the daydream fund challenge thread

Lotus-eater

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I dont have the problem with taking stray/unwanted animals, its junk i have the probelm with:cool::rotfl:

I allways think i could use that, or re-vamp that, or it would be good for something, but i dont know what yet:D

Steptoe and son has nothing on me:D

I am absolutely the same, the amount of junk I have around is incredible
I build virtually everything out of recycled stuff, knowing where to find it when I need it, is the problem. Tidy I ain't.

Davesnave

I say, that new avatar is a bit below the belt, lotus!

Lotus-eater

Davesnave wrote: »

I say, that new avatar is a bit below the belt, lotus!

Tis a bit Last time I had an avatar like this I had all kinds of strange pm's from strangers. I'll get bored of it in a while.
I can never find the right avatar to describe me. Of course many on here and in real life would say that this one suits me perfectly, as I am a big ar*e

alfie_1

lostinrates wrote: »

I know, I'm worried about her.


checked under the broody for eggs to eat this morning and she's RUBBED OFF ALL THE CROSSES that I marked her eggs with at the weekend. I'll have to try candling with the torch later....but what a wretch! Her clutch is all blue eggs, and the new eggs there are blue too...so not a hope of telling. strawberry is taking her ''egg coloured'' eggs into the hay everyday, sometimes there are two, so she must take a chum some days and I think the others are finally having a bit of a break...or laying them around the place where I haven't found.

i put a dash of bright nailvarnish on my sitting eggs ....seems to be the only thing that stays on and it doesnt harm them, iv done it for years..

it has been chucking the rain down today so apart from putting fuel in the van iv not been anywhere, if it abates i will venture into the wood on a yew hunt....

alfie_1

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

I dont have the problem with taking stray/unwanted animals, its junk i have the probelm with:cool::rotfl:

I allways think i could use that, or re-vamp that, or it would be good for something, but i dont know what yet:D

Steptoe and son has nothing on me:D

right better go to work and make some money:j

when my 80+ father comes here he always offers to pay for a skip to empty my sheds !! he despairs of me but i have the old adage "it will come in handy one day".....trouble is it should read "one year" !!:o i just dont like to discard things until im convinced it has no use whatsoever !!

i get a real buzz when someone mentions what they are looking for and i can say " actually i think i have one of those.....somewhere!"
i have a "shopping list" from one friend [wealthy] for when im at the tip... she gets so excited when i find her a vintage lampshade etc..:)

alfie_1

still no word from choille?? she did say she was hoping to get away for a few days but im sure also she would have mentioned b4 going... iv checked weather for her area and its rain and up to 10mph winds, 3 degrees.... so MAYBE it is just her internet gone down???
silly, cos im sure its nothing and she will be amazed at our "possible doom and gloom" worries....be nice to hear alls ok tho !

rhiwfield

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I am absolutely the same, the amount of junk I have around is incredible
I build virtually everything out of recycled stuff, knowing where to find it when I need it, is the problem. Tidy I ain't.

Trouble is that junk accumulates, and accumulates. It can be such a relief to finally admit that the cans of 20 yo paint wont ever be used, alongside of the wormy piles of wood, rusty trikes and mouldy cot mattresses.

When we had our loft insulation topped up a few years back we had to move 20+ years of junk. Now the loft is empty and most of the stuff in the garage has gone as well, leaving room for storage of fruit, veg and seasoned wood (as well as the car!)

Only very rarely do I regret decluttering!

Lotus-eater

rhiwfield wrote: »

Trouble is that junk accumulates, and accumulates. It can be such a relief to finally admit that the cans of 20 yo paint wont ever be used, alongside of the wormy piles of wood, rusty trikes and mouldy cot mattresses.

When we had our loft insulation topped up a few years back we had to move 20+ years of junk. Now the loft is empty and most of the stuff in the garage has gone as well, leaving room for storage of fruit, veg and seasoned wood (as well as the car!)

Only very rarely do I regret decluttering!

You're absolutely right of course, there is a middle ground that should be followed.

I have actually been on a bit of a tidy up recently and consigned some kinds of things that you describe to the tip, also sorted out some others, so that they are in the right places with other things like them.
However, 6 months on and I seem to be virtually back where I started. More effort is needed and less MSE I suspect!

I've been looking for my propagator today, which I can't find, but in looking for it I discovered the Tung oil which I've needed for ages to finish off a bit of wood I've been working on. So it's not all bad.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Lotus-eater, you are a bit 'cheeky':p

Alfie, my mum is like that, saying if you cant afford a skip i can pay for one for you:eek: I love most of my junk ...but yet if she wants to get rid of anything she allways asks if i want it...lol....

Davesnave

Must say a 60' barn has been a godsend when it comes to junk, but with a business there's always a lot of equipment. For example, we have an entire stable given over to pots, crates and trays. At present I'm also storing a commercial polytunnel and a huge job lot of debris netting given to us by cheerful builders who were renovating a station....:)

When people visit, they say, 'Did you bring all of this here or was it left behind?' When we say it's ours they ask, 'Where on earth did you keep it all before?' I'm not entirely sure , but the under-bench space in the old greenhouse was well packed, as was the shed.

I think we'll probably ditch much furniture, ornaments etc when we renovate the house, but they'll go to auction, not the tip. We hung on to a lot of inherited stuff, imagining we'd end up in 'Ye Olde Cottage,' surrounded by old chests, dressers and assorted almost-antiques.

Got that bit very wrong! :rotfl: