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As we move
into our dotage, I am culling through boxes.
There are three categories: GoodWill,
Keep, and Good-Grief-Throw-Away. The
garage has yet to feel my wrath, but it has been warned of its place on the
list.
My son is
moving from New York/New Jersey to Chicago, IL.
John is in his 30s and has accumulated an amazing collection of stuff.
He moved to
Illinois 2004, went to graduate school, and then moved the NYC where he has
worked as an entomologist (insect expert),a consulting scientist for a
major pest company. Now John has been hired by another company based in
Chicago.
For most of
January, he has been sorting through the boxes left unopened from his last move
and the one before that. The findings
have amazed, amused, and left him saying “What was I thinking??”
Third grade
math and reading books from Ireland? Old
computer games that used 3.25 floppy discs?
Socks, worn out? Since New York
and much of the Northeast coast are now being hit with a “Nor’easter” storm, he
has time to continue his searching while being snowed in.
I mentioned
to him that I still had the three Irish milking stools that I have kept for thirty
(30) years for my three grown children. Would he like me to send one to
Chicago, he burst out laughing.
“You still
have those? Really? No, I don't want one...” So I won’t be sending them to Chicago.
What would you do with these? What should I do with them? Any ideas?
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| What is their value $? I have no idea... |
p.s. these stools are about 70 years
old. We discovered them buried under debris in our tool yard, when we lived in
Ireland and owned a hotel.
Like much of the stuff I've hung onto, they are a treasure, but.....whose?
ReplyDeleteWhy not check on line to see if you have an online auction site near you?
DeleteYou mentioned doing that before, for your own treasures. I will consider that.
DeleteI would absolutely love them and keep them. Can you use them for side tables. This a bit of history that needs to speak. By cutting three circular pieces the size of the legs' circumference you could make a tall shelf by stacking them. That surely would find a use. I just love history and the items that have stories.
ReplyDeleteIf they HAVE to leave, place them on ebay so you may get part of their value back. Same for the books. At least you would receive some rent of the keeping of the pieces.
I would absolutely be honored to own a piece of history like this.
I do use them for footstools and one by my desk to hold my dictionaries.
Deletelol games of those big discs? Not sure anything can play them now. I guess we all have a few outdated things we find when we move.
ReplyDeleteI'd probably see how much I could get for them.
The old video game discs...I wonder if there would be a market for them.
DeleteWe collect some much in life
ReplyDeleteOur collections sometimes make no sense at all.
DeleteI have a wonderful little milking stool, though not from Ireland. The operative word is "have". I hope some grandchild takes it away eventually. I have another one we sit on to lay the fire in the woodburner. There, another "have." Some haves don't need to be have beens until there is no place to have.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you. While we currently "have", some day we hope that our gr-kids will value them.
DeleteVery profound:Some haves don't need to be have beens until there is no place to have.
We really, really need to do a similar cull. We have waaaaaay too much stuff. I wouldn't surrender those milking stools though. Which is a part of the reason we have too much stuff.
ReplyDeleteI will hold onto them until my aged being is ready to move on, and my own children suddenly have an "ah-ha" moment, or my gr-kids see them in a different light.
DeleteI know what you mean. I'm in a throwing out mood myself. So much stuff... As for the stools, I bet if you looked for a similar item online, you might find those that would be willing to take them off your hands.
ReplyDeleteIt is a tennis ball: keep, sell, keep, give them to my kids anyone when we die, keep...
DeleteWe too are trying hard to relieve ourselves of STUFF, particularly as we have no one to pass any of it on to. As for those stools... plant stands? If you gave them to a children's home, stools for small kids. They could be painted bright wild colors, something to maybe brighten up a child's life who's been taken out of his/her home.
ReplyDeleteThose are excellent answers.
DeleteGoing through stuff to move is so therapeutic, and --like all therapies--painful and frustrating and worthwhile while it's happening. I wouldn't part with the milking stools.
ReplyDeleteSuch character and history to them. Glad for that Nor'easter to aid in the "therapy" session, when there's not much else to do but ponder "what the heck was I thinking?" and get rid of crap.
Today my son is flying to Chicago. He will stay in a hotel, paid by his new employer. Then he will get to moved him when the movers arrive.
DeleteJourneys are on check mark at a time.
I can't imagine what route the emotional traveler would have to journey to answer that question :)
ReplyDeleteThere you have grasped the problem.
DeleteI love those stools!! Maybe your grandson would like one in his room? Could you use them as stands for a pot plant or something? Side tables for a stack of books or coffee cup beside your armchair? lamp table?
ReplyDeleteI have tried them, but the legs are lopsided, so I need to do some work there. I have never tried the lamp, though.
DeleteOh I REALLY need to read other comments before I open my mouth. All my suggestions are up there and I see that you do already use them.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to so much stuff, so little time, for sure. good luck with it all. I'm working on mine.....
ReplyDeleteDoes it ever stop? Behind one box is another...
ReplyDeleteNo idea about the stools. I've got so much stuff that seems like it could be useful to someone somewhere but figuring that out is the real puzzle. When you finish your house did you want to come and cull ours?
ReplyDeleteArlee Bird
A to Z Challenge Co-host
Tossing It Out
By the time we begin our culling, our children will be taking over. They will throw everything away.
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