tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8450702993097808584..comments2024-03-29T04:31:25.034-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Stuff, out the wazooPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-65006772394379647132018-06-15T02:43:37.142-05:002018-06-15T02:43:37.142-05:00George Carlin had a whole bit, on 'Room for my...George Carlin had a whole bit, on 'Room for my Stuff' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac <br />c-90https://www.blogger.com/profile/07248346499641654640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-78024770266398539902018-06-14T20:48:43.509-05:002018-06-14T20:48:43.509-05:0016. Americans spend more on shoes, jewelry, and wa...<i>16. Americans spend more on shoes, jewelry, and watches ($100 billion) than on higher education.</i> <br /> <br />With a watch you can tell the time. With a higher education these days, you can't tell anything.<br /><br /><i> 17. Shopping malls outnumber high schools. </i><br /> <br />Many business analysts say the day of the shopping mall is rapidly coming to a close. No loss that I can tell.urbane legendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699110758399432397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-65850945938682632332018-06-14T19:07:58.030-05:002018-06-14T19:07:58.030-05:00It's the tendency to squirrel things away for ...It's the tendency to squirrel things away for later possible use that gets me, plus the unwillingness to toss things that could go to good will (which requires an hour trip).<br /><br />One begins to say, "Of course, I shall do better"<br /><br />And then we redo the library, and that bunk bed ladder I saved in the garage turns out to be a perfect fit, and match, and will save us hundreds in buying a library ladder, and I'm back to.... "I'll bet this could be useful for something later..."The Overgrown Hobbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09806927514541692971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-45164435471165252632018-06-14T18:29:25.345-05:002018-06-14T18:29:25.345-05:00Eh, if I remember right the 300k figure includes e...Eh, if I remember right the 300k figure includes every bit of silverware, cup, glass, china, book, movie (case/format are counted separately), set of instructions,cushion, pillow, individual articles of clothing and linens, individual toys, toy accessories (doll shoes/clothes/etc.) and pieces of building toys (legos, anyone?) for the standard 2.3 children...<br /><br />I started trying to add up what my wife and I had in our house with our two kids and quickly realized it was at least close to that, and that's with us trying to keep the clutter down as I was military at the time.Hightecrebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105154969289523695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-56237876988053375752018-06-14T18:10:07.904-05:002018-06-14T18:10:07.904-05:00A lot of what's squirreled away at my house be...A lot of what's squirreled away at my house belongs to the kids and they better come get it soon. I'm tired of being their storage unit.<br />Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780834197167716549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-20946871297089273582018-06-14T17:51:02.834-05:002018-06-14T17:51:02.834-05:00Didn't they say anything about the average Ame...Didn't they say anything about the average American gun owner and how many rounds of ammo they own? No - what do you mean no - are the prejudiced against us!!!!Glenn Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677859688487279914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68764801787359795102018-06-14T13:26:15.994-05:002018-06-14T13:26:15.994-05:00My wife complains that I'm a packrat. But I ca...My wife complains that I'm a packrat. But I can get all my clothes into my half of the closet plus the 5 drawers I'm allowed. My wife has her 7 drawers, half our closet, half the guest room closet and a clothes rack in the laundry room. And she still needs a dozen of those plastic storage boxes in the storage space for all her clothes, plus she's using one of the laundry baskets to store seasonal clothes she wears but can't fit anywhere else.kamas716https://www.blogger.com/profile/02138979155761442634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86553689974334136282018-06-14T11:52:01.667-05:002018-06-14T11:52:01.667-05:00I've often joked that one could move into a ho...I've often joked that one could move into a house, place a single shoe box in a closet and nail the door shut. When the nails are pulled years later, the closet will somehow be full. I treat this as evidence that it is possible to teleport objects.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09512155016462081947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-16000594925286146062018-06-14T10:32:28.384-05:002018-06-14T10:32:28.384-05:00When I moved from Michigan to Florida last year I ...When I moved from Michigan to Florida last year I downsized to the point that all I owned fit in the pickup. It was cheaper to buy new furniture than move what I had. Still not equal to when all I owned fit in a seabag. Fredrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574586401709392348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-61927100907709004812018-06-14T10:26:08.038-05:002018-06-14T10:26:08.038-05:00I moved so often when I was growing up, I develope...I moved so often when I was growing up, I developed a useful heuristic for choosing whether or not to buy something: Am I personally willing to box this up when it comes time to move, personally carry the box, personally unpack it, and personally put it away?<br /><br />The answer is often, "No, I am not," so I don't get nearly as much.<br /><br />My wife is responsible for most of our clutter, but we're slowly cutting down.D.J. Schrefflerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15188340536138859314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-21279535886625237172018-06-14T09:22:41.345-05:002018-06-14T09:22:41.345-05:004. While 25% of people with two-car garages don’t ...<i>4. While 25% of people with two-car garages don’t have room to park cars inside them and 32% only have room for one vehicle. (U.S. Department of Energy).</i><br /><br />In Florida, the garage is often the equivalent of the northern basements - which don't exist here (you can't dig down 10 feet without hitting water in most of the state). The garage becomes full of the stuff northerners would dump in the basement. <br /><br />The garage is also sometimes a place where folks sit and watch the world go by, like a big front porch might be. <br /> SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.com