tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post1516652223011272571..comments2023-12-23T19:32:16.381-07:00Comments on The Goat's Lunch Pail: A Wee Bit of Wisdom --Rhymy StyleLeah J. Utashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-3025144179260719542013-09-30T06:08:10.542-06:002013-09-30T06:08:10.542-06:00Purging is dfficult, Hilary, good for you for doin...Purging is dfficult, Hilary, good for you for doing it.<br />I've seen items left at the curb free for the taking. A couch went quickly, but a washer didn't go at all.<br /><br />Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-18240824585513509392013-09-26T21:49:32.016-06:002013-09-26T21:49:32.016-06:00I've been purging my belongings for the past s...I've been purging my belongings for the past several months... making room so that I can sell my place because I knowfull well that not everything that I've held onto should be going into the new place. <br /><br />What's made it easier is Freecycle.org. You find your local group, and place an ad when you have something to give away. If somebody wants it (and they almost always do), they come by to pick it up.<br /><br /> The whole purpose is to reuse and to keep items out of landfills. It's been a wonderful way to rid myself of things I no longer need while knowing they're going directly to someone who does need it.<br /><br />As for thoughts, habits.. ideas.. I'm not so good at ridding myself of that collection.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-82179247525039528022013-09-24T19:11:39.339-06:002013-09-24T19:11:39.339-06:00There are many things worth saving and refurbishin...There are many things worth saving and refurbishing, Mary Anne, no question.<br />But the things that don't serve may serve someone else.<br />Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-91977857730031744882013-09-24T17:48:55.681-06:002013-09-24T17:48:55.681-06:00That despised saying "It'll come in handy...That despised saying "It'll come in handy someday"? In my experience, and that of my parents and grandparents, things usually did. I can feel my back hair standing up when people give the advice (to other people, not me!) to get rid of anything they haven't used in a year. If my relatives had done that, my parents would have had to buy all new furniture in 1946, when there wasn't much to be had. Instead, all they had to buy was a lot of sandpaper and varnish and paint. <br />This attitude goes much farther back than the Depression, though. I can trace it back to the years after the Civil War, and since we were never rich it probably goes back much farther.<br />Ideas, though, I have no trouble disposing of when they are worn out. I don't believe I even grieve over them as I do when I have to demote a piece of clothing to a cleaning rag.<br /><br />Mary Anne in Kentuckysolarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606487180967915130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-30447534952998086732013-09-24T11:29:32.811-06:002013-09-24T11:29:32.811-06:00Aye. Totally agree, Messymimi.
Aye. Totally agree, Messymimi.<br />Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-27864613923416227342013-09-24T11:05:48.645-06:002013-09-24T11:05:48.645-06:00It can depend on what it happens to be. Books are...It can depend on what it happens to be. Books are the hardest to let go.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-21957505387293794062013-09-24T10:14:24.436-06:002013-09-24T10:14:24.436-06:00Reb, I get you. I'm holding on to stuff I migh...Reb, I get you. I'm holding on to stuff I might need someday. I hate our disposable society for its emphasis on shiny new instead of keeping what's already fine.<br />But that doesn't excuse me from getting shed of old ideas that no longer serve me.<br /><br />Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-49627166736332860422013-09-24T09:50:38.742-06:002013-09-24T09:50:38.742-06:00we were all raised by people that grew up in the d...we were all raised by people that grew up in the dirty 30's. Anything that can be used again must be held onto. It is hard to get rid of things, even more so now when recycling and re-use are such a big idea. Then, when you go in to get an idea of how much it will cost for a repair on something and find it is cheaper to buy new? I am starting to balk at that. Or maybe I am just getting old and broke.Rebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318594769530526005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-20746472844071213392013-09-24T08:43:22.086-06:002013-09-24T08:43:22.086-06:00I hear ya, BL. I've likely forgotten most of w...I hear ya, BL. I've likely forgotten most of what it is I'm supposed to get rid of.<br />Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-75544605924812661162013-09-24T08:18:59.213-06:002013-09-24T08:18:59.213-06:00I hang onto stuff. I would hang onto ideas, too, i...I hang onto stuff. I would hang onto ideas, too, if I wasn't so darned forgetful. Sigh.<br />the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157365223433690437noreply@blogger.com