tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post1200711535030335100..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: The profound joy of getting rid of stuffDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-87545063719781562652013-04-21T08:05:39.700+01:002013-04-21T08:05:39.700+01:00You want to get rid of stuff? Move city or even co...You want to get rid of stuff? Move city or even country. Best motivation ever to ditch all your collected crap. And it's all crap in the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-54872067056239853182013-04-15T13:44:00.600+01:002013-04-15T13:44:00.600+01:00Shoes? What shoes?? The ones in the loft are not b...Shoes? What shoes?? The ones in the loft are not being hoarded, they are about to be worn, when the weather improves/I get invited to a wedding/stilettos come back into fashion/my feet shrinkLesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596751415185680666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-60897373366061121022013-04-15T11:01:45.516+01:002013-04-15T11:01:45.516+01:00Regarding Lesley's bitter and sexist remark, I...Regarding Lesley's bitter and sexist remark, I would just like to reply...SHOES!Peter Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742010096136892934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-30907759330544427112013-04-15T10:31:58.188+01:002013-04-15T10:31:58.188+01:00I think men hoard more than women because they thi...I think men hoard more than women because they think they're important and are self-obsessed. There, I've said it!Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596751415185680666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-56547429894722468522013-04-10T12:36:34.811+01:002013-04-10T12:36:34.811+01:00I also applied the 12-month rule to my CDs, decidi...I also applied the 12-month rule to my CDs, deciding to place all those I'd not listened to in a year or more on a separate shelf – leaving only my 'true' favourites behind. Realising just how many albums no longer formed part of my regular listening was an eye-opener. I can either cling to a former version of myself, frozen in a time when music was all that mattered; or I can accept that I've grown up and will almost certainly never listen to 'Be Here Now' again. Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907197523471136697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-43473935448303302892013-04-09T14:58:56.923+01:002013-04-09T14:58:56.923+01:00For anything that the charity shops don't want...For anything that the charity shops don't want, you might like to consider offering it to anyone in your local area who wants to collect it from you for nowt: http://www.ilovefreegle.org/Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18294687946114578336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-79556847866770803082013-04-09T09:20:31.965+01:002013-04-09T09:20:31.965+01:00I've been going through this process - I even ...I've been going through this process - I even managed to shift the first 10 issues of Mojo for a total of about 80 quid, which surprised me. But the other 100 or so issues are just going to have to be recycled.<br /><br />What's weird, though, is that as I dispose of a mid-life's worth of stuff, I seem to have started recreating my childhood - buying Observer's books, old Penguins, those old Pan war books like The Dam Busters and The Colditz Story, even the odd Dinky toy. Not sure why this is happening, but I'm enjoying it, even at teh cost of some raised eyebrows from the wife.MikePhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589363260977274335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-38000239008341417722013-04-08T08:59:59.557+01:002013-04-08T08:59:59.557+01:00I've invented an adage with which to regale my...I've invented an adage with which to regale my hoarding wife with: "unless it has huge sentimental value, chuck it away if you haven't used it in the past 12 months". It seems to work -although unfortunately not in her vase.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629697865461434768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-39619876042276495142013-04-08T05:08:26.853+01:002013-04-08T05:08:26.853+01:00I wonder if, when they are our age, our children&#...I wonder if, when they are our age, our children's homes will have rooms that look like Zen gardens with non of the cultural ephemera our generation managed to accrete.<br /><br />There will be little to indicate that a human being actually occupied this space, just a futon and obsidian cube slowly pulsating in one corner.<br /><br />My Dad died thirty years ago and when going through the boxes in his attic I found a saucy pin-up calendar (French I think),cinema playbills and ping-pong club cards from the 1950's; the tangible stuff of a life just ended. It was a genuinely depressing experience. <br /><br />Is it an experience our descendants will spare each other? Andy Brimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583748523594485211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-86761186848658115542013-04-08T01:23:19.542+01:002013-04-08T01:23:19.542+01:00The process of sifting is essential. A colleague r...The process of sifting is essential. A colleague recently gifted me an LP (Norton Buffalo’s <i>Lovin' in the Valley of the Moon</i>, since you ask) that I’d mentioned I once had on a long-lost cassette. Between the outer and inner sleeves I found a pencil drawing of a clock with a name sign below it: a Google Images search of the name yielded multiple pictures of the same clock outside a bookies in southeast London. The drawing, my grateful chum told me, was by his three-year-old son, now 21, who grew up yards from the clock.Duncan Macphersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590387767373399393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-54025327477701136752013-04-07T19:31:45.943+01:002013-04-07T19:31:45.943+01:00Fantastic piece of writing! I save the books I lik...Fantastic piece of writing! I save the books I like - and yes I still read books although I gave up on CD:s/DVD:s etc. ages ago - they give me a sense of history and perspective. And yes, I do look in them every so often. Otherwise I agree, don't keep stuff around just because.Jens-Peter Olssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040325740429775125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-71060380160186820262013-04-07T12:01:49.806+01:002013-04-07T12:01:49.806+01:00We're currently clearing the loft to allow our...We're currently clearing the loft to allow our cramped-in-the-box-room youngest son to relocate to our bedroom, whilst we move to the giddy heights of a loft-conversion, with the promise of a new en-suite and a chance to nosey into our neighbours back gardens. But the process is proving a slow one, with the inherited possessions of two sets of parents to wade through, plus two decades worth of our old nonsense to sift and sort. Tears have been shed (discovering a note written by my dad and a forgotten 70's snap of my mum). Gasps of wonder have been heard (long lost rollerboots found) and howls of laughter have been heard(old school reports). Long bouts of contemplation have taken place - keep or throw? Ebay or bin? But not an awful lot of actual shifting has been done. It's painful. Like you say in your post - I now wonder if this is the moment that we were meant to discover, gaze upon, then finally let go of the stuff we've clung on to for so long. Yesterday I heard my youngest son enthusing to his mate about how great his new room's going to be. I knew then that we really don't have a choice - it's all got to go.mrs mondohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642858194027666445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-70928983981742304992013-04-07T10:22:24.767+01:002013-04-07T10:22:24.767+01:00despite a huge edit 7 years ago, my eaves are stas...despite a huge edit 7 years ago, my eaves are stashed with boxes of china and 45's:<br />the word legacy is my excuse but now you've burst my bubble!<br />out of sight ....chocolategirl64https://www.blogger.com/profile/02933032339456792665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-26890818053499219452013-04-07T09:27:48.216+01:002013-04-07T09:27:48.216+01:00I'm hanging onto the launch issues of classic ...I'm hanging onto the launch issues of classic magazines. They're snapshots of a moment in time, and a reminder of some fantastically silly launch ideas. Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15212545608188050492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-83381214166570200132013-04-07T09:27:11.078+01:002013-04-07T09:27:11.078+01:00I couldn't agree more. I've been doing the...I couldn't agree more. I've been doing the same thing for the past year. The books I've never read, the CDs I didn't really like and the videos I can no longer play have all gone. I felt a palpable lightness afterwards.<br /><br />I now read novels on a Kindle, saving my bookshelves for a few treasured art and photography books.<br /><br />I've kept things for many reasons; sometimes because they seemed to provide anchorage in the narrative of my life. But revisiting boxes of memorabilia always leaves me feeling curiously depressed and, occasionally, embarrassed by my younger self. <br /><br />I've lived long enough to know that the 'rainy day' never comes.Steerforthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-31719032795674357172013-04-07T08:23:41.390+01:002013-04-07T08:23:41.390+01:00Isn't there philosophical wisp that states tha...Isn't there philosophical wisp that states that our accumulation of stuff symbolises our denial of our own mortality? I think that there's something in that.<br /><br />I had a dig out of my books five years ago but kept the valuable ones. Now I would call myself a collector and reader and haven't reached the point when I would consider slinging them.<br /><br />As for the vinyl; my substantial collection has been in storage for over ten years now in another country. I don't know what I'll feel about them when I eventually unlock that door.Andy Brimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583748523594485211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-10629100431176356722013-04-07T07:59:26.154+01:002013-04-07T07:59:26.154+01:00My clearing out is going very slowly, but I'm ...My clearing out is going very slowly, but I'm coming around to the idea of thinning out the CD collection. Will keep all the vinyl though! That's all too precious for me..Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311671656579150167noreply@blogger.com