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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4026354" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>I'm not a hoarder, but a collector. Wife is a throw it out person but I'm of the mind that one of these days, I'll make something out of this and store it away.</p><p>As was earlier stated, when something gets thrown away, I'll need it a week later and have to go buy it. </p><p>I love to machine, weld and fabricate stuff. Built several trailers, deer tower blinds, and remanufactured old beat up farm implements to be resold. </p><p>As I age, don't do so much of the implement repair anymore. Two more disks to rebuild and I'll be out of the business.</p><p>With all that fab work I acquired a pretty big stash of used pipe, rod, plate steel and so on. Called a scrapper the other day to come take a look at it and offer a price. He said $100, and I said it's all yours, but you have to remove everything. No picking and choosing. It's gone. </p><p>I'm amazed at what people will take for free. Dug up a half dozen half rotten railroad ties where our garden used to be the other day and put them down on the country road where we live with a sign that said, free to a good home, and they were gone in an hour. </p><p>Put old metal desks, and just junk there with the sign and its gone. </p><p>More junk to go down there tomorrow. </p><p>I have two sons from a previous marriage. Wife and I talked and then got our Wills written a couple months ago. If I go before her, all of my machine tools, guns, safes, sporting goods that are in the two shop buildings are to be sold at auction and the money evenly distributed to the sons. She gets everything else.</p><p>When my parents passed away, we had an auction for all of what her and dad accumulated over the years. The auctioneer came out with his hands and they emptied the house and had it on tables in the yard. Everything in that house sold to someone else. They would put a valuable item in a box of junk. Whoever wanted that valuable item had to buy the junk and haul it off as well. </p><p>At the end of the auction, the house was cleaned out, and all we had to do was sell the house. </p><p>I highly recommend doing this if one is wanting to get rid of clutter. We didn't have to lift a finger, just pay the commission and pocket the profit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 4026354, member: 5412"] I'm not a hoarder, but a collector. Wife is a throw it out person but I'm of the mind that one of these days, I'll make something out of this and store it away. As was earlier stated, when something gets thrown away, I'll need it a week later and have to go buy it. I love to machine, weld and fabricate stuff. Built several trailers, deer tower blinds, and remanufactured old beat up farm implements to be resold. As I age, don't do so much of the implement repair anymore. Two more disks to rebuild and I'll be out of the business. With all that fab work I acquired a pretty big stash of used pipe, rod, plate steel and so on. Called a scrapper the other day to come take a look at it and offer a price. He said $100, and I said it's all yours, but you have to remove everything. No picking and choosing. It's gone. I'm amazed at what people will take for free. Dug up a half dozen half rotten railroad ties where our garden used to be the other day and put them down on the country road where we live with a sign that said, free to a good home, and they were gone in an hour. Put old metal desks, and just junk there with the sign and its gone. More junk to go down there tomorrow. I have two sons from a previous marriage. Wife and I talked and then got our Wills written a couple months ago. If I go before her, all of my machine tools, guns, safes, sporting goods that are in the two shop buildings are to be sold at auction and the money evenly distributed to the sons. She gets everything else. When my parents passed away, we had an auction for all of what her and dad accumulated over the years. The auctioneer came out with his hands and they emptied the house and had it on tables in the yard. Everything in that house sold to someone else. They would put a valuable item in a box of junk. Whoever wanted that valuable item had to buy the junk and haul it off as well. At the end of the auction, the house was cleaned out, and all we had to do was sell the house. I highly recommend doing this if one is wanting to get rid of clutter. We didn't have to lift a finger, just pay the commission and pocket the profit. [/QUOTE]
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