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Compulsive Hoarding....Do You Know Someone LIke This?
I do...many of my fellow friends who have shops overflowing with "good
stuff". In my own case, I see it as a very slippery slope....one great thing after another can follow you home until the doors to the shop won't shut. Sometimes...no many times...you just have to say "No". Your thoughts? TMT http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2790669&page=1 Medical Mystery: Compulsive Hoarders A Psychological Compulsion to Keep Everything, Even When It Ruins Your Life By CECILE BOUCHARDEAU Jan. 16, 2007- - We are all pack rats to some degree. We hoard, collect and buy more stuff than we have room to store. But what if something in our brains made us incapable of throwing things out? Janie Allocca and Lorraine Brennan both suffer from a psychological disorder called compulsive hoarding -- an urge to hold on to even the most mundane objects, even when they take over their lives. Watch "Primetime: Medical Mysteries" Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET, and go to ABCNEWS.com during the show to diagnose a real medical mystery. Lorraine Brennan has been hoarding for nearly 20 years. She lives in a two-story house in Massachusetts with her father, son and fiancée. Most rooms in the house are cluttered, and some are even unusable. The bedroom-office that she shares with her fiancée is overrun with stuff they tried unsuccessfully to get rid of at a yard sale. Lorraine's purse is bursting with junk mail and receipts. Brennan's hoarding is not only ruining her life, but affecting her entire family. Her son can't bring friends home from school. Brennan and her fiancée have been engaged for eight years, but he hasn't been able to commit to marrying her because of the clutter. 'There's No Place to Sit Down' Many hoarders are also compulsive shoppers. Janie Allocca has accumulated so much stuff that she uses her own house as a storage facility and lives with her mother. "I remember collecting, and keeping, and hoarding things since I can remember," Allocca said. "And now I am just living around the piles and piles I need to get rid of." "I have so much stuff that my house is totally unlivable," she continued. "There's no place to sit down. I can't get to the kitchen. I can't have anyone over for tea even though I have everything for tea. My collecting is taking up the space where I normally would live." There's a fine line between simple clutter and extreme hoarding. Most hoarders, observers say, are physically incapable of throwing things out. They can't live in, or use, rooms like the kitchen for their intended use. They also experience extreme distress from their condition. The Brain of a Hoarder Hoarding is currently considered a subset of obsessive compulsive disorder, but that may soon change. New research is finding that hoarding may be a unique disorder completely separate from OCD. Dr. David Tolin, director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn., has devoted his career to studying what goes on inside the mind of a hoarder. "At the moment, compulsive hoarding hasn't been fully defined by the psychiatric and psychological communities," he said. "One of the things that we wanted to do was to understand some of the brain mechanisms behind compulsive hoarding." Allocca is part of a study Tolin is conducting to see which parts of a hoarder's brain become active when they are faced with making decisions. She is hooked up to a brain-scan machine and asked to look at pieces of her mail and decide whether she wants them to be thrown out. She then must watch the mail get shredded. At this point, two parts of a hoarder's brain become active. The brain's orbitofrontal cortex is involved in decision making and causes a hoarder to process this experience as a punishing one. At the same time, the hippocampus of a hoarder actively searches for memories about the object. The hoarder tries to remember the object: what it is and why they saved it in the first place. By contrast, people without hoarding problems just don't think about the object that much. 'A Painful and Effortful Process' "What we find is that the brain is acting very, very differently when a person hoards," Tolin said. "When the person is trying to make a decision about what to throw away, it seems that the person who is hoarding, is processing this activity as if it is deeply punishing." "The person who hoards is going through a very, very effortful search of their memory to try to think of as many things as they can about this item before they make the decision," Tolin added. "What this all amounts to then is a painful and effortful process of decision-making, that you and I might take for granted." There is no cure for hoarding, and there is no medication to treat the condition. Right now, cognitive behavioral therapy is the only way to help hoarders make decisions and deal with their emotions. Getting Help In Beth Johnson's "Clutter Workshop" in Hartford, hoarders and clutterers practice throwing out possessions they have grown attached to. Johnson also takes her clients on nonshopping -- or nonacquiring -- trips to teach them not to buy things they don't need. "I try to help them see the larger picture and how this item won't fit into their life," said Johnson. "If you have a jam-packed house, if you're adding to it on a weekly or daily basis, you're basically defeating yourself." Dr. Randy Frost, a professor of psychology at Smith College in Massachussetts, focuses on helping hoarders make their homes clutter-free. "One of the things we know about hoarding is that the beliefs people have about their possessions are so powerful, that it's very difficult for them to get out of this behavior," said Frost, who is also author of the upcoming book "Buried in Treasures." "If the person throws something away and experiences distress, and does it again and again, eventually, they won't have that extreme emotional response, throwing something away." Frost held a one-on-one session with Brennan to see if he could help her. After a few hours, she was able to throw away receipts and a few pieces of junk, but, as with most hoarders, there is still a long road ahead. One major motivator for Brennan is the possibility of losing her fiancée if she doesn't clean up her home. When asked if she thought he would really leave, Lorraine said, "I don't want to find out. I don't want to end my relationship. I want to do better. I want to make it work. I don't want to live like this anymore. I really don't." Dr. David Tolin and Professor Randy Frost are co-authors of a self-help book called "Buried in Treasures," to be published on February 5th. |
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Compulsive Hoarding....Do You Know Someone LIke This?
Too_Many_Tools wrote: I do...many of my fellow friends who have shops overflowing with "good stuff". In my own case, I see it as a very slippery slope....one great thing after another can follow you home until the doors to the shop won't shut. Sometimes...no many times...you just have to say "No". Your thoughts? I have this problem in only one respect: scraps. I just cannot bring myself to throw away a beautiful piece of hardwood even if it is a scrap, even if it is too tiny ever to be used for anything. My scrap bin overfloweth............ |
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Compulsive Hoarding....Do You Know Someone LIke This?
My scrap bin overfloweth............ You are not aloneth....the reason why I copied rec.woodworking on this post is that many of my fellow woodworkers are hoarders in disguise. Estate auctions of woodworkers always have tons of wood scraps neither touched. TMT Gus wrote: Too_Many_Tools wrote: I do...many of my fellow friends who have shops overflowing with "good stuff". In my own case, I see it as a very slippery slope....one great thing after another can follow you home until the doors to the shop won't shut. Sometimes...no many times...you just have to say "No". Your thoughts? I have this problem in only one respect: scraps. I just cannot bring myself to throw away a beautiful piece of hardwood even if it is a scrap, even if it is too tiny ever to be used for anything. My scrap bin overfloweth............ |
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I too hoard scraps, but every once in a while I tend to just sort them
out and what I haven't used or plan to use in the future, gets made into kindling for our wood stove. Gus wrote: Too_Many_Tools wrote: I do...many of my fellow friends who have shops overflowing with "good stuff". In my own case, I see it as a very slippery slope....one great thing after another can follow you home until the doors to the shop won't shut. Sometimes...no many times...you just have to say "No". Your thoughts? I have this problem in only one respect: scraps. I just cannot bring myself to throw away a beautiful piece of hardwood even if it is a scrap, even if it is too tiny ever to be used for anything. My scrap bin overfloweth............ |
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Too_Many_Tools wrote:
I do...many of my fellow friends who have shops overflowing with "good stuff". snip I received some great training in this regard. As a matter of company policy, once a year had to go thru the files and throw away anything over one year old with tax records and engineering documents excepted. After completing this task, had to sign off that you actually had done it. Was told the lawyers were the reason for the policy. Something to the effect that if it doesn't exist, it can't come back to haunt you. Had customers with similar policies. Sort of sets the mood not to hoard things. Also, a move every 5 years or so, gets rid of a lot of "stuff". Lew |
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Compulsive Hoarding....Do You Know Someone LIke This?
bdeditch wrote:
I too hoard scraps, but every once in a while I tend to just sort them out and what I haven't used or plan to use in the future, gets made into kindling for our wood stove. And the fact you can actually part with above mentioned scraps proves you're just an average pack rat...a "real" hoarder would have a panic attack trying to sort through or throw away the scraps. Then again...I've seen what appear to be packrats on TLC's Clean Sweep who break down sobbing over letting go of some pillow they've had since childhood. But they do it....eventually. |
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Compulsive Hoarding....Do You Know Someone LIke This?
Gus wrote: I just cannot bring myself to throw away a beautiful piece of hardwood even if it is a scrap, even if it is too tiny ever to be used for anything. Don't say that. A friend used hardwood scraps as backing for his handmade trophies. One of a kind stuff. You might offer yours to a trophy maker if you aren't interested in getting into the business. Or turn them into individual bookends. Or offer to some woodworking type at a craft show. |
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Compulsive Hoarding....Do You Know Someone LIke This?
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:38:49 GMT, Lew Hodgett
wrote: Also, a move every 5 years or so, gets rid of a lot of "stuff". Lew If *you* don't throw it out, eventually your kids will. |
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Compulsive Hoarding....Do You Know Someone LIke This?
Too_Many_Tools wrote:
I do...many of my fellow friends who have shops overflowing with "good stuff". Yeah, very common. In my own case, I see it as a very slippery slope.... one great thing after another can follow you home until the doors to the shop won't shut. True, when I was building the house, I'd bring back quite a bit of stuff from the dump. Some got used right away, particularly discarded seedling trees etc, other stuff got used later, particularly scrap wood and steel etc. Other stuff never did get used like the VW beetle transaxel etc that I considered turning into a dune buggy etc and never did get around to. Tried to drag it out the front for the most recent collection day but it was too heavy to move easily so I took the easy way out and gave up till next time. Sometimes...no many times...you just have to say "No". Your thoughts? I dont bother to get rid of most stuff that dies. I've still got the hot water service that died, because the big white metal square case is decent metal for making letterboxes etc. Still got the washing machine I last used 35 years ago, mainly for the decent motor and pump, should bin that on the next collection day, its a bit hard to get out tho. Still got the smaller upright freezer that is uneconomic to repair, just because it seems such a waste of what is a very decent little cabinet thing, might one day get around to putting a beer brewing barrel into for easier heater control in winter. I currently put a big wrap around insulating foam pad around the barrel with a heater belt with monster zip ties initially and once its bottled or when I have two barrels brewing, I have a fan heater in the smallest room in the house that doesnt get used as a toilet since I have two of those. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2790669&page=1 Medical Mystery: Compulsive Hoarders A Psychological Compulsion to Keep Everything, Even When It Ruins Your Life Most of us are nothing like these pathetic wretches, we dont keep discarded packaging etc much. By CECILE BOUCHARDEAU Jan. 16, 2007- - We are all pack rats to some degree. Some people arent. We hoard, collect and buy more stuff than we have room to store. I've got plenty of room. But what if something in our brains made us incapable of throwing things out? There's no one that bad. If you threaten to kill them if they dont throw it away, they wont refuse to part with it and die clutching it. Janie Allocca and Lorraine Brennan both suffer from a psychological disorder called compulsive hoarding -- an urge to hold on to even the most mundane objects, even when they take over their lives. Watch "Primetime: Medical Mysteries" Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET, and go to ABCNEWS.com during the show to diagnose a real medical mystery. Lorraine Brennan has been hoarding for nearly 20 years. She lives in a two-story house in Massachusetts with her father, son and fiancée. Most rooms in the house are cluttered, and some are even unusable. The bedroom-office that she shares with her fiancée is overrun with stuff they tried unsuccessfully to get rid of at a yard sale. Lorraine's purse is bursting with junk mail and receipts. Brennan's hoarding is not only ruining her life, but affecting her entire family. Her son can't bring friends home from school. Brennan and her fiancée have been engaged for eight years, but he hasn't been able to commit to marrying her because of the clutter. 'There's No Place to Sit Down' Many hoarders are also compulsive shoppers. Janie Allocca has accumulated so much stuff that she uses her own house as a storage facility and lives with her mother. "I remember collecting, and keeping, and hoarding things since I can remember," Allocca said. "And now I am just living around the piles and piles I need to get rid of." "I have so much stuff that my house is totally unlivable," she continued. "There's no place to sit down. I can't get to the kitchen. I can't have anyone over for tea even though I have everything for tea. My collecting is taking up the space where I normally would live." There's a fine line between simple clutter and extreme hoarding. Most hoarders, observers say, are physically incapable of throwing things out. They can't live in, or use, rooms like the kitchen for their intended use. They also experience extreme distress from their condition. The Brain of a Hoarder Hoarding is currently considered a subset of obsessive compulsive disorder, but that may soon change. New research is finding that hoarding may be a unique disorder completely separate from OCD. Dr. David Tolin, director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn., has devoted his career to studying what goes on inside the mind of a hoarder. "At the moment, compulsive hoarding hasn't been fully defined by the psychiatric and psychological communities," he said. "One of the things that we wanted to do was to understand some of the brain mechanisms behind compulsive hoarding." Allocca is part of a study Tolin is conducting to see which parts of a hoarder's brain become active when they are faced with making decisions. She is hooked up to a brain-scan machine and asked to look at pieces of her mail and decide whether she wants them to be thrown out. She then must watch the mail get shredded. At this point, two parts of a hoarder's brain become active. The brain's orbitofrontal cortex is involved in decision making and causes a hoarder to process this experience as a punishing one. At the same time, the hippocampus of a hoarder actively searches for memories about the object. The hoarder tries to remember the object: what it is and why they saved it in the first place. By contrast, people without hoarding problems just don't think about the object that much. 'A Painful and Effortful Process' "What we find is that the brain is acting very, very differently when a person hoards," Tolin said. "When the person is trying to make a decision about what to throw away, it seems that the person who is hoarding, is processing this activity as if it is deeply punishing." "The person who hoards is going through a very, very effortful search of their memory to try to think of as many things as they can about this item before they make the decision," Tolin added. "What this all amounts to then is a painful and effortful process of decision-making, that you and I might take for granted." There is no cure for hoarding, and there is no medication to treat the condition. Right now, cognitive behavioral therapy is the only way to help hoarders make decisions and deal with their emotions. Getting Help In Beth Johnson's "Clutter Workshop" in Hartford, hoarders and clutterers practice throwing out possessions they have grown attached to. Johnson also takes her clients on nonshopping -- or nonacquiring -- trips to teach them not to buy things they don't need. "I try to help them see the larger picture and how this item won't fit into their life," said Johnson. "If you have a jam-packed house, if you're adding to it on a weekly or daily basis, you're basically defeating yourself." Dr. Randy Frost, a professor of psychology at Smith College in Massachussetts, focuses on helping hoarders make their homes clutter-free. "One of the things we know about hoarding is that the beliefs people have about their possessions are so powerful, that it's very difficult for them to get out of this behavior," said Frost, who is also author of the upcoming book "Buried in Treasures." "If the person throws something away and experiences distress, and does it again and again, eventually, they won't have that extreme emotional response, throwing something away." Frost held a one-on-one session with Brennan to see if he could help her. After a few hours, she was able to throw away receipts and a few pieces of junk, but, as with most hoarders, there is still a long road ahead. One major motivator for Brennan is the possibility of losing her fiancée if she doesn't clean up her home. When asked if she thought he would really leave, Lorraine said, "I don't want to find out. I don't want to end my relationship. I want to do better. I want to make it work. I don't want to live like this anymore. I really don't." Dr. David Tolin and Professor Randy Frost are co-authors of a self-help book called "Buried in Treasures," to be published on February 5th. |
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My hoarding problem is this. I have a lot of valuable stuff left over
from my ebay dealings. Like little T6061 aluminum plates and bars for example. Or super nice strong stainless painted steel handles. Super high quality. I may use a few "one day". In fact I will use some on my trailer project. Or a few pulleys. But, despite being valuable, they are not economical to try to sell them. Too little money, too much hassle, and quite possibly they would not sell at all. But I cannot throw them away in good conscience. i |
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Or in my case the wife! she has a monthly clean up, and asks me make
coasters out of the scrap for the kids. Eddie "George Max" wrote in message ... On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:38:49 GMT, Lew Hodgett wrote: Lew If *you* don't throw it out, eventually your kids will. |
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LOL....I know of several companies that are now spending millions of
dollars to recreate a product they had but lost the recipe to because they purged their files. The retirees that they have had to rehire at expensive contractor rates are very appreciative of the management's stupidity to enforce a "clean desk" policy. They are very happy to participate in the "purge". Of course those responsible for this stupidity received promotions for their ideas. TMT Lew Hodgett wrote: Too_Many_Tools wrote: I do...many of my fellow friends who have shops overflowing with "good stuff". snip I received some great training in this regard. As a matter of company policy, once a year had to go thru the files and throw away anything over one year old with tax records and engineering documents excepted. After completing this task, had to sign off that you actually had done it. Was told the lawyers were the reason for the policy. Something to the effect that if it doesn't exist, it can't come back to haunt you. Had customers with similar policies. Sort of sets the mood not to hoard things. Also, a move every 5 years or so, gets rid of a lot of "stuff". Lew |
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(snip)In my own case, I see it as a very slippery slope....one great thing
after another can follow you home until the doors to the shop won't shut. When the shop runneth over, it's simply time for a bigger shop! --dave "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... Too_Many_Tools wrote: I do...many of my fellow friends who have shops overflowing with "good stuff". Yeah, very common. In my own case, I see it as a very slippery slope.... one great thing after another can follow you home until the doors to the shop won't shut. True, when I was building the house, I'd bring back quite a bit of stuff from the dump. Some got used right away, particularly discarded seedling trees etc, other stuff got used later, particularly scrap wood and steel etc. Other stuff never did get used like the VW beetle transaxel etc that I considered turning into a dune buggy etc and never did get around to. Tried to drag it out the front for the most recent collection day but it was too heavy to move easily so I took the easy way out and gave up till next time. Sometimes...no many times...you just have to say "No". Your thoughts? I dont bother to get rid of most stuff that dies. I've still got the hot water service that died, because the big white metal square case is decent metal for making letterboxes etc. Still got the washing machine I last used 35 years ago, mainly for the decent motor and pump, should bin that on the next collection day, its a bit hard to get out tho. Still got the smaller upright freezer that is uneconomic to repair, just because it seems such a waste of what is a very decent little cabinet thing, might one day get around to putting a beer brewing barrel into for easier heater control in winter. I currently put a big wrap around insulating foam pad around the barrel with a heater belt with monster zip ties initially and once its bottled or when I have two barrels brewing, I have a fan heater in the smallest room in the house that doesnt get used as a toilet since I have two of those. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2790669&page=1 Medical Mystery: Compulsive Hoarders A Psychological Compulsion to Keep Everything, Even When It Ruins Your Life Most of us are nothing like these pathetic wretches, we dont keep discarded packaging etc much. By CECILE BOUCHARDEAU Jan. 16, 2007- - We are all pack rats to some degree. Some people arent. We hoard, collect and buy more stuff than we have room to store. I've got plenty of room. But what if something in our brains made us incapable of throwing things out? There's no one that bad. If you threaten to kill them if they dont throw it away, they wont refuse to part with it and die clutching it. Janie Allocca and Lorraine Brennan both suffer from a psychological disorder called compulsive hoarding -- an urge to hold on to even the most mundane objects, even when they take over their lives. Watch "Primetime: Medical Mysteries" Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET, and go to ABCNEWS.com during the show to diagnose a real medical mystery. Lorraine Brennan has been hoarding for nearly 20 years. She lives in a two-story house in Massachusetts with her father, son and fiancée. Most rooms in the house are cluttered, and some are even unusable. The bedroom-office that she shares with her fiancée is overrun with stuff they tried unsuccessfully to get rid of at a yard sale. Lorraine's purse is bursting with junk mail and receipts. Brennan's hoarding is not only ruining her life, but affecting her entire family. Her son can't bring friends home from school. Brennan and her fiancée have been engaged for eight years, but he hasn't been able to commit to marrying her because of the clutter. 'There's No Place to Sit Down' Many hoarders are also compulsive shoppers. Janie Allocca has accumulated so much stuff that she uses her own house as a storage facility and lives with her mother. "I remember collecting, and keeping, and hoarding things since I can remember," Allocca said. "And now I am just living around the piles and piles I need to get rid of." "I have so much stuff that my house is totally unlivable," she continued. "There's no place to sit down. I can't get to the kitchen. I can't have anyone over for tea even though I have everything for tea. My collecting is taking up the space where I normally would live." There's a fine line between simple clutter and extreme hoarding. Most hoarders, observers say, are physically incapable of throwing things out. They can't live in, or use, rooms like the kitchen for their intended use. They also experience extreme distress from their condition. The Brain of a Hoarder Hoarding is currently considered a subset of obsessive compulsive disorder, but that may soon change. New research is finding that hoarding may be a unique disorder completely separate from OCD. Dr. David Tolin, director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living in Hartford, Conn., has devoted his career to studying what goes on inside the mind of a hoarder. "At the moment, compulsive hoarding hasn't been fully defined by the psychiatric and psychological communities," he said. "One of the things that we wanted to do was to understand some of the brain mechanisms behind compulsive hoarding." Allocca is part of a study Tolin is conducting to see which parts of a hoarder's brain become active when they are faced with making decisions. She is hooked up to a brain-scan machine and asked to look at pieces of her mail and decide whether she wants them to be thrown out. She then must watch the mail get shredded. At this point, two parts of a hoarder's brain become active. The brain's orbitofrontal cortex is involved in decision making and causes a hoarder to process this experience as a punishing one. At the same time, the hippocampus of a hoarder actively searches for memories about the object. The hoarder tries to remember the object: what it is and why they saved it in the first place. By contrast, people without hoarding problems just don't think about the object that much. 'A Painful and Effortful Process' "What we find is that the brain is acting very, very differently when a person hoards," Tolin said. "When the person is trying to make a decision about what to throw away, it seems that the person who is hoarding, is processing this activity as if it is deeply punishing." "The person who hoards is going through a very, very effortful search of their memory to try to think of as many things as they can about this item before they make the decision," Tolin added. "What this all amounts to then is a painful and effortful process of decision-making, that you and I might take for granted." There is no cure for hoarding, and there is no medication to treat the condition. Right now, cognitive behavioral therapy is the only way to help hoarders make decisions and deal with their emotions. Getting Help In Beth Johnson's "Clutter Workshop" in Hartford, hoarders and clutterers practice throwing out possessions they have grown attached to. Johnson also takes her clients on nonshopping -- or nonacquiring -- trips to teach them not to buy things they don't need. "I try to help them see the larger picture and how this item won't fit into their life," said Johnson. "If you have a jam-packed house, if you're adding to it on a weekly or daily basis, you're basically defeating yourself." Dr. Randy Frost, a professor of psychology at Smith College in Massachussetts, focuses on helping hoarders make their homes clutter-free. "One of the things we know about hoarding is that the beliefs people have about their possessions are so powerful, that it's very difficult for them to get out of this behavior," said Frost, who is also author of the upcoming book "Buried in Treasures." "If the person throws something away and experiences distress, and does it again and again, eventually, they won't have that extreme emotional response, throwing something away." Frost held a one-on-one session with Brennan to see if he could help her. After a few hours, she was able to throw away receipts and a few pieces of junk, but, as with most hoarders, there is still a long road ahead. One major motivator for Brennan is the possibility of losing her fiancée if she doesn't clean up her home. When asked if she thought he would really leave, Lorraine said, "I don't want to find out. I don't want to end my relationship. I want to do better. I want to make it work. I don't want to live like this anymore. I really don't." Dr. David Tolin and Professor Randy Frost are co-authors of a self-help book called "Buried in Treasures," to be published on February 5th. |
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George Max wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 20:38:49 GMT, Lew Hodgett wrote: Also, a move every 5 years or so, gets rid of a lot of "stuff". Lew If *you* don't throw it out, eventually your kids will. Not necessarily, I kept quite a bit of what my dad had kept and would have kept a hell of a lot more of it if I had been living in the same city instead of on the other side of the country. |
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Ignoramus16071 wrote: My hoarding problem is this. I have a lot of valuable stuff left over from my ebay dealings. Like little T6061 aluminum plates and bars for example. Or super nice strong stainless painted steel handles. Super high quality. I may use a few "one day". In fact I will use some on my trailer project. Or a few pulleys. But, despite being valuable, they are not economical to try to sell them. Too little money, too much hassle, and quite possibly they would not sell at all. But I cannot throw them away in good conscience. Are any of your aluminum plates 1/4" thick and big enough to cut 18" triangles out of? I need some, and McMaster-Carr wants over $100 for a piece of plate big enough for two. As I'd like six or eight, their price is prohibitive. I might be interested in your pulleys, too, depending on the size and configuration. In other news, my late neighbor was apparently hoarding staircase spindles--his survivors gave me about 500 this past weekend, about 430 of them the same size. They're overhead in the garage, now, awaiting a project. Gary -- Gary Heston http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ Astronomers have developed a definition of "planet" which excludes Pluto. I'm developing a definition of "scientist" which excludes astronomers. |
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Count me in. And proud of it I might add.
I've always had an interest in electronics, even at a tender age. Not having much money to spend to build stuff, I had to cruise the neighborhood on trash day looking for discarded TV's and radios that I could use for parts. A couple of friends got into the act as well. This was a fun way to support a fun, and ultimately very profitable hobby. Fast forward 40+ years, and I still have the stash of tubes I accumulated as a kid (and added to over the years). If I come across something that might be useful for free or cheap, I'll bag it and figure out where to put it later on. Picked up an old TV chassis a couple of weeks ago. Its an Admiral that was built in 1951. The owner wanted to keep the case to use in a high school play. A couple of hours of tinkering, and I got it working. Watched the football playoffs last weekend on a 17" black and white TV. The games were good, but watching them on an old TV I saved from the landfill, then repaired myself was a blast. Kept the shop nice and warm too! I suppose anything can be taken to exteremes, but its a fine line. One persons trash is most certainly anothers treasure. Steve |
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:27:22 -0000, Gary Heston wrote:
In article , Ignoramus16071 wrote: My hoarding problem is this. I have a lot of valuable stuff left over from my ebay dealings. Like little T6061 aluminum plates and bars for example. Or super nice strong stainless painted steel handles. Super high quality. I may use a few "one day". In fact I will use some on my trailer project. Or a few pulleys. But, despite being valuable, they are not economical to try to sell them. Too little money, too much hassle, and quite possibly they would not sell at all. But I cannot throw them away in good conscience. Are any of your aluminum plates 1/4" thick and big enough to cut 18" triangles out of? No, they are little square 5x5 plates, about 1/8" thick. I do, however, have 3/8" about 8x14 plate and 1/2" 8x13 or so. Also aluminum. Also I have big Al heatsinks, with which I can part very cheaply. I need some, and McMaster-Carr wants over $100 for a piece of plate big enough for two. As I'd like six or eight, their price is prohibitive. I might be interested in your pulleys, too, depending on the size and configuration. IIRC, I have one about 5" pulley with 1 3/8" shaft hole with keyway and special tightening screws. I have more, but those I may need. In other news, my late neighbor was apparently hoarding staircase spindles--his survivors gave me about 500 this past weekend, about 430 of them the same size. They're overhead in the garage, now, awaiting a project. scary stuff. i |
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Ignoramus16071 wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:27:22 -0000, Gary Heston wrote: In article , Ignoramus16071 wrote: [ ... ] Like little T6061 aluminum plates [ ... ] Are any of your aluminum plates 1/4" thick and big enough to cut 18" triangles out of? No, they are little square 5x5 plates, about 1/8" thick. I do, however, have 3/8" about 8x14 plate and 1/2" 8x13 or so. Also aluminum. Any way to weld them together? I don't mind going thicker, I need these for decking in my antenna tower. I see a new rotator and thrust bearing in my future. Also I have big Al heatsinks, with which I can part very cheaply. Regrettably, I don't need any at the moment. I need some, and McMaster-Carr wants over $100 for a piece of plate big enough for two. As I'd like six or eight, their price is prohibitive. I might be interested in your pulleys, too, depending on the size and configuration. IIRC, I have one about 5" pulley with 1 3/8" shaft hole with keyway and special tightening screws. I have more, but those I may need. Price? You can email me; the address you see is valid. In other news, my late neighbor was apparently hoarding staircase spindles--his survivors gave me about 500 this past weekend, about 430 of them the same size. They're overhead in the garage, now, awaiting a project. scary stuff. I have no idea what they were intended for. I'm checking with some of my friends who do woodworking and home fixup projects who might be interested in some of them. Stacking two of the 36" size (the 430 items) would be a good height for a childrens' play gazebo or something of that sort. Maybe build up sets of three for table legs, but they'd need to be cut down a bit. Othewise, they were headed for the curb and didn't cost me anything. Gary -- Gary Heston http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ Astronomers have developed a definition of "planet" which excludes Pluto. I'm developing a definition of "scientist" which excludes astronomers. |
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On 16 Jan 2007 12:14:42 -0800, "Too_Many_Tools"
wrote: I do...many of my fellow friends who have shops overflowing with "good stuff". In my own case, I see it as a very slippery slope....one great thing after another can follow you home until the doors to the shop won't shut. Sometimes...no many times...you just have to say "No". Your thoughts? TMT I have seen this problem. it is completely over come by Ockleshaw's workshop principle. Ockleshaw being the possesor of the most amazing workshop. "if it looks useful it isnt.turf it out. if it looks *really* useful keep it for a month. if you havent touched it in that month turf it out. If something is actually useful but hasnt been used in a year turf it out. that way you will have a workshop full of only the gear that you actually need" ....of course ockleshaw had a second shed :-) Stealth Pilot |
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On 16 Jan 2007 12:14:42 -0800, "Too_Many_Tools"
wrote: I do...many of my fellow friends who have shops overflowing with "good stuff". In my own case, I see it as a very slippery slope....one great thing after another can follow you home until the doors to the shop won't shut. Sometimes...no many times...you just have to say "No". Your thoughts? Not a problem in my case- every 3-6 months, I rent a two yard dumpster, and anything that I haven't used since I rented the last one either goes in there, or is given away or sold if it is something that might be of value to someone. Never understood the concept of hording- if I'm not going to use it, I don't want it. |
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On 16 Jan 2007 17:36:00 -0800, "Seerialmom"
wrote: That was quite the visual story alrighty. As I read it I could "see" these two old guys in their brownstone. Wow. But the conclusion is correct; telling a hoarder to "clean it up" or doing it for them when they aren't there doesn't help. Thanks for sharing *WOW* Normally, I try to avoid pointing things like this out, but was it really *necessary* to re-quote almost 1200 lines of text for this 4 line gem? |
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Prometheus wrote: [snip] Not a problem in my case- every 3-6 months, I rent a two yard dumpster, and anything that I haven't used since I rented the last one either goes in there, or is given away or sold if it is something that might be of value to someone. Never understood the concept of hording- if I'm not going to use it, I don't want it. I'm with you. I have a client who owns a dumpster business and he lets me have a 6 yard dumpster for a couple of weeks a cpl of times a year. I pay to have it emptied, but that's not too bad. I have two boxes that used to contain kitchen sinks. One is for pieces of wood for the kid's wiener roast parties, the other for fine pieces of other woods/odd coloured solid surface. The rest goes to the dump. It is hard for me to get my head around throwing a (once) $ 3000.00 300 dpi laser printer in the dumpster.... but I have. Once in a blue moon, I'll boot my 128K macintosh.. that one is staying. I did finally toss a 2-gig Fujitsu hard drive, the size of a breadbox, just couldn't afford the electricity bills to spool it up. It suffered from the odd bout of 'sticktion', we all know what that feels like. Time for another 6 yard bucket. |
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"Robatoy" wrote in message get my head around throwing a (once) $ 3000.00 300 dpi laser printer in the dumpster.... but I have. I feel the same way, but over the past year, I've been purging stuff that I haven't looked at in years. It's tough putting it the garbage bin, but once it's gone I soon forget about it. And, there's that feeling of satisfaction from recovering floor space or shelving space from stuff that gets in the way when I'm doing something else. |
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:32:31 -0000, Gary Heston wrote:
In article , Ignoramus16071 wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:27:22 -0000, Gary Heston wrote: In article , Ignoramus16071 wrote: [ ... ] Like little T6061 aluminum plates [ ... ] Are any of your aluminum plates 1/4" thick and big enough to cut 18" triangles out of? No, they are little square 5x5 plates, about 1/8" thick. I do, however, have 3/8" about 8x14 plate and 1/2" 8x13 or so. Also aluminum. Any way to weld them together? I don't mind going thicker, I need these for decking in my antenna tower. I see a new rotator and thrust bearing in my future. I doubt that. IIRC, I have one about 5" pulley with 1 3/8" shaft hole with keyway and special tightening screws. I have more, but those I may need. Price? You can email me; the address you see is valid. $10 will take it, shipping is $8.10 priority mail flat rate box. i |
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What makes them valuable if it's not economical to try
to sell them (and they take up your storage space)? Ignoramus16071 wrote: My hoarding problem is this.... But, despite being valuable, they are not economical to try to sell them. Too little money, too much hassle, and quite possibly they would not sell at all. i |
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:33:28 -0600, M Berger wrote:
What makes them valuable if it's not economical to try to sell them (and they take up your storage space)? Because I think that they well might be useful later. A few things that I have, are going into the trailer, such as steel handles, electrical box, a big handle, etc. Ignoramus16071 wrote: My hoarding problem is this.... But, despite being valuable, they are not economical to try to sell them. Too little money, too much hassle, and quite possibly they would not sell at all. i |
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Its interesting that when true hoarders collect things that are actually valuable, they usually manage to make them worthless by the time somebody else gets em. There was guy down near Centralia Washington that collected cars- at his peak, he had something like 2000 of em. He was sure every one was "valuable" and would never sell. And as they sat, they rotted, tires grew thru the hoods, paint and chrome peeled, engines rusted solid, and when he finally died, and the family had to dispose of them, virtually none of them were worth anything, even as parts. I have seen this same thing happen with tool collectors- the old guys are so sure that the stuff is worth a fortune, they routinely chase away people who would actually reuse, restore, or understand their tools, and want to pay reasonable prices for them- and so, in the end, it all becomes scrap. There was a famous junkyard in Richmond Virginia, where the old guy saved Steam Railroad engines, and other huge machines. He never would sell, convinced he was sitting on a gold mine. Well, when he died, the relatives found he was- and it was the real estate. The land itself was worth a lot, the scrap metal on it was just that- scrap metal. A foundation was set up to save the oldest engines, and the relatives gave them away for free- and if it had happened 20 or 30 years earlier, there would have been a lot more to save- age, weather, and vandals had taken a severe toll. While alive, he cagily quoted prices of a hundred thousand dollars for a steam engine, and when he died, they were free for the hauling. Assuming you could afford to haul something that was 80 feet long and weighed 20 tons. |
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Ignoramus18435 wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:33:28 -0600, M Berger wrote: What makes them valuable if it's not economical to try to sell them (and they take up your storage space)? Because I think that they well might be useful later. A few things that I have, are going into the trailer, such as steel handles, electrical box, a big handle, etc. Not to pick on you personally, but that is exactly the thinking that can lie behind hoarding things excessively. And the thing about it is, it is TRUE. You might very well MIGHT find a perfect use for that item later on. The problem is when the thinking ends there. For it to be the best decision to hold on to something, the fact that it might be useful is, by itself, not enough. There are positives of keeping it, but there are negatives too, and the positives need to outweigh the negatives. One possible negative is reducing the amount of space you have for other things, making it harder to walk around, harder to work, and harder to find the stuff that truly is useful among the sea of stuff. Another negative is if you wind up paying extra money to rent a storage space. In a lot of cases, you could re-buy every single item in a rented storage space for less than the $75/month rental fees multiplied by however many years you keep it. It just doesn't make sense to store $1000 worth of furniture in a $75/month storage space for 2 years. And of course, there are other negatives of storing things, too, like having to look at clutter, the extra time out of your life it takes to deal with all of it, and so on. - Logan |
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:52:48 -0600, Logan Shaw wrote:
Ignoramus18435 wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:33:28 -0600, M Berger wrote: What makes them valuable if it's not economical to try to sell them (and they take up your storage space)? Because I think that they well might be useful later. A few things that I have, are going into the trailer, such as steel handles, electrical box, a big handle, etc. Not to pick on you personally, but that is exactly the thinking that can lie behind hoarding things excessively. And the thing about it is, it is TRUE. You might very well MIGHT find a perfect use for that item later on. The problem is when the thinking ends there. For it to be the best decision to hold on to something, the fact that it might be useful is, by itself, not enough. There are positives of keeping it, but there are negatives too, and the positives need to outweigh the negatives. One possible negative is reducing the amount of space you have for other things, making it harder to walk around, harder to work, and harder to find the stuff that truly is useful among the sea of stuff. Another negative is if you wind up paying extra money to rent a storage space. In a lot of cases, you could re-buy every single item in a rented storage space for less than the $75/month rental fees multiplied by however many years you keep it. It just doesn't make sense to store $1000 worth of furniture in a $75/month storage space for 2 years. And of course, there are other negatives of storing things, too, like having to look at clutter, the extra time out of your life it takes to deal with all of it, and so on. - Logan I agree 100%. i |
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Gary Heston wrote: IIn other news, my late neighbor was apparently hoarding staircase spindles--his survivors gave me about 500 this past weekend, about 430 of them the same size. They're overhead in the garage, now, awaiting a project. Don't you mean, they are awaiting your survivors to give them to someone else? LOL Although I shouldn't talk.. I got a great deal on some Oak 2 x 2 at habitat.. 25 cents each for pieces 4 feet long.. too good to pass up, so of course I had to buy all of them (about 40).. Haven't figured out a use for them yet, although I convince myself that I will eventually LOL. |
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bf wrote:
Although I shouldn't talk.. I got a great deal on some Oak 2 x 2 at habitat.. 25 cents each for pieces 4 feet long.. too good to pass up, so of course I had to buy all of them (about 40).. Haven't figured out a use for them yet, although I convince myself that I will eventually LOL. A gallon of glue, some clamps, some time, and you have enough material for a small table for a bedroom, hallway, etc. Of course, now you are going to need a table lamp for itG. Lew |
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Oh lets not go there. I am get scared walking into the Habitat shops.
Thank God I don't have a bigger Truck or I would buy them out of wood at times. bf wrote: Gary Heston wrote: IIn other news, my late neighbor was apparently hoarding staircase spindles--his survivors gave me about 500 this past weekend, about 430 of them the same size. They're overhead in the garage, now, awaiting a project. Don't you mean, they are awaiting your survivors to give them to someone else? LOL Although I shouldn't talk.. I got a great deal on some Oak 2 x 2 at habitat.. 25 cents each for pieces 4 feet long.. too good to pass up, so of course I had to buy all of them (about 40).. Haven't figured out a use for them yet, although I convince myself that I will eventually LOL. |
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Ignoramus18435 wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:32:31 -0000, Gary Heston wrote: In article , [ ... ] IIRC, I have one about 5" pulley with 1 3/8" shaft hole with keyway and special tightening screws. I have more, but those I may need. Price? You can email me; the address you see is valid. $10 will take it, shipping is $8.10 priority mail flat rate box. Sounds good. Would you prefer a check or money order? Email an address to send payment to and I'll get it on the way. Gary -- Gary Heston http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ Astronomers have developed a definition of "planet" which excludes Pluto. I'm developing a definition of "scientist" which excludes astronomers. |
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On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:55:10 -0000, Gary Heston wrote:
In article , Ignoramus18435 wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:32:31 -0000, Gary Heston wrote: In article , [ ... ] IIRC, I have one about 5" pulley with 1 3/8" shaft hole with keyway and special tightening screws. I have more, but those I may need. Price? You can email me; the address you see is valid. $10 will take it, shipping is $8.10 priority mail flat rate box. Sounds good. Would you prefer a check or money order? Email an address to send payment to and I'll get it on the way. Let me take a picture and measurements of it first, I do not want you to be disappointed. i |
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Posted and emailed.
i On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:55:10 -0000, Gary Heston wrote: In article , Ignoramus18435 wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:32:31 -0000, Gary Heston wrote: In article , [ ... ] IIRC, I have one about 5" pulley with 1 3/8" shaft hole with keyway and special tightening screws. I have more, but those I may need. Price? You can email me; the address you see is valid. $10 will take it, shipping is $8.10 priority mail flat rate box. Sounds good. Would you prefer a check or money order? Email an address to send payment to and I'll get it on the way. Picture of the pulley is he http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/pulley.jpg It has two grooves for V belts, 1 3/8" hole with keyway, and special threaded holes that are called TAPER LOCK. The holes are 3/8" NC threaded, I think, I found some bolt that looks like 3/8" and it fit the threads. It came off a 7.5 HP three phase motor from which I cut off its shaft a while ago. It has some rust on it, but not much. i |
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Picture of the pulley is he
http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/pulley.jpg It has two grooves for V belts, 1 3/8" hole with keyway, and special threaded holes that are called TAPER LOCK. The holes are 3/8" NC threaded, I think, I found some bolt that looks like 3/8" and it fit the threads. It came off a 7.5 HP three phase motor from which I cut off its shaft a while ago. It has some rust on it, but not much. i |
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I think I could organize my tools purchased in a compulsive hording
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Lew Hodgett wrote: bf wrote: Although I shouldn't talk.. I got a great deal on some Oak 2 x 2 at habitat.. 25 cents each for pieces 4 feet long.. too good to pass up, so of course I had to buy all of them (about 40).. Haven't figured out a use for them yet, although I convince myself that I will eventually LOL. A gallon of glue, some clamps, some time, and you have enough material for a small table for a bedroom, hallway, etc. Of course, now you are going to need a table lamp for itG. Lew That's a pretty good idea.. I may do that when I get some time..LOL. Too big of a backload of projects now. I turned down a pretty good deal on about 150 board feet of Mahagony.. because I know it would sit in the shop for a few years before I figured out what to make with it. I guess I'm on the road to recovery. |
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:19:34 -0600, Ignoramus18435
wrote: I agree 100%. So do I. In fact, I've decided to print this entire thread and store it just in case I develop a hoarding problem later in life. -Leuf |