RE: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome)

2006-08-08 Thread Boop
Hey Barry, Another solution to your problem is to find another pack-rat, and give them everything you are getting rid of. Load that dumpster and put it in their driveway. That way, you'll know that all your stuff is safe ... in someone else's garage. My Mother in law, who was also a

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome)

2006-08-08 Thread Barry Levine
Good idea, Jewel. A cruise sounds like just the ticket. But, if the sentiment of out of sight, out of mind, were actually true, I wouldn't have the problem in the first place. sigh --Barry To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or

[BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome)

2006-08-07 Thread Barry Levine
Hi Folks, Well, through the humor, I've actually gotten some good ideas from the list... At least, some good thoughts. I am, indeed, going to rent a dumpster, and just throw out most of what seems like junk to me. Though, the notion that I'll need, within the next day or week, that which I've

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome)

2006-08-07 Thread Max Robinson
://www.funwithtubes.net. Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com. - Original Message - From: Robert J. Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:56 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome) I of cource am blind and my wife

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome)

2006-08-07 Thread Barry Levine
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:37 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome) Barry! Barry, wait, wait! For your own sake you absolutely should remove **all** hardware from anything you throw out. Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome)

2006-08-07 Thread Robert J. Moore
Max I guess my point is, How much of my frustration with my wife's clutter has to do with my being blind and having to be careful not to cause a land slide every time I need to find some thing. Do you think if I was sighted I would be any less frustrated. that's what I meant by a blind sighted

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome)

2006-08-07 Thread Cy Selfridge
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome) William, you're toying with the emotions of a vulnerable and desperate man! I've just made the gut-wrenching decision to rid my life of all UHUP (Useless hardware of Unknown Purpose). I need support! Not temptation! Not only am I

RE: [BlindHandyMan] Recovering from PRS (Pack Rat Syndrome)

2006-08-07 Thread Robert J. Moore
Dear OPRA president thank you for the pearls of wisdom. If I ever get my coffee in bed I will know that I am in deep trouble. If I could ever aford it I do often have the sinister thought to load up the thruck with an inordanent amount of junk at every garage sale she wants to stop at. It does