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> How do you overcome hoarding tendency?, Thinking of starting support group
Brian_Boss
post Dec 6 2013, 05:24 PM
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My recent epiphany...

Last night I'm desperately shuffling stuff around to get all the cars inside before the huge ice storm heading for DFW. I decide to put a pretty beat up 914 A/C system in the attic to clear some space (can't throw that out - might need it someday). Climb stairs, turn on light, first thing I see is a big box with at least two full sets of 1.7 engine tin...crap...why is that still here.

Obviously, I struggle with trashing stuff that is usable. However there comes a point where your car is sitting out in the weather and you have no room to work because you are drowning in crap you can't bring yourself to throw out.

Am I the only one? Any suggestions? Want some free 1.7 liter tin?
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post Dec 6 2013, 05:28 PM
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My biggest reason for keeping all sort of misc parts, is once I throw it out, I'm sure to need it in short order. . . then I can't find it, then I can't remember where I put it or if i actually got rid of it. . . getting old is a bitch. .
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post Dec 6 2013, 05:31 PM
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seems this stuff is easier to sell after it has been freshly powder coated gloss black : )

I only toss what I could not sell. some 1.7 tin fell into this category.
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post Dec 6 2013, 05:31 PM
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I spend WAY too much money building a 16x12 addition to my shed this summer (concrete pad and all) just to store junk parts..

of course then I had to build lumber shelves $$$$

of course then I realized that I couldn't see in the dark and had to trench and pull wire to the building.... then pay an electrician to do final hook up.

so now my spare rusty 1.7 tin has an expensive place to rest in, and I don't have to face dealing with my hoarding addiction yet.
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post Dec 6 2013, 05:35 PM
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Two step program

1) Admitted you are powerless over 914's

2) Get a bigger garage

Hope this helps. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
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post Dec 6 2013, 05:36 PM
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Easy problem to fix. Just box up your really cool stuff (5 bolt Fuchs, 4 bolt Fuchs, 6 cylinder motors, GT flares, etc.) and send them to me. Problem solved.

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post Dec 6 2013, 05:38 PM
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My SO handles much of the disposal of my crap on CL; the money goes straight to her slush fund, rather than back into our general fund, so she can spend it without having to account for it.

I found it was much easier to make a snap decision ("yeah, you can sell that") than to actually carry the desire to get rid of something all the way through the sales/disposal process.
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post Dec 6 2013, 05:48 PM
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I found it was much easier to make a snap decision ("yeah, you can sell that") than to actually carry the desire to get rid of something all the way through the sales/disposal process.


I would agree with this 100%. Unfortunately, I am not now, nor have I ever been, blessed with a SO that would mess with selling dirty car parts. Sounds like you've got it worked out.
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post Dec 6 2013, 06:01 PM
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2) Get a bigger garage

Hope this helps. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


Haha- I like how you think but did that, didn't help. I used to have a dilapidated 20x20 frame garage. A few years ago I built a 24x40 garage/shop. I remember how huge and empty it looked when I was coating the floor. Not anymore...too embarrassed to post a pic.
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post Dec 6 2013, 06:33 PM
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Easy...just give it away to some other deserving 914 owner.


https://bowlsby.net/914/PartsFS/
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post Dec 6 2013, 06:33 PM
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QUOTE(Brian_Boss @ Dec 6 2013, 04:01 PM) *

QUOTE(NORD @ Dec 6 2013, 06:35 PM) *

2) Get a bigger garage

Hope this helps. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)


Haha- I like how you think but did that, didn't help. I used to have a dilapidated 20x20 frame garage. A few years ago I built a 24x40 garage/shop. I remember how huge and empty it looked when I was coating the floor. Not anymore...too embarrassed to post a pic.



Not big enough. I'd suggest one similar to mine, 32 x 48. Make sure you cut it into 2 rooms that way you have a work space and a "storage" (read hording) room.

I own more porsche starters than shoes, I'm not sure why.
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post Dec 6 2013, 06:54 PM
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It's part of the sickness.

I've been collecting parts for the eventual rebuild, and several times I've discovered that I've bought multiple sets of the same thing because I can't remember what I have. I think I have, somewhere, three sets of rollers for the window mechanisms. BigKenSteele at the Cinti VDub meeting admitted to the same behavior.
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post Dec 6 2013, 07:08 PM
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40 by 140
Full.

24 by 36, second floor getting full
Ground floor is firewood, truck, tractor etc.

It is a sickness
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post Dec 6 2013, 07:12 PM
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Keep all that great stuff! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)

Otherwise you lose the companionship of tripping on something every time you go into the garage - like the rest of us.
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post Dec 6 2013, 07:12 PM
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What hoarding problem are you talking about? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Surely you aren't gonna get rid of that! LOL!!
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post Dec 6 2013, 10:01 PM
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QUOTE(Tom @ Dec 6 2013, 05:12 PM) *

What hoarding problem are you talking about? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Surely you aren't gonna get rid of that! LOL!!
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NOT A SICKNESS,ITS A PASSION.ENJOY IT.LIFE IS SHORT.YOU COULD BE COLLECTING SOMETHING REALLY CRAZY LIKE MERCEDES DIESELS(ASK ME HOW I KNOW)ANYWAY YOUR KIDS WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT
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post Dec 6 2013, 10:02 PM
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QUOTE(rosenfe @ Dec 6 2013, 11:01 PM) *

QUOTE(Tom @ Dec 6 2013, 05:12 PM) *

What hoarding problem are you talking about? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Surely you aren't gonna get rid of that! LOL!!
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NOT A SICKNESS,ITS A PASSION.ENJOY IT.LIFE IS SHORT.YOU COULD BE COLLECTING SOMETHING REALLY CRAZY LIKE MERCEDES DIESELS(ASK ME HOW I KNOW)ANYWAY YOUR KIDS WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT

Cap locks makes scottyB crazy......keep it down like the rest of earth
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post Dec 6 2013, 10:16 PM
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Some times you just have to ask yourself

What would Jamie do (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)


Everyone knows you just keep all that shit until your dead. Then you can pass the sickness on to your kids. Thats how I roll with my prized 914 hoard of (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif)
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post Dec 6 2013, 10:21 PM
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QUOTE(Jeff Bowlsby @ Dec 6 2013, 07:33 PM) *

Easy...just give it away to some other deserving 914 owner.


https://bowlsby.net/914/PartsFS/


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post Dec 6 2013, 11:03 PM
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It helps when you threaten to move to another city. I did this last year when I got a job in Pittsburgh and I live in Allentown 275 miles away.

Totally cleaned out my stash, sold what I could and threw away the rest.


Ended up staying in the house and now the attic is clean. Only one small box of valuable 914 parts.

Rule of thumb is if you can't sell it for some $$, then it's not worth keeping. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hide.gif)
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