Sentimental Junk
Dec 12, 2023 12:31:19 #
I have seen many posts saying if you have your old film cameras and you don't use donate it to the local high school. Well I think those cameras are appreciated by the HS kids as much as the stuff you keep from your great grand mother. That is why I would not give my old cameras to the school. They much rather have new junk stuff than those old stuff that you have.
Dec 12, 2023 12:49:56 #
You have a lot of company! Past sentiments help you focus on who you were and where you are now.
Dec 12, 2023 13:17:36 #
TriX wrote:
I’d still be upset (or maybe outraged and saddened would be more accurate)
At 86, I can do without all that "stuff" but there were things of my mother's grandmother's and great grandmothers that I would love to have. Oh and she never paid all the "rent to own" payments.
The sad part is that she was the sweetest child I ever knew...never had a spanking in her life because she minded ALL the time. Her downfall was marrying a jerk that influenced her...still, she let him.
I simply came to the conclusion that if she didn't mind losing me, why should I mind losing her.
My dad was so funny. If anyone ever did him wrong, he had a little song he sang "Got along without you before I met you, gonna get along without you now.
Dec 12, 2023 13:17:41 #
The sentimental stuff (not much) I have
are my first badge and cap as a volunteer firefighter from 1974 and patches from then to now. I have a pewter belt buckle from one dept (never worn). All the stuff will be given to my grandson in about 12 years. If he doesn't want any of it, he can toss it. I can't take it with me,lol. I also have my first camera from 1981(AE-1) which no one will want.
are my first badge and cap as a volunteer firefighter from 1974 and patches from then to now. I have a pewter belt buckle from one dept (never worn). All the stuff will be given to my grandson in about 12 years. If he doesn't want any of it, he can toss it. I can't take it with me,lol. I also have my first camera from 1981(AE-1) which no one will want.
Dec 12, 2023 13:20:14 #
SteveR wrote:
In the process of moving from one house to another... (show quote)
Parents' Rosaries. And I have not been to church in ages other than for weddings and funerals.
Parents old 620 format Argus Seventy - Five TLR Camera. Connection with my childhood and parents.
My Dads old CCC & Navy stuff such as yearbooks and photographs.
My parents Driver's Licenses, SS Card, Birth Certificates, etc.
Photos that belonged to my parents of people who I do not know and have no way of identifying. Should toss. Old family photos of relatives and close friends are a different matter.
Old reel-to-reel tape deck that no longer works.
Old tags from deceased pets.
Dec 12, 2023 13:54:15 #
If it was me I would keep it. It would remind me of a late favorite aunt who had beautiful penmanship,
She once took a Palmer handwriting course. She prefered ink pens. However, I'm not you.
She once took a Palmer handwriting course. She prefered ink pens. However, I'm not you.
Dec 12, 2023 15:00:46 #
I would advise not to throw them out. Old pen can be worth some money. Search the internet for values...Good Luck...K.A.N.
Dec 12, 2023 15:38:11 #
I have a lot stuff (junk?), but from laziness, not sentimentality.
My wife, on the other hand, wants to keep everything. For her, getting rid of something means that a part of her world is over. She even has a box labeled “Pieces of String Too Short to Save.”
My wife, on the other hand, wants to keep everything. For her, getting rid of something means that a part of her world is over. She even has a box labeled “Pieces of String Too Short to Save.”
Dec 12, 2023 16:05:59 #
scallihan
Loc: Tigard, OR
What to keep - fraught with angst. When my late husband and I moved from 2200 sq ft house to an RV to travel, we got rid of LOTS of stuff, stored very little. Held several garage sales, but younger people don't want the kind of stuff we found important or precious. Most of out stuff was donated. We had planned on being on the road for at least five years, but alas, only a year out, John passed away. I moved into a small house and took the stuff out of storage, and found that some of it was not so important, and regretted discharging other things. One of the things I did keep was this pair of wooden shoes, sent to me by my sister in 1957 when she was traveling. I'm so glad I kept them. You really just never know.
Dec 12, 2023 16:35:37 #
I would keep them for sentimental reasons. They are perfect examples of wooden footwear. Polish them up and display them...K.A.N.
Dec 12, 2023 18:06:30 #
Horseart wrote:
Moving 3 years ago was a terrible experience for m... (show quote)
I'm very sorry that this happened. If it were me I'd re-think selling the house to her.
Dec 12, 2023 19:50:02 #
SteveR wrote:
I'm very sorry that this happened. If it were me I'd re-think selling the house to her.
I regret selling the house to her but I did go on and let her have it because I had given her my word that I would. I knocked $50,000.00 off of the price for her BECAUSE I had told her I would. I kept my word to her about everything. She did not keep her word to me about anything. I'm over it. It's just not healthy to dwell on negative things.
Dec 12, 2023 20:23:32 #
Dec 12, 2023 20:54:32 #
Horseart wrote:
I regret selling the house to her but I did go on and let her have it because I had given her my word that I would. I knocked $50,000.00 off of the price for her BECAUSE I had told her I would. I kept my word to her about everything. She did not keep her word to me about anything. I'm over it. It's just not healthy to dwell on negative things.
You were more than generous!! What we do for our offspring!!
Dec 12, 2023 22:04:58 #
SteveR wrote:
You were more than generous!! What we do for our offspring!!
Yep, no good deed goes unpunished... but I get paid back...her dad, my oldest son lives near me and he and my daughter-in-law take me out to eat a few times a week. If my TV breaks down he buys me a new one. If my computer dies, he buys me a new one. hr has Alexa living all over my house and cameras all around my house and he can see me from his house, 8 blocks away, every time I go outside. When I turn my back porch light out every morning, he knows I am up and OK.
When he scolded his daughter for doing me the way she did, she quit speaking to him too.
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