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LOL! I'd probably do well. To get rid of some of the junk... would be so nice, and to know it would make someone else happy would be great.
posted by
yellowrose55
on July 3, 2009 at 5:18 PM
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Hello Elinjo....
Thanks for the interesting post and also you appreciative remarks about my poem She'ma Israel.
I, too, am British (actually I am a dual national British/Swiss, but I lived a long timer in England (London) and did all my undergraduate studies there. Now instead of Denmark, I live in the USA --- but funnily enough in the corner I live in, in some respects it is very European because I live in Lancaster, heart of Amish country.)
I looked at your ABOUT ME and clicked on your website link and the following message came up:
The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded.
So maybe you'd like to check that out?
Another thing in common we have is that I was also born in 1942. (A great year to be born in, when the tide of the war changed and the allies started getting the upper hand - after El-Alamein.)
Nice to meet you!
Raphael
posted by
Raphael222
on May 19, 2009 at 10:42 PM
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Junk:John Wiley, FormerstudentIntern, Lustorlove, Sam444, PatB and JoeLove
Thanks for your comments; seems we are basically agreed. As they say in Yorkshire (England): 'where there's muck, there's money'.
I once knew someone who decided that her current partner was 'disposable', so she asked him to leave; poor man had got rid of all his furniture before he had moved in with her. So being a decent person she gave him half her furniture etc and shaking hands amicably he moved out. After heaving a sigh of relief she looked round her apartment and said: 'wow, it looks so much better without all that useless junk!' So she had thus killed two birds with one stone.
Have a nice day!
posted by
elinjo
on May 19, 2009 at 9:55 PM
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Elinjo
Well actually I used to sell a lot of scrap and junk to make my living so I'm not so keen now. LOL
posted by
WileyJohn
on May 19, 2009 at 7:14 PM
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Sounds like a fantastic idea.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 19, 2009 at 5:38 PM
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its funny because I am finally getting my kids to get out in our garage and start cleaning things out. I told them to make 3 piles, a throw out pile, a
pile and a sell pile. I am one of those that when something breaks I replace it instead of repair. well I cant do that anymore and I have thngs that may be able to sell. If nothing else for the parts only
posted by
Lanetay
on May 19, 2009 at 2:50 PM
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What a nice take! I do hope my son enjoys his bike! He is a Specialized guy but I think this one will work too! Free is never a bad thing! lol Shelly
posted by
sam444
on May 19, 2009 at 1:16 PM
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I confess I have to fight my packrat tendencies.
It's one of those impulses that come to older people -- clinging to memorabilia (usually someone else's) until the clutter owns the territory. Another facet of it is hanging on to things you might just need some day. When I get back from my little trip, I'm going to have a yard sale. Anything that doesn't sell is going to the Goodwill. Make room for...(oh-oh).
posted by
Pat_B
on May 19, 2009 at 5:49 AM
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This sounds very close to spending a day going to yard sales.
I haven't done it in quite some time, but you can pick up a whole bunch of junk for little to nothing that way. Plus, it's a fun way to spend a day.
posted by
Joe_Love
on May 19, 2009 at 5:27 AM
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