Thread: Acquisition disorders - not again!

Originally Posted by AZBronco

You are all making me laugh! Good to know I'm not the only guy doing these things.

When my wife does recognize something new in my collection and asks when I got it, I just kind of look at it like yesterday's news and say, "I've had this for a while now..."

I hear ya on that one!

It still gets me from time to time.......like this afternoon.

Originally Posted by CaySea

It still gets me from time to time.......like this afternoon.

Can't let 'em get the best of ya............it works both ways. They spend money too!!!!!

When the wife says, "Honey, how many of those things do you have now?"

I answer with an approximate weight in pounds rather than the number of pieces.

The last time I was busted was over fishing gear. Had gone to Capt Harry's and came home. The wife asked, "So what did you get at Capt Harry's?" I replied, "I got some leader material, some hooks and a pair of pliers." She snapped back, "I saw a receipt on your dresser for $487.00." I responded sheepishly, "It was a really nice set of pliers." :-)

Rule of thumb I use as I get older,if you do not use it, get rid of it.
On CL today I sold 3 chainsaws,a warn winch I took off my dodge power wagon 30 yrs ago.
Two Nikon Cameras (non dig) 6 lenses,two nikon binos.
1000 rnds of .45 ACP,3 cases of shotshells,(all duck loads)
My duck club membership,is all gone

Yeah I agree Pixel, though I have trouble following through sometimes. If I haven't used something in a 12 month stretch, out it goes, generally. Exceptions to that rule exist, mainly for things with a potential use longer than 12 months, like the toilet cistern and various bits of plumbing for downpipes etc. Pieces of wood seem to hang around a lot too, never know when you might need to make a gate or whatever.

James.