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DeCluttering: Inspiration, Success Stories, Tips
Portia:
Bones, I've refused to buy a wee shredder several times because ...it would be...just more...CLUTTER! I use a 'personal digital shredder' and mix things like scraps of credit card numbers with stuff like chicken fat which all goes (c/o the recycling people) into an anaerobic digestion unit.
But on hoarding, I do know someone who keeps things like packaging 'just in case' and keeps what a normie may consider to be 'too many' of said items. A family member did this too. When I've seen 20+ of the same item (say, a foil tart tray) stacked high....I must admit to thinking "this is indicating a real problem". I leave 'em to it though. It's a tough one to deal with and it ain't my job, unless it's my space!
BonesMS:
--- Quote from: Portia on May 24, 2010, 12:37:49 PM ---Bones, I've refused to buy a wee shredder several times because ...it would be...just more...CLUTTER! I use a 'personal digital shredder' and mix things like scraps of credit card numbers with stuff like chicken fat which all goes (c/o the recycling people) into an anaerobic digestion unit.
But on hoarding, I do know someone who keeps things like packaging 'just in case' and keeps what a normie may consider to be 'too many' of said items. A family member did this too. When I've seen 20+ of the same item (say, a foil tart tray) stacked high....I must admit to thinking "this is indicating a real problem". I leave 'em to it though. It's a tough one to deal with and it ain't my job, unless it's my space!
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I understand, Portia. At the same time, I also understand how "resourceful" crooks can be in getting your credit card numbers and they don't care how GROSS the garbage is! (That's how greedy they are....they are also N's, IMHO, with this attitude of: "You have what I want so I'll just TAKE IT!) I also get it with the 20+ of the same item. A few years ago, a friend's home got flooded and EVERYTHING in her basement had to get tossed because of flood contamination. I lost count of how many items I found that were duplicates, NEVER used, still in their packages. Even though the owner has Alzheimer's, she threw a FIT because we were throwing out HER STUFF! She couldn't understand that since all this stuff had been contaminated with raw sewage, it had become a bio and health hazard! It was NOT a comfortable scenario!
Bones
Portia:
Not good Bones, you doing the helpful thing and havng to deal with someone's lack of understanding in a situation like that. Well you know you were a hero right? Many people might be more reticent!
We had a spate of people raiding bins in our town - and they got away with a fine amount of credit card theft. They targeted some expensive new 'commuter' flats (they come with a communal gym and pool i think). And I thought of the 'victims': so you're living in a quite a posh development and yet you chucked out papers containing personal details and made it fairly easy for someone to nick your money.
It's fish in the sea - swim on the outside and don't look out for predators and you get eaten. Stay in the middle norm, don't make yourself stand out and take reasonable precautions with your stuff and you stand a better chance of not being ripped off. But also see the threat realistically. If you have a real problem with people going through your bins, maybe there's a case for burning stuff. Do you know of anyone in your area who's suffered from this type of theft?
BonesMS:
--- Quote from: Portia on May 25, 2010, 08:44:03 AM ---Not good Bones, you doing the helpful thing and havng to deal with someone's lack of understanding in a situation like that. Well you know you were a hero right? Many people might be more reticent!
We had a spate of people raiding bins in our town - and they got away with a fine amount of credit card theft. They targeted some expensive new 'commuter' flats (they come with a communal gym and pool i think). And I thought of the 'victims': so you're living in a quite a posh development and yet you chucked out papers containing personal details and made it fairly easy for someone to nick your money.
It's fish in the sea - swim on the outside and don't look out for predators and you get eaten. Stay in the middle norm, don't make yourself stand out and take reasonable precautions with your stuff and you stand a better chance of not being ripped off. But also see the threat realistically. If you have a real problem with people going through your bins, maybe there's a case for burning stuff. Do you know of anyone in your area who's suffered from this type of theft?
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There's been this type of theft in my area as a result of dumpster-diving. That's why my community has a Community Shred Day twice a year as one of the ways to fight crime. I just wish they had it monthly instead of only twice a year but I guess whoever sponsors it doesn't have that kind of budget to pay a commercial shredder to come every month.
Thanks for the compliment regarding the flood situation. Wading into that muck, wearing a bio-suit, wasn't my idea of fun and, at the same time, it had to get taken care of ASAP.
Bones
Meh:
I threw away some art papers, books that are just sitting on a shelf, paperwork that I don't need. I threw away less then favorite paintings. I feel ok about it I think, I don't miss the stuff. I think part of the problem is simply that on a daily basis, Little by little stuff migrates in. Rather then things migrating out regularly.
It's really a relief to let go of old stuff. I have ideas that go along with it, so when I throw out the old stuff I'm throwing away ideas in a way. Even throwing out "hopes".
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