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StllH8L8ner said:
Self opening trash can? I’ve heard of the ones you step on to open, but self opening?
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My daughter and son-in-law are one their second one. Maybe third. I've never seen any of them actually work.
 
We lived in the same house for 56 years. We had a LOT of random stuff when we sold it and moved in with my empty-nest daughter & son-in-law almost 3-1/2 years ago. We divested ourselves of virtually everything, from furniture to most of the random stuff that folks save because they might just need it again one day. Then, after a year, we bought this godforsaken condo and moved again. Couldn't believe how much stuff we had to re-acquire. But 99.8% of the miscellaneous stuff I had saved, is still in the boxes that have moved with us twice now.
 
Our cat plays with new toys for a couple days before mostly ignoring them. So I’ve probably bought 30ish random cat toys that get retired in a basket once he’s done with them. Man does he get excited for the new ones though.
 
ColchVEGAS said:
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.
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Same and I’ll add travel cups. If I get one more I’m going to have to add cabinet space.
 
RichZ said:
My daughter and son-in-law are one their second one. Maybe third. I've never seen any of them actually work.
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Ours are motion-activated, and they’re great. It does confuse me when I have to manually open one now. Conversely, some of the kids have motion-activated faucets, and I’m confused when I get home.
 
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I have a storage unit in CT from my move to Florida five years ago. This includes old computer equipment and stuff from my ex. Time for me to toss most of it in May and move the useful items which is a small minority.
 
87Xfer said:
I have easily a few thousand dollars of bicycle parts. High end stuff, Campy, Shimano XT and XTR. Formula brake stuff, high end wheels, cranks, a dozen unused saddles (seats). Probably 20% of it is new in-box. But the bike world has blown by what was cuttting edge 10-15 years ago. I finally had a charity org that wanted the stuff to build bikes for underpriveledged kids. But I tried for over 2 months to physically give the stuff to them and nothing - every time they were in my area they were too busy riding or skiing. It's been taking up the middle of my garage for 2 months. I'm talking 1,000+ different parts, so I'm not going to list them on CL or Ebay. I think I'm gonna just start feeding it into my trash bin.
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i run a reselling business, and would love to come take the stuff off your hands.
 
Fishing gear. I loved fishing as a kid and took it back up during Covid. Started with 3 rod and reels and one tackle now I have 15 setups and just about every type of lure you can imagine with little intention of slowing down
 
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87Xfer said:
I have easily a few thousand dollars of bicycle parts. High end stuff, Campy, Shimano XT and XTR. Formula brake stuff, high end wheels, cranks, a dozen unused saddles (seats). Probably 20% of it is new in-box. But the bike world has blown by what was cuttting edge 10-15 years ago. I finally had a charity org that wanted the stuff to build bikes for underpriveledged kids. But I tried for over 2 months to physically give the stuff to them and nothing - every time they were in my area they were too busy riding or skiing. It's been taking up the middle of my garage for 2 months. I'm talking 1,000+ different parts, so I'm not going to list them on CL or Ebay. I think I'm gonna just start feeding it into my trash bin.
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Same here on the bike stuff
 
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I'm sure that I have every textbook I ever bought for colleges - much to my wife's dismay. . They are out-of-date, probably all marked up, etc. I should unload them somewhere. The pile of boxes in basement is monumental.
 
87Xfer said:
It's yours! How soon can you get to Colorado?!
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That's a bit of a trek from North Carolina, and I doubt you would even want to ship the stuff. Have you considered donating to a thrift store or local bike shop? You could always list the whole lot on craigslist for a few hundred bucks or something, and a reseller in your area would probably bite on it.
 
I’ve saved the basketball sneakers of three different kids, since 3rd grade for each. 2 are in high school. They convinced me that there’s gonna be a high resell value for old Kyrie’s and Hyperdunks. The oldest kid has successfully sold a couple of pairs.
 
I still have my bronzed 1 year old baby shoes saved by my mother and given to me before she passed. My kids aren’t exactly fighting over them. Any takers here?
 
jibsey said:
I still have my bronzed 1 year old baby shoes saved by my mother and given to me before she passed. My kids aren’t exactly fighting over them. Any takers here?
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I'll up that one. I have a baby aspirin jar with my baby teeth in it. For some weird reason my Mom kept them and when she died and I found them, for an even more weird reason I now keep them.

At least I'm pretty sure they are my baby teeth.
 
Deepster said:
I'll up that one. I have a baby aspirin jar with my baby teeth in it. For some weird reason my Mom kept them and when she died and I found them, for an even more weird reason I now keep them.

At least I'm pretty sure they are my baby teeth.
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You can set them in plaster and recreate your “baby mouth”.
 
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I think I still have nearly every cellphone I have ever owned. Two Blackberries, a couple Androids and umpteen iPhones; AND their original boxes.

I have boxes of obsolete home theater cables. Analog Audio/Video, S-Video, Component. I have three or four HD DirecTV receivers with over-air HD tuners.
 
Having too much stuff around the house can be a hassle. There is one thing that is worse. Agreeing to your wife's suggestion of a yard sale. She told me to put sign out at the end of block Wednesday evening for a little early advertising for the Saturday and Sunday sale. WTF. I had people in my backyard looking around on Wednesday night! We didn't even have anything out yet. So I walked down the block and pulled the sign out. Too late. Thursday and Friday I left work early to sit in my driveway and tell people the sale starts on Saturday. There is an entire yard sale industry that I was unaware of and the true pros show up days early to beat the casuals. Saturday and Sunday were no better. We had a lot of kids clothes and toys but we also had some things that had some value. Nothing like someone offering $5 for something you paid over $100 bucks for. Anyway, it's a distant memory but still painful to think about. We are empty nesters now so we don't have lot of stuff around but when we do want to sell something Facebook marketplace has been excellent.
 
QDOG5 said:
Having too much stuff around the house can be a hassle. .......... We are empty nesters now so we don't have lot of stuff around but when we do want to sell something Facebook marketplace has been excellent.
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Chin Diesel said:
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.
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Living in Florida I have an entire states requirements for D batteries. Been collecting them since the 2001. I too also have accumulated more C batteries than any human will ever need because anything requiring a C battery is no longer sold. I do run out of AAA and AA batteries though. Best Christmas present though is the Battery Daddy!!
 
I volunteer at a thrift store on Monday's we love your junk! Bring it and we will decide if it sells or is junk. If its the latter we will get rid of it for you so you don't need to suffer the ignominy of disposing of Grandma's toaster. You all need to understand that your kids do not want your junk so give it away.
 
Lived 12 years on the outer Cape. We sold our house and set up an estate sale. My wife kept bugging me about my collections of bouy, driftwood, seaglass and other beach finds. When the guy came to the house to set up my wife said don’t worry HE will get rid of that junk! My man says oh don’t do that we will put all that upfront that will all sell first - and it did!
 
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