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Has nothing to do with age. Our four kids each had various LEGO sets, the large and involved ones. None of them, not one, is complete (think Space Shuttle missing a cargo bay hatch) because their mother would see it and throw it away, not knowing what it was.
Yikes; Lego sets are expensive & alot of those peices are very set-specific...I've spent $200 on certain Lego sets, no way even 1 little peice is going in the trash. Some have fallen victim to the vacuum though.
I have this odd-looking contraption about the size of a pocket-book. It's made of wood, fiberglass and metal. I remember spending a lot of time designing and making it about 20 years ago. But I can't remember what it was supposed to do.
I am one of those that people give stuff to, rather than take them to good will, or the dump.
Dad was a junk collector and I inherited the skill and also inherited his collection as well .
Yes I call it a skill ,because working in the repair industry it is important to know what things are made of, and how they work.
Many things can be reattached naturally, like welding steel or melting glass, or plastics .
There are a lot of widgets around I know what they are, but no one else necessarily does, and they understand this, and come to me to find out what they are to find out why I'm saving it .
I actually put to work a lot of things people usually throw away with out a second thought .
My wife came from a family that accumulated too but they did not do much with what they had accumulated. However she understood me and appreciated that I put thing to work and repaired practically every thing.
Probably the most frustrating was on some jobs and some one in charge is cleaning out an area of accumulation and starts throwing out stuff simply because they did not know what it was 'the products /equipment were not their department".
Not the right person for the job.
But they assume that decision/position, because they are frustrated with the accumulation, and those whom are qualified don't take action fast enough to suit them.
It becomes a war of service over appearance, and it usually turns out being very expensive.
The trick is keeping things organized and or doing one's own diligent recycling . that's the hard part.
Actually, look at the sentence.
I didn't know what it was.
If you don't know what something is, you shouldn't do anything with it one way or another.
Least of all throw it away.
Husband: “Honey, have you seen a black plastic bracket lying around? It’s about yay long and has two prongs on one side and a hole on the other.”
Wife: “Yes, it was on the floor in the den.”
Husband (relieved): “Thank goodness! I’m so glad you found it. You can’t buy that piece, you have to buy the whole assembly and that would cost us a fortune. Where is it? Did you put it on my desk?”
Wife: “I didn’t know what it was so I threw it away.”
Has that ever happened to you?
Yup. I've been on both ends of this. And, while it's frustrating when it happens, I realize that the other person has not done it on purpose, so I get on with life.
My partner works on 1/2400 scale military models. The pieces are really small and sometimes don't look like anything other than trash. I have thrown a couple of pieces out, thinking that they were trash. He learned very quickly to put things away in his hobby room.
Unless it's something that looks like it's important, I'm not going to ask him about every piece of plastic and metal that I come across.
@CorvetteMinistries... just curious! What did she toss?
The sketch that began this thread was inspired by incidents that have happened numerous times in the past. I don't remember the original item, but it was about yay long, had two prongs on one side .....
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LOL!
Yes she shouldn't have thrown it away but don't leave things lying around
I didn't leave it around - it fell off a larger item without my knowledge. "Lying around" in the initial post meant "lying where it fell." Mea Culpa! See post #9 for a similar example.
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Unless it's something that looks like it's important, I'm not going to ask him about every piece of plastic and metal that I come across.
I don't expect her to ask about every piece of plastic or metal she comes across - but she does place unidentifiable finds on my desk for my evaluation. It comes up much less than one would think.
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What was it?
