.

-Rudey
--So far I have none.

AGDee · #11 02-29-2004, 09:15 PM

I'm not a pack rat but my mother is. She saves every margarine container, glass jar, magazine.. the list goes on and on. I dread when I have to clean out her condo someday. I'll need a bulldozer and a trash dumpster!

I go through every closet and drawer at least once a year and get rid of anything that I haven't used in a year, unless it has significant meaning to me. I do the same with my kids' rooms. I hate clutter!

Dee

GeekyPenguin · #12 02-29-2004, 09:36 PM

I'm a huge packrat! I'm slowly getting better but I have so much stuff in my room at my parents' house that is unneccesary.

Sister Havana · #13 02-29-2004, 09:44 PM

I'm a major packrat, and that might be understating it.

DigitalAngel126 · #14 03-01-2004, 12:43 AM

Oh man...I have so much stuff!!!! It sucks sometimes because I just don't know what to get rid of, yet I KNOW there's no point in keeping half of this isht!!! Ugh!

dakareng · #15 03-01-2004, 01:41 AM

I'm a major packrat but I say that I come by it genetically-- so are my parents. It was soooooooo much fun (not) preparing their house for an estate sale when they downsized to a retirement community. My mother had every cancelled check she'd ever written (and they'd been in that house 35 years), every sewing pattern she'd ever bought (including her wedding dresss and our baptismal gowns). Nostalgia is one thing-- my nieces enjoyed finding authentic vintage 70s clothing (that goodwill donation that never happened) but it bordered on ridiculous!