OT: Random Excess Stuff In Your House

[ColchVEGAS]

Take out containers. You better believe if you come over for a meal you are leaving with leftovers in as many containers as possible. No is not an option. Somehow still not a dent in the stockpile and we rarely eat out.

 

[Palatine]

I'm pretty sure my wife considers me random excess stuff in our house.

 

[Zanzman]

My mom is a hoarder and she's lived the last 40+ years in a house that was originally her parents and her mom was a hoarder, so the attic is filled with not only my mom's junk, but my grandmother's junk from 70 years ago. The rumor is that there's a collection of my uncle's baseball cards form the 1950s somewhere up there carefully guarded by piles of old plastic crap from the 70s and 80s.

Before just start tossing it when the time comes you should call a antique dealer or auctioneer to make sure your not tossing anything good you would be surprised the odd stuff that has value

 

[FfldCntyFan]

So, our trash can has one of those motion sensors for opening and closing the lid. Battery powered. Batteries died so I went to the battery drawer in a dresser in a spare bedroom (One of our adult kids old rooms).
I open it up and we have one D cell battery. We also have 26 C cell batteries. I have no idea why we bought and accumulated 26 C cells and I have no idea what we have they would be used for.

What random stuff have you accumulated beyond your needs.

My guess is the batteries are leftover from an earlier version of Chin:

 

[pepband99]

Computer cables. All of them. If anyone needs a Parallel/SCSI adapter, I'm your man.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Computer cables. All of them. If anyone needs a Parallel/SCSI adapter, I'm your man.

I just did a purge of electronics cables about a month ago. I made the bold decision that a 2000'sorinter cable probably won't ever be needed again.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Interestingly enough, they design the box so you want to keep it but don’t know why.

And that choppy and not smooth opening of the box the first time? It’s between 4 and 6 seconds because that increases your anticipation but over 6 seconds brings in frustration.

The whole thing is a mindfkkk.

Few bits of irony I enjoy more than buying scissors, a box cutter, a knife or some other cutting tool and realizing its packaging requires the same type of tool to open it.

 

[jibsey]

Everything in my house is superfluous, including me. Just ask my wife.

You mean especially you.

 

[SallyH]

I've got too many COVID supplies that was saved for the apocalypse. I mean I can bathe in all this hand sanitizer and what's with all these masks I will never wear?

We were prepared for 'forever' COVID.

Ha! I probably have gallons of hand sanitizer stashed around our house. In fairness, both my parents and my son had cancer and when they were undergoing treatment their immune systems were wiped out and they were vulnerable to infections so the house had to be very sanitary. I just never got out of the habit. I also have small bottles of hand sanitizer in the door pockets of our vehicles. I also have hundreds of packets of individual Purell wipes. During 2020 our friends in Atlanta couldn't find any Purell and I was able to personally supply them with enough to get them through the first couple of months until supplies were again available for them. So, I hear you, Kitaman, and raise you one gallon.

 

[husky429]

The actual house has almost no excess stuff. Maybe some mail on the stairs, or random stuff on the kitchen table. My basement, attic, etc. is empty. I don't collect things.

The only extra junk we have is

1) an absurd amount of books. Probably a thousand+ in our library/office. We have a wall of built-ins and 3 more 6 foot book shelves completely full. It's ridiculous.

2) Just too many damn tools. Always need one more little thing that rarely gets used and just takes up space. Drives me nuts.

 

[mussels]

“Random excess stuff in your house”

This thread will reach 10,000 pages.

 

[OviedoFLHusky]

Pet toys. My floors are always littered with them.

I can't seem to throw away the scraggliest toys because I figure, they must really love this one to play with it so much, so I mend it and put it back in the pile.

 

[Bezzz]

If you live near West Hartford, Green Monster Recycle takes lot's of stuff including old computers, stereo equipment, cables, etc. Removes the guilt of having your junk end up in Mount Trashmore somewhere.

Green Monster Recycle

 

[Stinger92860]

My mom is a hoarder and she's lived the last 40+ years in a house that was originally her parents and her mom was a hoarder, so the attic is filled with not only my mom's junk, but my grandmother's junk from 70 years ago. The rumor is that there's a collection of my uncle's baseball cards form the 1950s somewhere up there carefully guarded by piles of old plastic crap from the 70s and 80s.

I’m happy to go look for you.

 

[HuskyNan]

I have 47 shades of purple-lavender-violet eyeshadow that every saleswoman tells me is fantastic on me but they all make me look like Mike Tyson punched me in the face. Still have them all, though

 

[Chin Diesel]

If you live near West Hartford, Green Monster Recycle takes lot's of stuff including old computers, stereo equipment, cables, etc. Removes the guilt of having your junk end up in Mount Trashmore somewhere.

Green Monster Recycle

Mt. Trashmore isn't "somewhere". It's in Virginia Beach.

Mount Trashmore Park

World-renowned Mount Trashmore Park is the sister park to Haginodai Park in Japan and encompasses 165 acres, two man-made mountains, two lakes, two…

parks.virginiabeach.gov

 

[Samoo]

50+ paint cans from every home improvement project over the last twenty years at three different houses.

 

[boba]

Opposite here - no C batteries and the greatest stock of D batteries in the western world.

I also have the box for every Apple product we have ever owned. I have the box for an iPhone “2”. (iPhone 3G) I have no need for any of them.

In the lab, not at home, we have a collection of boxes for the equipment that I saved just in case I need to ship it back for repair. Used 2 of 20(?) over the past 10 years.
In the original vein, we have accumulated a tremendous number data storage devices, most of which are unreadable by modern technology, can you say Zip Drive? And enough Firewire, VGA, DB25, DB9, RS232 cables to wrap around the building.

 

[SoFla Steve]

Musical stuff crammed into my small condo:

• 12 Guitars and cases; 2 Basses and gig bags; 2 Keyboards; 55+ Effects pedals, 1 now unused pedalboard
• 4 Amps (1 of which works, 1 is failing, 1 died, 1 I haven't plugged in for years)
• Studio monitors, headphones, microphones, audio interface, software, books, assorted cables, power supplies, picks, strings, adapters

I'm not getting any younger. When I finally croak, no one in my family is going to want this stuff.

Misc. Items:

• Every cellphone I ever owned except the first one, chargers, old cable TV equipment and an assortment of lines, cables, wires and plugs, old TV, old computer monitors.
• Winter clothing - Coats, jackets, at least 3 dozen sweaters, LL Bean boots. With the exception of a couple of jackets, I haven't worn this stuff in nearly 30 years. No use for it in South Florida.
• Now that I'm retired, I don't really need the 18 suits, blazers, jackets anymore.

I don't know why I don't get rid of this stuff.

 

[BlueandOG]

I have car floor mats from two cars ago.

Update: I HAD car floor mats from two cars ago. Thanks for the motivation to take corrective action!

 

[heffe]

Musical stuff crammed into my small condo:

• 12 Guitars and cases; 2 Basses and gig bags; 2 Keyboards; 55+ Effects pedals, 1 now unused pedalboard
• 4 Amps (1 of which works, 1 is failing, 1 died, 1 I haven't plugged in for years)
• Studio monitors, headphones, microphones, audio interface, software, books, assorted cables, power supplies, picks, strings, adapters

I'm not getting any younger. When I finally croak, no one in my family is going to want this stuff.

Misc. Items:

• Every cellphone I ever owned except the first one, chargers, old cable TV equipment and an assortment of lines, cables, wires and plugs, old TV, old computer monitors.
• Winter clothing - Coats, jackets, at least 3 dozen sweaters, LL Bean boots. With the exception of a couple of jackets, I haven't worn this stuff in nearly 30 years. No use for it in South Florida.
• Now that I'm retired, I don't really need the 18 suits, blazers, jackets anymore.

I don't know why I don't get rid of this stuff.

Gave most of my dress cloths to the VA in Rocky Hill I think many of them may be under ground by now. Thank you for your service

 

[uconnfan68]

In the lab, not at home, we have a collection of boxes for the equipment that I saved just in case I need to ship it back for repair. Used 2 of 20(?) over the past 10 years.
In the original vein, we have accumulated a tremendous number data storage devices, most of which are unreadable by modern technology, can you say Zip Drive? And enough Firewire, VGA, DB25, DB9, RS232 cables to wrap around the building.

When I recycle computer hardware, I always take the hard drive out, with the intention of doing a DOD scrub of it. As you can guess, they’re all over the house now. I was building computers for family members 25-30 years ago, and still have a boatload of hardware.

 

[husky99]

I have 7 or 8 rats living in my 1915s basement. I have excuted 3 or 4 of them. I have bought enough Rat traps for 3 Kansas farms

 

[Scrutineer]

So, our trash can has one of those motion sensors for opening and closing the lid. Battery powered. Batteries died so I went to the battery drawer in a dresser in a spare bedroom (One of our adult kids old rooms).
I open it up and we have one D cell battery. We also have 26 C cell batteries. I have no idea why we bought and accumulated 26 C cells and I have no idea what we have they would be used for.

What random stuff have you accumulated beyond your needs.

Four 289 HiPo engine blocks.

 

[Scrutineer]

My mom is a hoarder and she's lived the last 40+ years in a house that was originally her parents and her mom was a hoarder, so the attic is filled with not only my mom's junk, but my grandmother's junk from 70 years ago. The rumor is that there's a collection of my uncle's baseball cards form the 1950s somewhere up there carefully guarded by piles of old plastic crap from the 70s and 80s.

You need to gift your Mom a nice weekend away so you can go rescue those baseball cards before someone throws them out like the guy in Scotland with his hard drive full of Bitcoin.