RE: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-07 Thread Dan Rossi
A buddy of mine says he has a great place where he keeps all his spare 
parts and pieces.  It's called the hardware store.  *GRIN*

But, from first-hand experience, if I can't walk to the store, or get 
there in some other reasonably easy and time efficient way, the hardware 
store isn't the best place for me to keep all those little bits and 
pieces.  Luckily I have a neighbor who is a pack rat and I can always use 
his pieces parts.

Later.

-- 
Blue skies.
Dan Rossi
Carnegie Mellon University.
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[BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-06 Thread Barry Levine

Hi Folks,

I'm just writing this out of frustration with myself.
My workshop, which is as old as the house... Twenty years, is filled with
the detritus of projects going back those twenty years, and I can't seem to
get myself to throw anything away!  What's wrong with me?  I need a
twelve-step program... Pack-rats anonymous.
Hello, my name is Barry Levine... And I keep workshop crap!

I have scraps of odd-shaped wood which are good for nothing, except the
fireplace.
I have specialty nuts, bolts and various other fastening hardware which, if
they ever had a purpose, I've long since forgotten what it is.  But, of
course, you never know when you're going to need a specialty fastener for
something which, currently, doesn't exist.
I have old power tools which no longer work.
I have table-saw blades with broken teeth.  Anyone in need of a 10 inch
sawblade with broken teeth?  Didn't think so.

I have scraps of PVC... Again, good for nothing.
I have old Christmas tree lights which found their way to my workshop a
decade ago because they weren't working.  They're still not working.  Am I
going to bother to fix them?  No!  So, why do I still have them?
Why do I have allen wrenches which came with something or another, yet I no
longer own the something or another?
Why do I hang on to a handsaw which is hopelessly bowed?
Why do I have spools of speaker wire for speakers which I no longer have?...
Speaker wire that I'll never use again, having long since moved on to other
types of speaker wire?  Is it a sin to throw away old speaker wire?  
I have an old toybox down there, which one of my kids broke when he was
about 5 years old.  He's now twenty-two.  And, the toybox wasn't anything
special when we bought it!  Though, I suppose it does serve a purpose in
that it is the storage place for a whole bunch of other crap which I'll
never need or use again.
I have an old wooden kitchen chair waiting to be fixed.  We replaced that
entire kitchen set about 5 years ago.  We got rid of it... Except this
chair... Which, of course, is still sitting down there, waiting for me to
fix.
And the old paint!  The paint cans!  Paint cans from when the house was
first built!  Can you believe it? 
And batteries, and battery chargers... From tools which no longer work.
But, you just never know when they might spring back to life, and if I threw
away the batteries, I'd be sunk.  So, there they sit... Just waiting for a
purpose in life.


Does anyone know of a cure for this disease?
I'd be forever in your debt!

--Barry






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RE: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-06 Thread Robert J. Moore
No it is not justs a guy thing.
If there is a program out there please let me know I will enroll my Wife in
it imediatlly.
Couple of practicle and maybe fun ideas.
Don't burn that old wood in the fire place. Make a party of it.  invite some
friends over for a good old fashin camp fire. But first before that gather
up every thing that is made of metel and see how much beer money you can
come up with for the up coming camp fire.





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Re: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-06 Thread Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
Aloha everyone,
Step 7: See if you have a Free Cycle list in your area. I am always 
amazed at the things that people are looking for. Maybe you can help.

Step 8: Lots of art classes and artists like things such as old wood 
and pieces of pipe for creating that perfect piece of whatever art 
they make out of it. They don't care if it is ugly and really dirty, 
it adds character to the piece. We have an annual Trash Show here at 
one of the art galleries. It is the biggest event they hold. People 
have to use trash to make everything that is displayed.

Betsy
At 07:47 AM 8/6/2006, you wrote:

Hi Folks,

I'm just writing this out of frustration with myself.
My workshop, which is as old as the house... Twenty years, is filled with
the detritus of projects going back those twenty years, and I can't seem to
get myself to throw anything away!  What's wrong with me?  I need a
twelve-step program... Pack-rats anonymous.
Hello, my name is Barry Levine... And I keep workshop crap!

I have scraps of odd-shaped wood which are good for nothing, except the
fireplace.
I have specialty nuts, bolts and various other fastening hardware which, if
they ever had a purpose, I've long since forgotten what it is.  But, of
course, you never know when you're going to need a specialty fastener for
something which, currently, doesn't exist.
I have old power tools which no longer work.
I have table-saw blades with broken teeth.  Anyone in need of a 10 inch
sawblade with broken teeth?  Didn't think so.

I have scraps of PVC... Again, good for nothing.
I have old Christmas tree lights which found their way to my workshop a
decade ago because they weren't working.  They're still not working.  Am I
going to bother to fix them?  No!  So, why do I still have them?
Why do I have allen wrenches which came with something or another, yet I no
longer own the something or another?
Why do I hang on to a handsaw which is hopelessly bowed?
Why do I have spools of speaker wire for speakers which I no longer have?...
Speaker wire that I'll never use again, having long since moved on to other
types of speaker wire?  Is it a sin to throw away old speaker wire?
I have an old toybox down there, which one of my kids broke when he was
about 5 years old.  He's now twenty-two.  And, the toybox wasn't anything
special when we bought it!  Though, I suppose it does serve a purpose in
that it is the storage place for a whole bunch of other crap which I'll
never need or use again.
I have an old wooden kitchen chair waiting to be fixed.  We replaced that
entire kitchen set about 5 years ago.  We got rid of it... Except this
chair... Which, of course, is still sitting down there, waiting for me to
fix.
And the old paint!  The paint cans!  Paint cans from when the house was
first built!  Can you believe it?
And batteries, and battery chargers... From tools which no longer work.
But, you just never know when they might spring back to life, and if I threw
away the batteries, I'd be sunk.  So, there they sit... Just waiting for a
purpose in life.


Does anyone know of a cure for this disease?
I'd be forever in your debt!

--Barry






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Re: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-06 Thread rj
Borrow my wife for a week. I can guarantee you excellence results. And if
you go away for two days, it will be done in one.
smile
- Original Message - 
From: Barry Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 1:47 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!



 Hi Folks,

 I'm just writing this out of frustration with myself.
 My workshop, which is as old as the house... Twenty years, is filled with
 the detritus of projects going back those twenty years, and I can't seem
to
 get myself to throw anything away!  What's wrong with me?  I need a
 twelve-step program... Pack-rats anonymous.
 Hello, my name is Barry Levine... And I keep workshop crap!

 I have scraps of odd-shaped wood which are good for nothing, except the
 fireplace.
 I have specialty nuts, bolts and various other fastening hardware which,
if
 they ever had a purpose, I've long since forgotten what it is.  But, of
 course, you never know when you're going to need a specialty fastener for
 something which, currently, doesn't exist.
 I have old power tools which no longer work.
 I have table-saw blades with broken teeth.  Anyone in need of a 10 inch
 sawblade with broken teeth?  Didn't think so.

 I have scraps of PVC... Again, good for nothing.
 I have old Christmas tree lights which found their way to my workshop a
 decade ago because they weren't working.  They're still not working.  Am I
 going to bother to fix them?  No!  So, why do I still have them?
 Why do I have allen wrenches which came with something or another, yet I
no
 longer own the something or another?
 Why do I hang on to a handsaw which is hopelessly bowed?
 Why do I have spools of speaker wire for speakers which I no longer
have?...
 Speaker wire that I'll never use again, having long since moved on to
other
 types of speaker wire?  Is it a sin to throw away old speaker wire?
 I have an old toybox down there, which one of my kids broke when he was
 about 5 years old.  He's now twenty-two.  And, the toybox wasn't anything
 special when we bought it!  Though, I suppose it does serve a purpose in
 that it is the storage place for a whole bunch of other crap which I'll
 never need or use again.
 I have an old wooden kitchen chair waiting to be fixed.  We replaced that
 entire kitchen set about 5 years ago.  We got rid of it... Except this
 chair... Which, of course, is still sitting down there, waiting for me to
 fix.
 And the old paint!  The paint cans!  Paint cans from when the house was
 first built!  Can you believe it?
 And batteries, and battery chargers... From tools which no longer work.
 But, you just never know when they might spring back to life, and if I
threw
 away the batteries, I'd be sunk.  So, there they sit... Just waiting for a
 purpose in life.


 Does anyone know of a cure for this disease?
 I'd be forever in your debt!

 --Barry






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Re: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-06 Thread Jewel Blanch
GUY  THING!  I take the greatest possible exception to that!!
I am a pack rat to end all pack rats.  There have been times, very few and far 
between, I
freely admit, when I have, with extreme reluctance, thrown something out. I 
have always
thought long and hard before committing myself to this action, and, I can 
normally salve
my conscience by reflecting that the sacrificed item has seen many 
reincarnations.
PACK RAT, A  GUY  THING!   NONSENSE!

Jewel- Original Message -
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To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 8:11 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!


I think it's a guy thing.
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-06 Thread Jennifer Jackson
I always advise pack rats, like myself, to go to the Flylady web site.

www.flylady.net

Jennifer

- Original Message - 
From: Barry Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 12:47 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!



 Hi Folks,

 I'm just writing this out of frustration with myself.
 My workshop, which is as old as the house... Twenty years, is filled with
 the detritus of projects going back those twenty years, and I can't seem 
 to
 get myself to throw anything away!  What's wrong with me?  I need a
 twelve-step program... Pack-rats anonymous.
 Hello, my name is Barry Levine... And I keep workshop crap!

 I have scraps of odd-shaped wood which are good for nothing, except the
 fireplace.
 I have specialty nuts, bolts and various other fastening hardware which, 
 if
 they ever had a purpose, I've long since forgotten what it is.  But, of
 course, you never know when you're going to need a specialty fastener for
 something which, currently, doesn't exist.
 I have old power tools which no longer work.
 I have table-saw blades with broken teeth.  Anyone in need of a 10 inch
 sawblade with broken teeth?  Didn't think so.

 I have scraps of PVC... Again, good for nothing.
 I have old Christmas tree lights which found their way to my workshop a
 decade ago because they weren't working.  They're still not working.  Am I
 going to bother to fix them?  No!  So, why do I still have them?
 Why do I have allen wrenches which came with something or another, yet I 
 no
 longer own the something or another?
 Why do I hang on to a handsaw which is hopelessly bowed?
 Why do I have spools of speaker wire for speakers which I no longer 
 have?...
 Speaker wire that I'll never use again, having long since moved on to 
 other
 types of speaker wire?  Is it a sin to throw away old speaker wire?
 I have an old toybox down there, which one of my kids broke when he was
 about 5 years old.  He's now twenty-two.  And, the toybox wasn't anything
 special when we bought it!  Though, I suppose it does serve a purpose in
 that it is the storage place for a whole bunch of other crap which I'll
 never need or use again.
 I have an old wooden kitchen chair waiting to be fixed.  We replaced that
 entire kitchen set about 5 years ago.  We got rid of it... Except this
 chair... Which, of course, is still sitting down there, waiting for me to
 fix.
 And the old paint!  The paint cans!  Paint cans from when the house was
 first built!  Can you believe it?
 And batteries, and battery chargers... From tools which no longer work.
 But, you just never know when they might spring back to life, and if I 
 threw
 away the batteries, I'd be sunk.  So, there they sit... Just waiting for a
 purpose in life.


 Does anyone know of a cure for this disease?
 I'd be forever in your debt!

 --Barry






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Re: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-06 Thread Jennifer Jackson
If you have a Freecycle group in your area, you can post on Freecycle and 
someone will came and take the stuff away.  I have given away several items 
out of my garage, and received several items I needed this way.  You can do 
a search on Freecycle to find out more.  It is set up as a yahoo group. 
People post things that they want to give away and that they are looking 
for, and the list responds privately if someone is interested.


Jennifer
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Re: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-06 Thread spiro
when I have been successful at this...
I've thought of myself collecting space instead of letting items do it for 
me.
Itworks for a while.


On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Barry Levine wrote:


 Hi Folks,

 I'm just writing this out of frustration with myself.
 My workshop, which is as old as the house... Twenty years, is filled with
 the detritus of projects going back those twenty years, and I can't seem to
 get myself to throw anything away!  What's wrong with me?  I need a
 twelve-step program... Pack-rats anonymous.
 Hello, my name is Barry Levine... And I keep workshop crap!

 I have scraps of odd-shaped wood which are good for nothing, except the
 fireplace.
 I have specialty nuts, bolts and various other fastening hardware which, if
 they ever had a purpose, I've long since forgotten what it is.  But, of
 course, you never know when you're going to need a specialty fastener for
 something which, currently, doesn't exist.
 I have old power tools which no longer work.
 I have table-saw blades with broken teeth.  Anyone in need of a 10 inch
 sawblade with broken teeth?  Didn't think so.

 I have scraps of PVC... Again, good for nothing.
 I have old Christmas tree lights which found their way to my workshop a
 decade ago because they weren't working.  They're still not working.  Am I
 going to bother to fix them?  No!  So, why do I still have them?
 Why do I have allen wrenches which came with something or another, yet I no
 longer own the something or another?
 Why do I hang on to a handsaw which is hopelessly bowed?
 Why do I have spools of speaker wire for speakers which I no longer have?...
 Speaker wire that I'll never use again, having long since moved on to other
 types of speaker wire?  Is it a sin to throw away old speaker wire?
 I have an old toybox down there, which one of my kids broke when he was
 about 5 years old.  He's now twenty-two.  And, the toybox wasn't anything
 special when we bought it!  Though, I suppose it does serve a purpose in
 that it is the storage place for a whole bunch of other crap which I'll
 never need or use again.
 I have an old wooden kitchen chair waiting to be fixed.  We replaced that
 entire kitchen set about 5 years ago.  We got rid of it... Except this
 chair... Which, of course, is still sitting down there, waiting for me to
 fix.
 And the old paint!  The paint cans!  Paint cans from when the house was
 first built!  Can you believe it?
 And batteries, and battery chargers... From tools which no longer work.
 But, you just never know when they might spring back to life, and if I threw
 away the batteries, I'd be sunk.  So, there they sit... Just waiting for a
 purpose in life.


 Does anyone know of a cure for this disease?
 I'd be forever in your debt!

 --Barry






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RE: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-06 Thread Robert J. Moore
RJ
I will come and stay with you for 3 days while your wife comes and visits my
wife for the same time period. Maybe she can help rid my wife of her
packratism
I sware my wife could start a gift shop and a fabric store at the same time.
On a note that is actually rlated to this list, I have a wall that is about
12 feet long or so. I would like to shelve it from one side to the other and
make it about 15 inchest deep or so.
I would like to shelve it from floor to within 12 inches from the seeling.
any economic yet affective suggestions?




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Re: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!

2006-08-06 Thread Max Robinson
At most home improvement and hardware stores you can get finished shelves in 
widths of 8, 10, and 12 inches and lengths of 2, 4, and 6 feet.  There are 
vertical rails that you screw to the studs and horizontal shelf supports 
that lock into the vertical rails at about 2 inch intervals.  You can place 
multiple shelves end to end and lock the shelf holders into the vertical 
rails where ever you want them.  These wouldn't hold up bags of sac creet 
but they will hold up quite a bit of stuff.  It's a pack rat's dream.

Regards.

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- Original Message - 
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Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] I'm a pack-rat!


 RJ
 I will come and stay with you for 3 days while your wife comes and visits 
 my
 wife for the same time period. Maybe she can help rid my wife of her
 packratism
 I sware my wife could start a gift shop and a fabric store at the same 
 time.
 On a note that is actually rlated to this list, I have a wall that is 
 about
 12 feet long or so. I would like to shelve it from one side to the other 
 and
 make it about 15 inchest deep or so.
 I would like to shelve it from floor to within 12 inches from the seeling.
 any economic yet affective suggestions?




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