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Woman suffocates under piles of clutter in home
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| Jan 7, 2006
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Posted on 01/09/2006 6:22:49 AM PST by plain talk
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To: plain talk
I guess they should have bought a bigger house before it was too late.
This reminds me, I'd better reinforce some of those shoring beams or you'll be reading about me in the newspaper.
To: CajunConservative
GMTA! lol
The FlyLady rocks! lol
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:36:31 AM PST
by
sweet_diane
(I support TheShoulder dot org)
To: plain talk; All
There are actually quite a number of these cases. When somebody gets killed by the junk falling over on them, it makes the news, but otherwise it's just the poor folks' relatives who wind up trying to sort out all the junk.
The Collyer brothers in New York are a well known example. My great-aunt Nell was a sufferer as well, but she didn't get squashed (my dad and other relatives moved her to an apartment in the Georgian Terrace Hotel and then cleaned out the house) so nobody knows about it but us.
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:36:39 AM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: plain talk
This women should have went to Flylady.net the best organization site on the Internet.
Anyone interested in Organizing your home or Life should check this site out.
Flylady.net
To: plain talk
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:37:35 AM PST
by
tiredoflaundry
(I'll admit it , I'm a Snow Flake !)
To: Mygirlsmom
I hate "estate" sales like that, I have been to many and the best thing to do with that sale is put a dumpster out front and empty the entire house into dumpster.
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:37:54 AM PST
by
mel
To: plain talk
CHAOS can be deadly
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:38:34 AM PST
by
shezza
(31 days)
To: TexasTransplant
I worry about our son, his dorm room has dirty socks that migrate and pizza boxes with best if eaten dates in Roman Numerals and yet he has no problem finding the phone.Thank heavens! I was afraid my son & his roommates were the only ones!
To: plain talk
Note to self: Clean house before it's too late!
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:40:44 AM PST
by
jamaly
(I evacuate early and often!)
To: sweet_diane; CajunConservative; exdem2000
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:42:07 AM PST
by
shezza
(31 days)
To: TexasTransplant
***...pizza boxes with best if eaten dates in Roman Numerals...***
FUNNY line.
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:42:27 AM PST
by
kitkat
(Democrat/Socialist/Communist.= Hillary the RED)
To: shezza
Nothing like waking to a shiny sink!
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:42:34 AM PST
by
sweet_diane
(I support TheShoulder dot org)
To: CajunConservative; sweet_diane
Are you both Flybabies? I am.
To: plain talk
Ugh.
My mother in-law, BIL and SIL all hoard. My husband has gone the opposite direction and throws everything away. It sounds good in theory until I am looking for something that had the nerve to be on the coffee table for 30 seconds too long and he threw it away.
One of the worst offenders is my sister in-law who cannot throw any piece of paper or mail away. She has papers stacked ON THE STOVE and INSIDE the toaster oven! When my husband said something about the possibility of a fire she laughed at him and said it would never happen.
To: exdem2000
This was our second Christmas with the help of the Control Journal. Hubby can't believe the difference it's made!
My sister and dear friend are both FLYing now as well :)
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:45:22 AM PST
by
sweet_diane
(I support TheShoulder dot org)
To: exdem2000
(I sent Kelly a link to this story)
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:46:23 AM PST
by
shezza
(31 days)
To: sweet_diane
She definately needed to visit FlyLady.netI highly recommend it. Her book Sink Reflections is excellent. I had forgotten all about it until your post. Now if I can just find it under all this clutter, maybe there is some hope for me.
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:47:12 AM PST
by
jamaly
(I evacuate early and often!)
To: plain talk
It's hard to believe until you seen it. Had to help a relative with this condition move out of her apartment. My nephew and I couldn't get the door open to one of the rooms - stuffed with all kinds of crap - stacks of mail, newspapers, several hundred bars of soap and tuna fish, sweaters, dresses, blouses, purses, bought five at a time, still in their store boxes, and mega-expensive ballroom dancing outfits. Had to have my sister distract her while we wedged our way inside like cave divers, shut the door, opened up a window and loaded it directly out to a pickup. After five loads we got to the floor. I'll bet we threw away (to Goodwill)at least a hundred grand worth of stuff. Had to inch our way through the bottom feeders surrounding us like garbage dump seagulls to get the stuff safely to the back door of Goodwill.
Could have made her some money out of it on Ebay, but we flew into LA for this emergency two-day rescue effort to help after she got evicted for a very similar situation (passed out in apartment and nobody could reach her on the phone or get into the apartment), and we didn't have the luxury of time.
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:47:26 AM PST
by
guitfiddlist
(When the 'Rats break out switchblades, it's no time to invoke Robert's Rules.)
To: plain talk
I know Im a pack rat but after reading this I think I will have to try to change my ways. But its so hard to toss anything. I might need it tomorrow, even stuff I havent used in years.
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posted on
01/09/2006 6:48:47 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: plain talk
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