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Janice · 06-18-2005, 01:48 PM

I'm a tosser. I can't stand old magazines around. If I buy something new, the old thing gets tossed. I hate clutter.

My husband on the other hand is a complete lunatic. He likes to save everything, and I mean everything. He saves the boxes that things come in. I'll save the box to a toaster, hair dryer, air conditioner or whatever for a couple of weeks to make sure it's working, but that's it.

I call my husband Fred Sandford. I usually joke about it, but sometimes it really bothers me.

Nighthawk76 · 06-18-2005, 01:54 PM

I guess I'm a packrat.

I still have magazines going back to the late 1980's. However, they are magazines I kept for a reason. It wasn't that I was just too lazy or messy to throw them away.

Janice · 06-18-2005, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DAX

I guess I'm a packrat.

I still have magazines going back to the late 1980's. However, they are magazines I kept for a reason. It wasn't that I was just too lazy or messy to throw them away.

Oh yeah, I have special magazines and newspapers I've saved too.

TJL · 06-18-2005, 01:56 PM

I'm not a packrat.

I'm a collector.

Mr. Television · 06-18-2005, 01:58 PM

I guess I'm a Packrat. I've been saving TV Guides since 1983 and I got boxes of them.

Brad Russ · 06-18-2005, 02:06 PM

I am definitely a reluctant tosser. It's very hard for me to toss stuff for sentimental reasons, but the neat and clean side of me, always wins out over my sentimental side. My mom and brother are pack rats, while me and my dad are tossers, so I guess I take after him in that regard.

robyrob · 06-18-2005, 02:17 PM

i'm a hopeless packrat - i have receipts from pizza I ordered in 1987.

(the cats LIKE all those boxes anyways)

Living In a '70's Dream · 06-18-2005, 02:19 PM

The only items I collect are videos and TV-DVDs...the rest I toss after a while. I am a confessed anal retentive neat freak and I hate having a lot of unless stuff around...

Belair · 06-18-2005, 02:19 PM

Definetly a packrat,lol.And I've never heard that expression before.
I buy magazines and keep them.There's one I buy every week,and I have about 200 of them.I still look through them ocassionally,and they are good,so I keep them.

~LadyJess~ · 06-18-2005, 02:20 PM

I'm a pack rat but only because I attach some sort of memory to every little thing. It's not that I can't throw anything away but I'm very reluctant to and like to save things. I have a rock, a rock!, that I've had for close to 10 years now because I picked it up from a street in Canada.

TripperFan · 06-18-2005, 02:23 PM

I'm with TJL - I like to consider myself a collector!!

'Course the avalanche of People magazines in the washroom says otherwise!

I still have the Life and Time magazines from the assassinations of JFK and Bobby Kennedy so it might payoff someday.

TripperFan · 06-18-2005, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ~LadyJess~

I'm a pack rat but only because I attach some sort of memory to every little thing. It's not that I can't throw anything away but I'm very reluctant to and like to save things. I have a rock, a rock!, that I've had for close to 10 years now because I picked it up from a street in Canada.

I don't blame ya - Canadian rocks....well - they rock!!!

PZelda · 06-18-2005, 02:26 PM

I guess you could say I'm a selective packrat. In recent years, I've gotten better about it. A few months ago, I found a box full of owner's manuals and the like that dated back to the early 90's. It was full of receipts as well, dating back to 1994. Except for a few receipts/owner's manuals my mom wanted me to set aside, I tossed out all the other stuff in that box.

If I go on a trip somewhere, I save the receipts from wherever I made purchases at. Same goes for ticket stubs. It's pretty neat having an Underground stub that says I paid like £20 to ride on the tube unlimited times in one week. Generally, I hold on to receipts for up to 3 months and after that, I toss 'em.

However, I'm bad, REALLY bad with magazines. I could furnish a library with all the ones I have.

I have EVERY SINGLE ISSUE of Seventeen dating to January 1999. I have magazines dating to 1995. My mom has the same problem, so I guess I got it from her -- she STILL has magazines from 1984!!!!!

Brad Russ · 06-18-2005, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ~Princess Jasmine~

The only items I collect are videos and TV-DVDs...the rest I toss after a while. I am a confessed anal retentive neat freak and I hate having a lot of unless stuff around...

That's pretty much the same as me. I rarely ever get rid of DVD's, and cd's, and I never get rid of old tapes of stuff I taped off tv. Everything else though always goes.

This Summer, instead of just throwing stuff away, I'm going to be having a garage sale instead. Might as well pass my crap onto someone else, and make a little money out of it!!

peter may · 06-18-2005, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice

I'm a tosser. .

Believe me Janice - you are NOT a tosser, lol, your a nice person

06-18-2005, 01:48 PM	#1
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	Are you a Packrat or a Tosser? I'm a tosser. I can't stand old magazines around. If I buy something new, the old thing gets tossed. I hate clutter. My husband on the other hand is a complete lunatic. He likes to save everything, and I mean everything. He saves the boxes that things come in. I'll save the box to a toaster, hair dryer, air conditioner or whatever for a couple of weeks to make sure it's working, but that's it. I call my husband Fred Sandford. I usually joke about it, but sometimes it really bothers me.

06-18-2005, 01:56 PM	#4
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,588	I'm not a packrat. I'm a collector.
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06-18-2005, 01:58 PM	#5
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06-18-2005, 02:06 PM	#6
Brad Russ Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 17, 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 10,085	I am definitely a reluctant tosser. It's very hard for me to toss stuff for sentimental reasons, but the neat and clean side of me, always wins out over my sentimental side. My mom and brother are pack rats, while me and my dad are tossers, so I guess I take after him in that regard.
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06-18-2005, 02:17 PM	#7
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06-18-2005, 01:54 PM	#2
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	I guess I'm a packrat. I still have magazines going back to the late 1980's. However, they are magazines I kept for a reason. It wasn't that I was just too lazy or messy to throw them away.

06-18-2005, 02:19 PM	#8
Living In a '70's Dream Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2005 Posts: 3,427	The only items I collect are videos and TV-DVDs...the rest I toss after a while. I am a confessed anal retentive neat freak and I hate having a lot of unless stuff around...

06-18-2005, 02:19 PM	#9
Belair Back@SO&Loveit! Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 13, 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 5,925	Definetly a packrat,lol.And I've never heard that expression before. I buy magazines and keep them.There's one I buy every week,and I have about 200 of them.I still look through them ocassionally,and they are good,so I keep them.

06-18-2005, 02:20 PM	#10
~LadyJess~ Football Chick Forum Fanatic Join Date: Mar 15, 2002 Location: At the Shamrock doing shots with Mo Posts: 8,260	I'm a pack rat but only because I attach some sort of memory to every little thing. It's not that I can't throw anything away but I'm very reluctant to and like to save things. I have a rock, a rock!, that I've had for close to 10 years now because I picked it up from a street in Canada.
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06-18-2005, 02:23 PM	#11
TripperFan In God's Arms Now Forum Star Join Date: Sep 14, 2003 Location: Heartbreak Ridge Posts: 12,086	I'm with TJL - I like to consider myself a collector!! 'Course the avalanche of People magazines in the washroom says otherwise! I still have the Life and Time magazines from the assassinations of JFK and Bobby Kennedy so it might payoff someday.
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06-18-2005, 02:26 PM	#13
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	I guess you could say I'm a selective packrat. In recent years, I've gotten better about it. A few months ago, I found a box full of owner's manuals and the like that dated back to the early 90's. It was full of receipts as well, dating back to 1994. Except for a few receipts/owner's manuals my mom wanted me to set aside, I tossed out all the other stuff in that box. If I go on a trip somewhere, I save the receipts from wherever I made purchases at. Same goes for ticket stubs. It's pretty neat having an Underground stub that says I paid like £20 to ride on the tube unlimited times in one week. Generally, I hold on to receipts for up to 3 months and after that, I toss 'em. However, I'm bad, REALLY bad with magazines. I could furnish a library with all the ones I have. I have EVERY SINGLE ISSUE of Seventeen dating to January 1999. I have magazines dating to 1995. My mom has the same problem, so I guess I got it from her -- she STILL has magazines from 1984!!!!!
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