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So Much Clutter, So Little Room: Examining the Roots of Hoarding
The New York Times ^
| Sunday, January 4, 2004
| NINA BERNSTEIN
Posted on 01/04/2004 6:17:43 AM PST by TroutStalker
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To: jellybean
OMG! I had no idea she was gone!!!
141
posted on
01/04/2004 4:16:25 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
To: hellinahandcart; CajunConservative
"At least she doesn't hoard cats thank God." Cough, cough...
142
posted on
01/04/2004 4:21:50 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
To: sauropod
Oh grow up, there's only three of them.
To: hellinahandcart
Or sh*t in the middle of the living room rug ;-).
144
posted on
01/04/2004 4:30:24 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
To: sauropod
You wouldn't find it for years in your living room, so what's the big deal?
To: hellinahandcart
Ouch!
146
posted on
01/04/2004 4:44:11 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
To: Askel5
And a third, trying to explain why she had bought several puppets that she did not want or need from a television shopping channel, spoke of feeling sorry for the toys when no one else bid on them.Just like the abandoned sheets of unused paper in the fax machine that keep getting covered up by the newer sheets (sniff).
Wait a minute - should I be posting on this thread with all the skeletons in my closet?
To: YepYep; Mad Dawgg; SeaDragon; humblegunner
"Interesting article. Wonder if any FReeper might have a hoarding problem...uhhh..."If books count, then guilty as charged here!
Ditto! And I know of several others with the same book fixation.
Oh jeez, now I've outed myself as a hoarder, a pack-rat, oh the shame, oh the horror.
Although I come by it honestly, I got it from my maternal line! :-)
148
posted on
01/04/2004 4:46:00 PM PST
by
RikaStrom
(Iraq/Libya - Who cares about their hearts and minds, when we have them by the balls?)
To: Senator Pardek; NYC GOP Chick; Askel5
I don't know. Should you? ;-).
149
posted on
01/04/2004 4:48:57 PM PST
by
sauropod
(Excellence in Shameless Self-Promotion)
To: sauropod
My mom died at 84 after saving years of mayonaise bottles, hundreds of them all clean and ready for "when she needed them". she also hoarded those foil tv dinner trays saying she needed them,,there were hundreds. My husband hoards old journals, he must have every medical journal in his field back to the sixties, thousands. I pester and he will have to read each one prior to junking,,,I am a throw away person, don't even want to save anything. After hubby was out of the service like 20 years, I disposed of his army uniforms and on the same day all his notes from college, back in the fifties and sixties. He was apoplectic. I just think hoarding is incurable.
150
posted on
01/04/2004 4:59:54 PM PST
by
cajungirl
(I adore the Brits!! Tony Blair is my hero!!)
To: RikaStrom
I recoil in disgust at the concept of taking books to a used book store
and trading.. as if I wouldn't re-read them in a year or two!
'Course all the shelves are full and I have a closet full 'o boxes of books....
151
posted on
01/04/2004 5:05:57 PM PST
by
humblegunner
(Got Mental Health Insurance?)
To: humblegunner
I recoil if someone tells me to throw them away. I can't do that!
I just buy more bookcases. :-)
152
posted on
01/04/2004 5:12:50 PM PST
by
RikaStrom
(Iraq/Libya - Who cares about their hearts and minds, when we have them by the balls?)
To: RikaStrom
Although I come by it honestly, I got it from my maternal line! :-) Well I am sure that she probably got it the same way.....
To: SeaDragon
I'm sure she did.
LOL
154
posted on
01/04/2004 5:14:00 PM PST
by
RikaStrom
(Iraq/Libya - Who cares about their hearts and minds, when we have them by the balls?)
To: Catspaw
Just curious: are you planning a satelite uplink to keep up with Free Republic?
LOL! (just curious!)
155
posted on
01/04/2004 5:14:31 PM PST
by
NYTexan
To: cajungirl
After hubby was out of the service like 20 years, I disposed of his army uniforms and on the same day all his notes from college, back in the fifties and sixties. He was apoplectic. I just think hoarding is incurable.Especially in these digital "memory hole" days, I would not encourage throwing out important old documents. It's important to distinguish between history and a collection of garbage.
To: Dec31,1999
Hubby considers his personal history real history. He just gets attached to things and I don't. Peculiar difference.
157
posted on
01/04/2004 5:19:56 PM PST
by
cajungirl
(I adore the Brits!! Tony Blair is my hero!!)
To: NYTexan
No, probably not, although we've seriously considered it. We'll probably just use pocketmail & cell phone until we get to where we're going & settle in. But at least going down south via the Mississippi & Tenn-Tom will keep us plenty busy for a couple months. I think it's close to 40 locks to go through.
I am contemplating my opus already :-))
158
posted on
01/04/2004 5:21:33 PM PST
by
Catspaw
To: cajungirl
After hubby was out of the service like 20 years, I disposed of his army uniforms and on the same day all his notes from college, back in the fifties and sixties. He was apoplectic. I just think hoarding is incurable.Especially in these digital "memory hole" days, I would not encourage throwing out important old documents. It's important to distinguish between history and a collection of garbage.
To: TroutStalker
After moving from a fairly large apartment to a significantly smaller (yet more expensive) one a few years ago, I've learned the value of "use it or lose it" and don't hoard much anymore. I do have tons of books that I still have to organize, but I'm very careful about new acquisitions, and ruthlessly throw out things.
160
posted on
01/04/2004 5:22:32 PM PST
by
NYC GOP Chick
(no longer sneezing, but still fairly cranky and sick right now :( ....)
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