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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, April 8, 2010
by Peter Grasso
Contributing Writer
I guess I am a tightwad
of sorts and being some- what of a “Gentleman farmer”, I hate to throw things away, even though I should. Inadvertently, I have become what is known as a “Hoarder.” My barn is filled with all kinds of bits & pieces of just plain junk that should have been thrown out a LONG time ago. Scraps of lumber, short
pieces of rope or chain, old lawnmower blades, paintbrushes, partial cans of paint, oil, etc. Well, you never know when you might need them, or it. Yeah, well, it’s time to take on a new philosophy in life. “If you haven’t used it within the past year…………you DON”T need it. Throw it out! The same applies to
the “Basement”, of sorts, up at camp. All kinds of scrap lumber that I save for “Kindling” wood,
lengths of plastic pipe (for the water line), and ½ cans of paint and on and on it goes. Time for a dipsy dumpster! I should really know
better, having been to the well on this issue. It is a trait that runs in the family. My Dad had two barns full of “Junk” and when he passed away, it was my job to clean them out. It took me a year! I thought I learned my les- son, but I guess not. Oh well……….There IS going to be a spring cleaning.
GENTLEMAN FARMER
However, “Some” things
you want to make sure you get the maximum use out of. Specifically, and this is a hot tip for you, your lead core line. Most of the time, primary use comes out of the first four colors. If you put the whole spool in your reel, you have wound on 10 colors. The bottom 6 doesn’t get much, if any, use. What I do, in the spring, is to run the line out in my driveway and reverse it on the reel. That way, I get two years worth of fishing out of that one spool of line. My wife has the same
philosophy. If she goes to the market & buys a cake or a pie, for some festive event, she will save the plastic container that it comes in. That way, “IF” she bakes something special to transport to another location, she has the perfect container for the procedure. The only problem with this is that I now have, prob- ably, MORE containers than the bakery at Han- naford’s or Shaw’s. If and when the occasion to use one arises, I always get the “See how handy this is.” Yeah, well, I put these in the same
category as my ½ cans of paint! OUT……….! I guess it all boils down
to “Retent ion” t ime, which is an arbitrary figure, base upon a lot of variables. Let’s take the issue of
your children’s belong- ings, such as clothes, toys, books, etc. Off they go to college and a certain amount of these belongings travel with them. The nucleus is left at home, non-transport- able and not being used while away. After all, there are weekends home and summer break. Next comes graduation
from college, marriage or just plain “Moving out.” Ah, the key words, “Mov- ing out”. How is that defined? What is the ac- tual time period allotted for this process to occur? One year? Two years? Three years? Totally, an undefined action! When are you going to
retrieve your “Things?” Yeah, I’ l l get to that. Another year goes by. Physical ly, they have grown and the clothes left behind no longer fit. “If you don’t come after these things, I’m going to give them away.”
“Don’t
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do that, I might need them.” Next comes the threat, “Look, if you don’t pick up your things, I’m going to load them up and drop them of f at your house.” “Don’t do that, I have no place to put them.” I guess I’ll have to charge rent for being a “Storage facility.” Anyone, anyone at all, have the answer to this question? Of course, sweet re-
venge is to keep on hoarding, fill the barn, the basement, the gar- den shed, the camp and any other available facil-
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