Brad Lustig Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 I'll tell you the best thing to happen to my garage is the show "Hoarders". I had it on my TV last weekend while I was out in the garage. I threw out and put away more stuff in 2 hours than I have in the past 2 years. Anyone else watch that show and have it strike a nerve? Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 I'll tell you the best thing to happen to my garage is the show "Hoarders". I had it on my TV last weekend while I was out in the garage. I threw out and put away more stuff in 2 hours than I have in the past 2 years. Anyone else watch that show and have it strike a nerve? no...but I know it is a sickness that medication will not help...in my shop I have always found if I chunk I need it the next week..has not failed to happen yet.. I have so much stuff in the house that has collected over the years and am chunking some of that stuff now..it is hard to do but like any major undertaking..starting is the hardest part of the job..my dad says if you have not used it or it has been boxed for two years..get rid of it..case closed....Chance is coming to visit and he is not aware of the fact that when he leaves his car is going to be secretly filled with all kinds of gifts... Quote
wayfarerstranger Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 As far as all you hoarders out there , just pack it up and send it my way FRED SANFORD was my grandfather !!!!!!!!!! CHANCE Quote
Reg Evans Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 (edited) Will do Chance if you'll pay $1.00 per item and the shipping in advance. Here's the tip of my ice burg. Edited October 14, 2009 by Reg Evans Quote
PatS.... Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 (edited) That Hoarders show is pretty shocking. I'm surely a hoarder but light years away from those folks. My hoard looks disorganized but not like the city land fill! I have seen such places years ago when I did dump runs on weekends...good money in them if you can do it. I can't anymore. My neighbor from a few years ago was a bad hoarder. He sent his 10 yr old son into the garage to fetch a tool he needed. The boy moved something to get at the tool and a whole shelving unit collapsed onto him. He was cut up and banged up pretty bad...enough to be in hospital for 4 days. Ended up with a bad scat above his eye. I was hired to take the hoard to the dump while the boy was in hospital...neighbor was cured instantly of hoarding. I think there are a couple of things to consider. One is what are the chances you'll have to move in the next couple of years. That's a good reason to keep the hoard down a bit...or alot! Do you have the room? If your nice heated double garage becomes so over run that it's just a very nice, expensive storage shed that you cannot work in anymore, then it may be time to cull the hoard a bit. Can you find the thing you need when you need it? Sometimes we know we have a certain item and spend hours looking and then go buy it...for $1.95 Maybe a cull and some organization is in order. BUT, if you have the room, aren't likely to move, and don't care if you can find it when you need it...hoard away and let the heirs clean it up!!!:p Edited October 14, 2009 by PatS.... Quote
claybill Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 and here I am looking closely at the pic to see if there is a little item i have been looking for.. supposing......each of us took a garage snapshot and posted it. i am sure 1/3 of it would sell or trade off!! claybill Quote
wayfarerstranger Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 So how many dollar bills am i going to need ????? Quote
Norm's Coupe Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 Pat........while it's not funny that the kid got hurt when the shelf fell, the story of why it fell is. My brother in law is a hoarder too. He has a full basement, a two car attached garage and built another 2 1/2 car garage in the back yard a few years ago, in addition to a storage shed. The purpose of building the garage in the back yard was to put his 36 and 38 Fords into, plus a shop area. Well.......he still has a shop in the basement, the attached garage is full and he's never been able to get the 38 Ford into the back garage. He stores it at his next door neighbors house in his garage. The garage in the back yard is only about 3 or 4 years old now. Was talking to him about a week ago on the phone. Said he noticed the roof had sagged about an inch in the new garage. Ask him what he had stored over the rafters. Said the stuff wasn't that heavy, just light stuff like an extra 36 Ford hood, etc. and a few light 2 x 4's. Told him each item may be light, but when you have a bunch of light stuff, it becomes heavy stuff. He makes dump runs all the time to toss stuff. Problem is, he always comes back with more than he took. Every time he tells me he just got back from the dump I always ask what he found, not what he threw away. He's always trying to give me stuff, but I stopped taking it some years ago. Said he's trying to get rid of stuff now too. Problem is, according to him it's all good stuff that he can't throw it away, so wants to give it to someone who can use it. So.....if that's the case, he'll probably never get rid of that stuff. I started tossing stuff about 7 or 8 years ago that I didn't use or need. I use to think like Tim, and say better keep this I may need it. But.........I finally got smart and started tossing it all because the day never seems to come where I need that stuff I kept. Now, there have been a few cases (not many) where I tossed something, then needed it not long after. But.....when that happens, I just go buy whatever that was new and use it. That way I keep a nice neat orderly garage and shop. I don't even need as much storage cabinets as I use to. Have also tossed a few of those, or given them away, since I tossed all the stuff I kept that I might need, but never did. Made both my garage and basement shop a lot larger and neater by tossing stuff. So........Tim, toss that stuff, they have more in the stores. You gotta be brutal. Quote
Reg Evans Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 So how many dollar bills am i going to need ????? One hundred billion Quote
Young Ed Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 Can you sign other people up for this hoarders show? My next door neighbor needs it. I've been here since dec 02 and have yet to see the garage door open. I can only assume its as full as the house. The few times I've gotten a glimpse in the front door there was stuff piled as high as the occupants. For the first 4-5 years they hired out a mowing service. Then their son moved back in and was mowing. One day he had their little shed open and there is a riding lawn mower in it. I asked why he wasnt using it. Oh that doesnt work but dad thinks he can fix it. The push mower he uses sits outside though. Along with a snowblower thats never been used by them that Ive seen. crazyness Quote
aero3113 Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 Reg, I see this is your kitchen, I see the fridge in the background and the mixing bowl on the table. What does your garage look like??? Quote
wayfarerstranger Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 U r in luck that is about all i have left !!!!!!!!! Quote
Reg Evans Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 Reg, I see this is your kitchen, I see the fridge in the background and the mixing bowl on the table. What does your garage look like??? Well.............it used to look like this right after I built it but it needs a new roof now. Quote
TodFitch Posted October 14, 2009 Report Posted October 14, 2009 I'll tell you the best thing to happen to my garage is the show "Hoarders". I had it on my TV last weekend while I was out in the garage. I threw out and put away more stuff in 2 hours than I have in the past 2 years. Anyone else watch that show and have it strike a nerve? Sounds like your real problem is that you have a television in the garage. Quote
Brad Lustig Posted October 14, 2009 Author Report Posted October 14, 2009 You don't? Where do you watch tv? Quote
Norm's Coupe Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 I use to have a small 12" TV in the garage. Threw it out this spring though. Didn't want to buy a converter box for a B&W TV that I only paid $10 for. Anyway, I've never seen the Hoarder TV show. Must be a cable thing and we don't have cable. Nothing much on TV worth watching anymore anyway, so why pay to watch it. Plus if I was to pay to watch TV, I wouldn't want to pay to watch commercials. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 No comments from here. Anything I say will likely incriminate me. Quote
TodFitch Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 ...snip... Plus if I was to pay to watch TV' date=' I wouldn't want to pay to watch commercials.[/quote']Exactly! Quote
Reg Evans Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 I have sattellite tv and only watch programs that I have pre recorded. I zip right past all commercials and only watch what I want to. Quote
Brad Lustig Posted October 15, 2009 Author Report Posted October 15, 2009 I have sattellite tv and only watch programs that I have pre recorded. I zip right past all commercials and only watch what I want to. Watching live tv is pretty much torture once you've gotten used to PVRs. Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted October 15, 2009 Report Posted October 15, 2009 I bet you there someone here on this site that goes to abandoned car auctions and buys rigs that they think will make them a big sum of mo-la! I have two friends that do this all the time and both have gotten warning letters from the county to stop dragging home junk cars and placing them in there yard. I know one had the county come down so hard on him that he literally had to take his junk collection down to the scrap yard before the county took over and did it themselves. I have four cars and they all run and look pretty good but why does anyone need 50 or so. I think I have a picture somewhere in my photo album that shows a neat old bus a buddy of mine bought for two or three hundred dollars and dragged home. He had good intentions but now it just sits in his yard with the rest of his SUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote
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