some things are not usable "forever"
#31
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Glass jars can go to recycle, anywhere.
No way to recycle the glass or metal or paper for my grandparents. My grandfather use to break the glass jars, mash the metal cans and put in big metal barrel and take to the town's dump site when full. Burnt all paper trash.
#32
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I hate putting in a new blade. it NEVER fails. the minute I put in a new blade, and love how it cuts. bam! if falls on the floor. it's closed, by the kitty pushed it on the floor, and it gets a dent. I hate throwing stuff out, coz then i'll need it.
#33
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Yooper32 - it's not just depression babies and WW II babies, but their children who grew up with parents who taught them this behavior. I have a hard time getting rid of stuff, too. We're trying to declutter our house and my parents used to show up with a car load of stuff from my childhood every time they visited. My husband's a Navy brat, so his entire childhood fits in a single box. Needless to say, he has an easier time letting go than I do. But worn out stuff like bearisgray posted I can throw out.
#36
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I never had much growing up so I try to save every little bit of anything I can get my hands on. I was recently given a lot of fabric from someones elderly Aunt that passed away. It had that old mildew smell to it. I can't tell you how many times I washed, soaked & sprayed those pieces of fabric (sometimes yardage) to get the smell out "just in case I might need it someday. I am still airing it and rewashing it, but refusing to throw it away. I remember well having to do without and hoping my friends would give me their hand me down coats to wear during the cold winter months. It sounds like the old tales of walking to school uphill both ways in the snow, but I did have to walk 1 block short of the 2 mile marker to ride the bus for free in tennis shoes. I'll never forget how cold those wet tennis shoes got in the snow and how cold my feet would be. So YES I try to save everything I can get my hands on.
#38
Bearisgray,
You can add:
irons....which lose their spray action, leak, or don't heat thoroughly
marking pencils....I hate nubs!
templates....with dinged or chipped corners
leftovers....fabric scraps, partial patterns, 3-out-of-4 buttons, that trim you'll never use, batting scraps when you have yards of leftover batting pieces, a "finished" bobbin with about 2-3 yards of thread left on it
UFOs older than dirt which you'll never get around to completing
(These last two are "attention span". THAT does not seem to last forever either. )
Jan in VA
You can add:
irons....which lose their spray action, leak, or don't heat thoroughly
marking pencils....I hate nubs!
templates....with dinged or chipped corners
leftovers....fabric scraps, partial patterns, 3-out-of-4 buttons, that trim you'll never use, batting scraps when you have yards of leftover batting pieces, a "finished" bobbin with about 2-3 yards of thread left on it
UFOs older than dirt which you'll never get around to completing
(These last two are "attention span". THAT does not seem to last forever either. )
Jan in VA
#39
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
I never had much growing up so I try to save every little bit of anything I can get my hands on. I was recently given a lot of fabric from someones elderly Aunt that passed away. It had that old mildew smell to it. I can't tell you how many times I washed, soaked & sprayed those pieces of fabric (sometimes yardage) to get the smell out "just in case I might need it someday. I am still airing it and rewashing it, but refusing to throw it away. I remember well having to do without and hoping my friends would give me their hand me down coats to wear during the cold winter months. It sounds like the old tales of walking to school uphill both ways in the snow, but I did have to walk 1 block short of the 2 mile marker to ride the bus for free in tennis shoes. I'll never forget how cold those wet tennis shoes got in the snow and how cold my feet would be. So YES I try to save everything I can get my hands on.
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