Popular Post Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Popular Post Share #1 Posted February 24, 2021 My great purge has started. It’s going to culminate with a roll off dumpster. With the exception of a few pieces of art, some books, my telescope, and some art supplies I’ve dumped everything in my old house. The purge is going to continue here at Springwood. I’m starting at one end of the house and going through every last thing here. Art, furniture, books, the kitchen, everything. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted February 24, 2021 Share #2 Posted February 24, 2021 So... rather than dumping everything, why not give the stuff away and/or donate the stuff? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted February 24, 2021 48 minutes ago, Bikeguy said: So... rather than dumping everything, why not give the stuff away and/or donate the stuff? I am. A lot will go to F.I.S.H. (local goodwill like charity). But a lot is going to the dump. My dad’s old easy chairs are not worth salvaging for example. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #4 Posted February 24, 2021 8 hours ago, Allen said: My great purge has started. It’s going to culminate with a roll off dumpster. With the exception of a few pieces of art, some books, my telescope, and some art supplies I’ve dumped everything in my old house. The purge is going to continue here at Springwood. I’m starting at one end of the house and going through every last thing here. Art, furniture, books, the kitchen, everything. Before last March's house fire, I told people, "If I came home and everything in my house had been stolen, I don't know if I'd be upset or relieved I don't have to sort through and get rid of a lot of stuff." The fire did that for me - and State Farm's paying the new value for so many items I no longer had use for. I lost some memories, but since I hadn't looked at most of them in years, I was never depressed about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted February 24, 2021 Share #5 Posted February 24, 2021 9 hours ago, Allen said: My great purge has started. It’s going to culminate with a roll off dumpster. With the exception of a few pieces of art, some books, my telescope, and some art supplies I’ve dumped everything in my old house. The purge is going to continue here at Springwood. I’m starting at one end of the house and going through every last thing here. Art, furniture, books, the kitchen, everything. I did that on the garage last fall. I’m going to be doing that some more as soon as I can count on spring like weather to take a couple days off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #6 Posted February 24, 2021 I hope that you find this exercise healing and cathartic and dig up some treasure of no monetary value but immense sentimental value Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikeguy Posted February 24, 2021 Share #7 Posted February 24, 2021 When we cleaned out WOBG's mothers home. We had 3 categories for her stuff. 1) donate, 2) throw away, 3) keep I told WoBG... we have WAY too much stuff already, trying to minimized number 3. After a while she realized I was correct. Years later she told me... When we moved from our old home to our new home she realized a lot of the things she wanted was indeed junk and needed to go. We donated lots of stuff. The MIL lived thru the Great Depression. She saved just about everything she ever owned, just in case. (I get it...) Anyway... LOTS of stuff was put out at the curb for the garbage truck. We did most of this after work, so it was dark out. Between the times we would walk back into the home, back down into the basement, people would be already be stopped at the road rummaging thru the stuff we thought was junk (I still think most of it was) and they'd take it and drive away. By the next morning, a lot of the stuff was gone. This took a few nights before the basement was empty. Each night a lot of the stuff would be gone in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Popular Post Share #8 Posted February 24, 2021 4 hours ago, jsharr said: I hope that you find this exercise healing and cathartic and dig up some treasure of no monetary value but immense sentimental value Like these... 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #9 Posted February 24, 2021 16 minutes ago, Allen said: Like these... exactly like those. Would be cool to do some sort of installation with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted February 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, jsharr said: exactly like those. Would be cool to do some sort of installation with them! What does one do with the tooth fairy’s hoard? Found the jar that holds all of our teeth in the same drawer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted February 24, 2021 Share #11 Posted February 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, Allen said: What does one do with the tooth fairy’s hoard? Found the jar that holds all of our teeth in the same drawer. Make a necklace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #12 Posted February 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, groupw said: Make a necklace. Guess a jar of teeth is better than a shoebox of ears... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 24, 2021 Share #13 Posted February 24, 2021 Just now, Allen said: 6 minutes ago, groupw said: Make a necklace. Guess a jar of teeth is better than a shoebox of ears... Count your blessings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #14 Posted February 24, 2021 17 minutes ago, Allen said: What does one do with the tooth fairy’s hoard? Found the jar that holds all of our teeth in the same drawer. Maybe the tooth fairy has a bad memory. Try sticking them under your pillow again and maybe you will get some cash.$$ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 24, 2021 Share #15 Posted February 24, 2021 That is illegal and based on current law, you just opened both of you guys up to be charged under the RICO Act. Sucks to be yous guys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted February 24, 2021 Share #16 Posted February 24, 2021 58 minutes ago, Allen said: Like these... The photo itself is the memory. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 24, 2021 Share #17 Posted February 24, 2021 Donating things isn't as simple as it appears. My sisters and I have recently cleaned out 3 houses/apartments for deceased relatives, and were willing to donate most stuff to charity. A lot of charities don't want furniture because "heavy, old" furniture doesn't sell well and they don't have the space to save it, During covid, a number of charities either closed their collection procedures or won't take "soft" goods made of fabrics. Animal shelters still took most bedding items we could find, and goodwill would take small household items that didn't take much storage, but there were a lot of things we found hard to give away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted February 24, 2021 Share #18 Posted February 24, 2021 I think what Mick is suggesting is that once you take all the memorable items and irreplaceable items from the old house, that torching it may have certain advantages. Like not having to cart it to the dumpster. And if insurance rebuilds, you won’t need to worry about your buddy staking claim to the property if he resides there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #19 Posted February 24, 2021 Another, I don’t know what to do with it piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted February 24, 2021 Share #20 Posted February 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, Prophet Zacharia said: I think what Mick is suggesting is that once you take all the memorable items and irreplaceable items from the old house, that torching it may have certain advantages. Like not having to cart it to the dumpster. And if insurance rebuilds, you won’t need to worry about your buddy staking claim to the property if he resides there! But you need to make sure it doesn't look like arson like Dr. Mick did. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Old Guy Posted February 24, 2021 Share #21 Posted February 24, 2021 I thought this thread was going to be about preparation for an upcoming colonoscopy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted February 24, 2021 Share #22 Posted February 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, Allen said: Another, I don’t know what to do with it piece. A crown of thorns? Burn it with fire, else you’ll have a million religious pilgrims on your land each year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted February 24, 2021 Share #23 Posted February 24, 2021 26 minutes ago, shootingstar said: The photo itself is the memory. When cleaning out my Mom's apartment, there were some items that had emotional value, but nobody really wanted in their house. Like large portraits they had painted when they were a young couple and that always hung in our house. The paintings triggered happy memories, but they were large and weren't even the best pictures of them. I took a photo of the paintings and had magnets made of them for each of us. We still get the happy memories, but it takes up a lot less space. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted February 24, 2021 Share #24 Posted February 24, 2021 21 minutes ago, Kzoo said: But you need to make sure it doesn't look like arson like Dr. Mick did. I don’t think burning thorns in your lawn is illegal in Georgia, and if the wind carries the lit embers in the “wrong” direction.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted February 24, 2021 Share #25 Posted February 24, 2021 18 minutes ago, Kirby said: When cleaning out my Mom's apartment, My mother is being proactive. The last two times I’ve seen her, she’s put boxes of her stuff she doesn’t want in her house in my car trunk. Thanks, mom? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #26 Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Allen said: Found the jar that holds all of our teeth in the same drawer. You might be a redneck, if. . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #27 Posted February 24, 2021 1 minute ago, 2Far said: You might be a redneck, if. . . Pop was a dentist. Not saying that precludes his also having been a redneck, just trying to blunt a little of the creepiness of a jar of teeth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #28 Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Allen said: What does one do with the tooth fairy’s hoard? Found the jar that holds all of our teeth in the same drawer. Mobile made of paper mache fish with real teeth! Problem solved! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #29 Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Prophet Zacharia said: A crown of thorns? Burn it with fire, else you’ll have a million religious pilgrims on your land each year. There is precedent for that. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/conyers-apparitions-virgin-mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #30 Posted February 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Allen said: What does one do with the tooth fairy’s hoard? Found the jar that holds all of our teeth in the same drawer. Or find a taxidermist and have him stuff various animals for you but add human teeth to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #31 Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Allen said: Another, I don’t know what to do with it piece. Zen Prayer garden. Sort of cross between a Japanese rock garden but with a statue of Jesus that can wear the crown, maybe add a Buddha or other deitys and let them wear it at times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #32 Posted February 24, 2021 9 minutes ago, jsharr said: Mobile made of paper mache fish with real teeth! Problem solved! JSharpfght's dog: Allen's dogs: 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #33 Posted February 24, 2021 7 minutes ago, jsharr said: Zen Prayer garden. Sort of cross between a Japanese rock garden but with a statue of Jesus that can wear the crown, maybe add a Buddha or other deitys and let them wear it at times? I made it for my mother one Easter. It was her turn to do the flowers in the church. She wanted it for the arrangement. I gave a stained glass window to the church (used to hang in the church’s previous sanctuary) after mother passed. I think I’m going to put a hook in the top of it and hang the crown there without asking for permission to do so. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #34 Posted February 24, 2021 Just now, Allen said: I made it for my mother one Easter. It was her turn to do the flowers in the church. She wanted it for the arrangement. I gave a stained glass window to the church (used to hang in the church’s previous sanctuary) after mother passed. I think I’m going to put a hook in the top of it and hang the crown there without asking for permission to do so. Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, esp. at a church. Imagine if you can do this with no one knowing. They just show up and there is a crown of thorns apppeared! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #35 Posted February 24, 2021 15 minutes ago, jsharr said: Imagine if you can do this with no one knowing. They just show up and there is a crown of thorns apppeared! Pretty much the plan. The pastor is there on Wednesdays. Walk in the front door, hang a left into the sanctuary, hang it up, knock on the office door, say hello and leave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #36 Posted February 24, 2021 Any florists? I have about 4 cubic feet of oasis block. Audiophiles? I also have albums by the cord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #37 Posted February 24, 2021 A bag of Cherokee pottery shards. No context to their origins so they have no archeological value. I just hand this to one of my friends’ kids, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Share #38 Posted February 24, 2021 47 minutes ago, Allen said: Pretty much the plan. The pastor is there on Wednesdays. Walk in the front door, hang a left into the sanctuary, hang it up, knock on the office door, say hello and leave. Hot glue teeth to the thorns first? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share #39 Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Allen said: A bag of Cherokee pottery shards. No context to their origins so they have no archeological value. I just hand this to one of my friends’ kids, right? Seriously, any reason I shouldn’t just hand these over to a friend’s kid and say, here is a bag of Indian pottery, go pour them out all over your mother’s dining room table? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted February 25, 2021 Share #40 Posted February 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Allen said: Any florists? I have about 4 cubic feet of oasis block. Audiophiles? I also have albums by the cord. whatcha got? Jazz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share #41 Posted February 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, dennis said: whatcha got? Jazz? Mostly classical, lots of 40s big band and quartet. Damn little in good jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted February 25, 2021 Share #42 Posted February 25, 2021 Purging feels good. I downsized when I moved. If it didn't fit in my car I got rid of it. Living in 600 sq ft feels good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share #43 Posted February 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, dennis said: Purging feels good. I downsized when I moved. If it didn't fit in my car I got rid of it. Living in 600 sq ft feels good. Yeah, I’m not going to live in a mausoleum. Time to clear stuff out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted February 25, 2021 Share #44 Posted February 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Allen said: There is precedent for that. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/conyers-apparitions-virgin-mary I’ve been to Lourdes. The volume of people is amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share #45 Posted February 25, 2021 The sock and underwear drawer have faced the reckoning. Replaced with fresh packs from Wally World. All the rest delegated to the rag bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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