TOT: be kind to your children

[geoff]

In message , robgraham writes

You mean you could have passed away before getting to the end of the tome

[geoff]

In message , Woody writes

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Do you sympathise with those who had to scroll down through his lengthy post top get to your comment ?

Snip!

[robgraham]

and I am of the age he was

Fair enough Bill - I will plead that the boredom factor did set in before I got too far. Life and concentration are all too short now.

To avoid your porcine designation I will, in the light of a new day and refurbished concentration, study your' pearls ! Without any obvious connection (believe that if you will), without looking it up, do you know what an 'Orchidometer' is ?

Rob

[Nightjar]

Why? I knew where my mother kept her jewellery, day to day money (everything else was in the bank) and documents and took those. Then got a charity to come in with a van to clear everything else. By prior agreement they billed me for two van loads of stuff they had to dump, but they got quite a lot more for their shops. I may have missed a few bits, but, if so, they were things I'd not seen for years and had forgotten, so I don't miss them. When I go, the closest relatives are likely to be second cousins and I don't see them having any sentimental connection to anything I own.

Colin Bignell

[Bill Wright]

I'm really pleased it's come in useful!

Bill

[Bill Wright]

Skips are too expensive because furniture is bulky. House clearance firms work out much cheaper.

Bill

[Bill Wright]

If you don't know I can't tell you.

Bill

[Bill Wright]

Yes that's right I'm a cult I am! People shout to me in the street, "You're a cult!"

Bill

[Bill Wright]

In that case I've failed.

My mate Richard had to have an orchidectomy for cancer so I know what that is, so I guess it's a gadget for measuring spunk production.

Bill

[Tim Lamb]

Selective deafness is so ageist.

I enjoyed the post anyway:-)

[Nightjar]

ISTM that sort of attitude is exactly why the parents have such clutter in the first place, so why not practice what you preach?

Colin Bignell

[Roger Mills]

Definitely one to keep and savour, as someone else has said - and despite the comments of the detractors.

Hilarious and horrifying in equal measure!

We have been through all of this in past years when clearing the houses of both sets of parents.

But, despite this, our attic and cupboards - and garage - are full of all the same sort of stuff that Bill describes in such graphic detail! I printed out Bill's post for SWMBO to read, and she fell about - but said we'd better not let David (our son) see it!

[Bill Wright]

It would be amusing to put a copy in a drawer...

Bill

[F]

[snip]

Brilliant!

I printed it out and gave it to Management to read. She's being trying to de-clutter for the past couple of years and has had some success ('but it might come in useful'), but the amount of 'stuff' brought into the house over the number of years we've been here means it's going to be a long time before she finishes. The amount that is still coming in isn't helping either!

[Peter Duncanson]

The word "clutter" demeans the items that have been collected. It suggests that the items are just rubbish.

[Dave Saville]

Junk is stuff you throw away. Stuff is junk you keep.

[Peter Duncanson]

The world is cluttered with humans. What should we do?

[Nightjar]

Clutter simply means a confused and disorderly assemblage and any assumptions about the value of the objects that comprise a clutter are purely subjective.

Colin Bignell

[F]

+1

[djc]

What an excellent suggestion, I have done just that. (at the bottom, beneath my old school reports, father's swimming medals, baptism cert, etc, etc)