Originally Posted by
Monroe
What is the difference between collector and hoarder? I would think a collector is perhaps a selective hoarder, and a hoarder has gone around the bend into a mega-packrat?
Well, I think the hoarders just stack stuff up and get buried in it! Most of us are very selective about our collections - at least I am! I have given machines away to make room for something else I wanted more. I am very selective about which machines come into my house now, although, if I see one at a yard sale or barn sale, whatever, I can't pass it up - but, I will bring it home, clean it up, and give it away or to hospice! My house is not cluttered, I don't have machines from wall to wall, but I do have several in the house - but, half of my machines live in our cargo unit outside that I have made into a machine museum. The only bad thing about that is that it gives me room to get more! I am afraid of becoming a hoarder, but with my affinity to clutter and a messy house I doubt that ever happens!
Nancy