Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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I'm part of the clutter brigade.........

Still got a betamax video in the loft and a box full of tapes. Might donate them to a museum eventually!

There is definitely value in keeping stuff. My old Viglen computer gave up the ghost 6 years ago. I didn't ditch it, it went into the loft. There were too many precious files on the hard drive.
A couple of weeks ago I bought a really neat bit of kit which meant I could remove the hard drive and boot it up using a usb drive to my laptop. Bingo all my files were available to copy onto my new computer!! Well chuffed. :-)
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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I have a house which will be even more clutter free when youngest
goes to Unit
party poppers ................woo hoo! :grin:
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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Northern Lass wrote:I have a house which will be even more clutter free when youngest
goes to Unit
party poppers ................woo hoo! :grin:



What you gonna use the extra bedroom for then NL?
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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snoopysue wrote:
Northern Lass wrote:I have a house which will be even more clutter free when youngest
goes to Unit
party poppers ................woo hoo! :grin:



What you gonna use the extra bedroom for then NL?


A toy boy :grin:
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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Northern Lass wrote:I have a house which will be even more clutter free when youngest
goes to Unit
party poppers ................woo hoo! :grin:


In my experience they come back again all too soon with even more stuff than they left with!
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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Maths girl wrote:
Northern Lass wrote:I have a house which will be even more clutter free when youngest
goes to Unit
party poppers ................woo hoo! :grin:


In my experience they come back again all too soon with even more stuff than they left with!


Don't need to come back, my parents have still got some of my clutter in their loft and I left about 22 years ago (with a 3 month visit between end of studying and finding a job)! And I know what's there so they can't just bin it!!!
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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snoopysue wrote:
Northern Lass wrote:I have a house which will be even more clutter free when youngest
goes to Unit
party poppers ................woo hoo! :grin:



What you gonna use the extra bedroom for then NL?


Party poppers?My mate gave me one of those a few years back!! They're big on the " Gay Scene".
They relax you.Weirdest feeling i've ever had i can tell you!! :shock:
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Rob wrote:
snoopysue wrote:
Northern Lass wrote:I have a house which will be even more clutter free when youngest
goes to Unit
party poppers ................woo hoo! :grin:



What you gonna use the extra bedroom for then NL?


Party poppers?My mate gave me one of those a few years back!! They're big on the " Gay Scene".
They relax you.Weirdest feeling i've ever had i can tell you!! :shock:

Too much information :lol: Party Poppers to me are small, plastic bottles. You pull a string and eject tiny paper streamers.
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

Post by Rob »

Sie sind zurück von Deutschland ja?
Sie haben gute Zeit ja Liebling?
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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When I was a bit younger, Party Poppers were young girls who became "friendly" after a few alchoholic beverages.

Now the younger ones wonder why I smile and laugh when they ask if I want a Party Popper.
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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Rob wrote:Sie sind zurück von Deutschland ja?
Sie haben gute Zeit ja Liebling?


Translates as....

Are you back of Germany yes? Do you have good time yes darling?
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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Northern Lass wrote:
Rob wrote:Sie sind zurück von Deutschland ja?
Sie haben gute Zeit ja Liebling?


Translates as....

Are you back of Germany yes? Do you have good time yes darling?


Oh! Was he speaking to me? :lol: Yes. I am back, decorating like mad.
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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Lulu wrote:
Northern Lass wrote:
Rob wrote:Sie sind zurück von Deutschland ja?
Sie haben gute Zeit ja Liebling?


Translates as....

Are you back of Germany yes? Do you have good time yes darling?


Oh! Was he speaking to me? :lol: Yes. I am back, decorating like mad.


Well he aint calling anyone else darling! :lol:

bless him :lol:
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

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snoopysue wrote:
Don't need to come back, my parents have still got some of my clutter in their loft and I left about 22 years ago (with a 3 month visit between end of studying and finding a job)! And I know what's there so they can't just bin it!!!



Don't bet on it! I left two suitcases of stuff at my parents and my mother went through it at some point, gave some stuff to my sister and other stuff to unknown people/places so I ended up with two suitcases containing considerably less than I thought. I really lamant the loss of two vintage dresses which she had tried to throw away once before. I thought they would be safe in the suitcases, I mean it isn't as though they took up less space when she had finished editing the contents :evil:
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Re: Campaign to free ourselves of clutter

Post by Lulu »

My Mother threw away all the contents of my toy box but still kept the box. I won't type my thoughts on that!!! :(
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