Yes, she was a packrat

[sudsmaster]

Good Golly, Miss Molly

I'm not quite as bad as that, but I think or rather suspect that clutter is something a lot of collectors have to deal with. What to acquire, what to keep, what to shed. Weighty matters.

In any case, I'm in the middle of another de-cluttering. No washers are expected to depart in this phase, but I am shedding obsolete computer instruction manuals, software, etc...

Mostly it's just a matter of consolidating loose clutter into tightly packed clutter... lol...

 

[countryguy]

Packrat on Oprah

Coincidentally on Oprah there was a 2 part show (yesterday and the day before) about a woman who had a major packrat problem. She and her husband lived in a 3400 sq. ft home and there was stuff everywhere in every room. She was a compulsive buyer. It took over 100 people 3 weeks to sort and clean everything out of the house. The stuff was either thrown out or sold. The stuff that was sold ended up occupying a 10,000 sq. foot warehouse. She had 300 pairs of shoes and 300 handbags not to mention everything else she had purchased over the years.

Gary

 

[toggleswitch]

Reality check in Aisle 1, please.

BUT YOU YOURSELF SPENT IT, DEAR!

Saw that. Wasn't it Two x 10k square feet?

Why doesn't the spouse say "GET HELP NOW OR ELSE?"

When she was told what the proceeds of the huge "Tag-sale" were she was amazed.