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Post by Humph on Oct 9, 2018 10:22:23 GMT
Are you a keeper or a chucker? By and large I'm a keeper. Some of the tools I have and often use, originally belonged to my grandfather ( who passed away in the 1930s ) My watch is more than 30 years old, I have shoes of similar vintage which are still in good condition, a Barbour jacket that is even older but still in regular use, and the pen I use everyday is at least 40 years old.
I tend to go with "buy good, buy once" as a general rule. I'd be quite happy if my current car never wore out for example, it does what I need it to do and while it's capable of meeting those requirements I'd not be in any rush to change it.
Others may may differ of course. Quite right too.
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Post by Alanović on Oct 9, 2018 10:50:58 GMT
Blimey, saw the title and thought heck, she's done another wing mirror.
I suppose I'm more of a chucker, I'm just incapable of paying £400 for a pair of shoes which would last 30 years (how many new soles/heels/laces though, Trigger?). I do have a 40 year old Crombie style coat which belonged to my father, though.
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Post by bromptonaut on Oct 9, 2018 21:35:40 GMT
I'm a keeper. Mrs B is a chucker. Bits of bikes and computers are a source of particular domestic grief.......
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2018 5:46:54 GMT
I'm a mix. I have some things like pens from 40 years ago but I am very heavy on shoes because I wear orthotics so these never last more than a couple re-solings as my little toe eventually wears the leather out from the inside.
I still have suits from 20 years ago but the cuts are different now.
Oh and my mobile phone is over 12 months old....
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Post by WDB on Oct 10, 2018 11:26:40 GMT
There’s keeping, and then there’s hoarding. I’m all in favour of making useful things last; while looking for something else this week I found a fountain pen I bought when I was nine (Parker 25, a minor design classic from the 70s), filled it up and have been happily using it to take work notes.
But that same drawer in which I found the pen is also full of crap kept ‘just in case’, and my garage is worse because the pieces of crap out there are larger. I caught both conditions from my dad, but not the can-do spirit that drove him to actually do things with the stuff he kept.
So I’m trying to audit the stuff around me, and to decide what I can genuinely enjoy or profitably use, and to take the rest to charity shops or the tip.
And then I’ve been buying old camera lenses, but that’s another story.
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Post by Humph on Oct 10, 2018 13:06:14 GMT
Do remember, if you hadn't already, not to put the fountain pen in your pocket if you're going on an aeroplane. Especially if you're wearing a white shirt...
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Post by Humph on Oct 10, 2018 13:12:07 GMT
Speaking of things not to have in your pocket on an aeroplane, I came across my old brass Zippo lighter recently. Made me wish I had something to light with it. But, don't ever have one of those in your pocket on a plane either. Soaking your tackle in lighter fluid is not recommended. I had ask the cabin crew for yoghurt once as a result of that.
Yeah, don't ask, but it was really sore...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2018 13:57:52 GMT
>>I came across my old brass Zippo lighter recently. Made me wish I had something to light with it.
I know exactly what you mean. I loved my zippo. I loved the smell and I loved using it when I smoked.
More generally I am periodic clearer-outer. I acquire stuff, just in case, put it places etc. etc. but then once a year or so I'll suddenly go nuts and brutally kick out everything I don't need. Clothes and shoes I pretty much keep until they wear out. I have shirts and shoes going back years.
Overall, the life I have mostly lead with constant country changing tends to stop the worst of the excess since mostly it's not worth paying to ship stuff you don't really need. probably 4 or 5 times I have walked away from an entire house, garage, shed contents, other than personal stuff of course.
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Post by Humph on Oct 10, 2018 14:06:40 GMT
It's the sound of a Zippo too, that metallic click as you flick it open, the smell of the "petrol". The little jog you have to give it to ensure you don't set fire to your hand.
Memories...
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Post by WDB on Oct 11, 2018 14:34:53 GMT
Always had a faint envy of smokers for the lighters they get to play with. Perhaps I need one for lighting cooking fires...?
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Post by Rob on Oct 11, 2018 17:03:31 GMT
I had a Zippo at university - I have never smoked. I liked the Zippo and when someone asked do you have a light I did. Maybe I am a pyromaniac or something. I probably still have it somewhere.
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