Stuff you should throw away, but can't....

[Devils'Advocate]

This is for all the pack rats out there. Okay. I'm moving out of my apartment next month (I resolved the 31st//1st problem - thanks for the advice), so I've started going through my stuff and figuring out what I want to keep and what I don't. There is stuff in here that I haven't used in 20 years. There is stuff here that I have *NEVER* used. Yet I can't toss the stuff away.

Some things that I should probably toss, but won't be:

- Gauntlet:The Deeper Dungeons. On 5 1/4. For the Commodore 64.
- Sheet music for "Breakfast in America - Supertramp"
- Spanish/English dictionary (I will NEVER use it, but it was given to me by a Guatemalan friend; I feel bad throwing gifts away)
- 60 Atari 2600 games
- My winter sleeping bag, despite not going winter camping since Scouts
- A bobble-head of a Gatineau policeman - only because it looks like Pat Burns when he had his mustache
- 3 PC repair kits - despite not owning a PC. My Mac repair kit consists of one screwdriver and a paperclip.
- A back-up, back-up set of computer speakers. Just for that day when I'm desperate to listen to Robert Palmers "Simply Irresistible" and my speakers have stopped working *AND* my back-up speakers don't work either.
- My roller blading gear - blades, knee pads, helmet, etc.. Grew out of that fad, but can't part with the gear. "I MIGHT pick it up again someday...."

[flip]

the naked pics i have of all my exes.

[gottabekd]

Hmm, how about my notes from University? For some reason I thought I might look back at them for "reference". Well, I never read them while studying for the final exam, so I don't know why I feel the need to keep them. I bet I still have high school and junior high notes around too. Textbooks, I have actually referenced once in a while. They have an index, and are legible.

[Stranger]

Originally Posted by flip

the naked pics i have of all my exes.

This thread is useless without pictures!

[BlackArcher101]

After doing laundry, I'd say my whole closet contents should be thrown away.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by gottabekd

Hmm, how about my notes from University? For some reason I thought I might look back at them for "reference".

I just dumped mine a couple weeks ago 6 years after the fact. I knew I'd never read them and certainly wouldn't use them for "reference" but I couldn't force myself to just throw them in the trash. Then I happened across them and started reading them and was forced to throw them in the trash to make sure nobody else would ever lay eyes on them. Yeesh, what a dummy I am/was.

[HelloHockeyFans]

Uggh! I can't handle pack rats! My ex-gf had bills EIGHT YEARS OLD!!! Why???

[photon]

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

- Gauntlet:The Deeper Dungeons. On 5 1/4. For the Commodore 64.
- 60 Atari 2600 games

SHOTGUN! If you ever decide to throw these out call me I will take them off your hands.

For me it's always science magazines. I've carred around more copies of Scientific American and Nature and stuff than I care to count. Through 4-5 moves too. Magazines are HEAVY!

The last few moves I've finally been able to throw most of them out, but I had to rationalize it by telling myself that the science was out of date

I wish I had old copies of Omni magazine though, that was a great mag.

Other than that, burned CD's of pirated games seem to collect and never get tossed. Old computer parts. And books, I finally have a box of books going that will make its way to a used book store eventually.