This comment struck me as much more valid/true after I'd seen the one above, about how it doesn't include books!
Also, I would definitely exclude things that are new or like new: presents that were well intentioned but not really what you want, for instance. Or untouched skeins of yarn after I got carpal tunnel syndrome and had to give up knitting. Or things that really last without showing wear, like statues or good china, that you're just tired of.
I probably do err on the side of giving Goodwill stuff they'll just throw out, but I know they will also find a lot of it re-sellable. My own date with reality was when I realized that while I could sell some of that on eBay and make the money myself, I wasn't getting around to it, and I should let Goodwill or some other charity do the work & get the money.
But this is not, any of it, per se trash. The info about Ranj's ex-wife is scary.
My personal take on that is that while I prefer to recycle--to do anything to minimize stuff in landfills--I have to be realistic. For instance, when we cleared out Supergee's mother's house, we decided that we had too much to cope with anyway and we would just throw out all plastic, glass, and paper, even returnable bottles or cans.
And now Supergee takes deposit-type bottles and cans to the supermarket that accepts them, but then leaves the plastic sack right in front of the machines. Anyone who wants to can get the money for just the time to feed the items to the machine, and someone always does. And Supergee doesn't get all snarly about the task.
This conversation is making me realize how much I'm not a hoarder, even though some people, including the writer of the list, might think so from our house now.
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Also, I would definitely exclude things that are new or like new: presents that were well intentioned but not really what you want, for instance. Or untouched skeins of yarn after I got carpal tunnel syndrome and had to give up knitting. Or things that really last without showing wear, like statues or good china, that you're just tired of.
I probably do err on the side of giving Goodwill stuff they'll just throw out, but I know they will also find a lot of it re-sellable. My own date with reality was when I realized that while I could sell some of that on eBay and make the money myself, I wasn't getting around to it, and I should let Goodwill or some other charity do the work & get the money.
But this is not, any of it, per se trash. The info about Ranj's ex-wife is scary.
My personal take on that is that while I prefer to recycle--to do anything to minimize stuff in landfills--I have to be realistic. For instance, when we cleared out Supergee's mother's house, we decided that we had too much to cope with anyway and we would just throw out all plastic, glass, and paper, even returnable bottles or cans.
And now Supergee takes deposit-type bottles and cans to the supermarket that accepts them, but then leaves the plastic sack right in front of the machines. Anyone who wants to can get the money for just the time to feed the items to the machine, and someone always does. And Supergee doesn't get all snarly about the task.
This conversation is making me realize how much I'm not a hoarder, even though some people, including the writer of the list, might think so from our house now.