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    So after more than 26 years I'm moving out of my first house/home. My parents bought a new house and I'm moving with them. My own house will hopefully be ready later this year (there have been lots of problems with the build...). It amazes me how much stuff I actually have. And how little of it I actually use. I am subscribed to three magazines. I've kept about 15 years of a popular scientific magazines, about 15 years of gaming magazines and 10 years of a (metal) music magazine. Furthermore I have about 1000 CD's and LP's and 500 DVD's. And some random stuff that has sentimental value, like gifts from people and souvenirs from faraway places. And I get to move all of it again in a few months... :sigh:

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    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

      So after more than 26 years I'm moving out of my first house/home. My parents bought a new house and I'm moving with them. My own house will hopefully be ready later this year (there have been lots of problems with the build...). It amazes me how much stuff I actually have. And how little of it I actually use. I am subscribed to three magazines. I've kept about 15 years of a popular scientific magazines, about 15 years of gaming magazines and 10 years of a (metal) music magazine. Furthermore I have about 1000 CD's and LP's and 500 DVD's. And some random stuff that has sentimental value, like gifts from people and souvenirs from faraway places. And I get to move all of it again in a few months... :sigh:

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      Just think, if we didn't have so much stuff, we wouldn't even need houses! :-D

      The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

        So after more than 26 years I'm moving out of my first house/home. My parents bought a new house and I'm moving with them. My own house will hopefully be ready later this year (there have been lots of problems with the build...). It amazes me how much stuff I actually have. And how little of it I actually use. I am subscribed to three magazines. I've kept about 15 years of a popular scientific magazines, about 15 years of gaming magazines and 10 years of a (metal) music magazine. Furthermore I have about 1000 CD's and LP's and 500 DVD's. And some random stuff that has sentimental value, like gifts from people and souvenirs from faraway places. And I get to move all of it again in a few months... :sigh:

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        It's amazing how much stuff we accumulate and ususally I move it all and throw out un-needed stuff after I move it?

        Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever! Rich Tennant 5th Wave

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        • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

          So after more than 26 years I'm moving out of my first house/home. My parents bought a new house and I'm moving with them. My own house will hopefully be ready later this year (there have been lots of problems with the build...). It amazes me how much stuff I actually have. And how little of it I actually use. I am subscribed to three magazines. I've kept about 15 years of a popular scientific magazines, about 15 years of gaming magazines and 10 years of a (metal) music magazine. Furthermore I have about 1000 CD's and LP's and 500 DVD's. And some random stuff that has sentimental value, like gifts from people and souvenirs from faraway places. And I get to move all of it again in a few months... :sigh:

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          JimmyRopes
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          I learned a while ago if I haven't used something in the past 5 years i don't need to carry it around. Get rid of it, you don't need it. :doh:

          The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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          • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

            Just think, if we didn't have so much stuff, we wouldn't even need houses! :-D

            The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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            Sander Rossel
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            Or at least smaller ones...

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            • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

              It's amazing how much stuff we accumulate and ususally I move it all and throw out un-needed stuff after I move it?

              Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever! Rich Tennant 5th Wave

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              The question is what you don't need. You may not need it now, but maybe later. Or you might just like to hang on to stuff just because you've had it for so long and you feel good having it. When I ask my parents why they hang on to stuff they don't need they answer "so you can throw it out after we passed away", I guess that's how it goes...

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                I learned a while ago if I haven't used something in the past 5 years i don't need to carry it around. Get rid of it, you don't need it. :doh:

                The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
                Simply Elegant Designs JimmyRopes Designs
                I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes

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                Or it might have sentimental value... For me throwing out stuff is never easy. There's probably a reason I have something and I've kept it up to now. I probably paid for it :laugh:

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                • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                  Just think, if we didn't have so much stuff, we wouldn't even need houses! :-D

                  The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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                  I heard a definition of a house as follows: A house is where you keep all your stuff while you are out getting more stuff. That sums it up for me.

                  - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

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                  • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                    The question is what you don't need. You may not need it now, but maybe later. Or you might just like to hang on to stuff just because you've had it for so long and you feel good having it. When I ask my parents why they hang on to stuff they don't need they answer "so you can throw it out after we passed away", I guess that's how it goes...

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                    and I find as soon as I throw it out I need it. If I would have hung on to stuff from when I was a kid I'd be a rich man today? You never know what has value.

                    Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever! Rich Tennant 5th Wave

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                    • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                      It's amazing how much stuff we accumulate and ususally I move it all and throw out un-needed stuff after I move it?

                      Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever! Rich Tennant 5th Wave

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                      Like my partner - a classic hoarder.

                      Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell

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                      • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                        So after more than 26 years I'm moving out of my first house/home. My parents bought a new house and I'm moving with them. My own house will hopefully be ready later this year (there have been lots of problems with the build...). It amazes me how much stuff I actually have. And how little of it I actually use. I am subscribed to three magazines. I've kept about 15 years of a popular scientific magazines, about 15 years of gaming magazines and 10 years of a (metal) music magazine. Furthermore I have about 1000 CD's and LP's and 500 DVD's. And some random stuff that has sentimental value, like gifts from people and souvenirs from faraway places. And I get to move all of it again in a few months... :sigh:

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                        What amazes me is that you still feel compelled to life with (and therefore off ) your parents. Given that you must be at least 26, why haven't you moved out before and got your own place? Ye Gods, I was 18 when I left for university and have never lived with my parents since. My son was 17 when he left home and moved in with a couple of pals. (Didn't work out, but he didn't come home, just moved in with his girlfriend). To still be at home at your age is really odd.

                        --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                          What amazes me is that you still feel compelled to life with (and therefore off ) your parents. Given that you must be at least 26, why haven't you moved out before and got your own place? Ye Gods, I was 18 when I left for university and have never lived with my parents since. My son was 17 when he left home and moved in with a couple of pals. (Didn't work out, but he didn't come home, just moved in with his girlfriend). To still be at home at your age is really odd.

                          --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                          He does seem to be in the process of creating his own home, but I don't think scrounging off staying at home with the parents is that unusual these days. The era of turn at and leave is long gone.

                          Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                          • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                            Just think, if we didn't have so much stuff, we wouldn't even need houses! :-D

                            The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.

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                            Very well said, that's the extra baggage we live with.

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                            • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                              Or it might have sentimental value... For me throwing out stuff is never easy. There's probably a reason I have something and I've kept it up to now. I probably paid for it :laugh:

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                              Sander Rossel wrote:

                              it might have sentimental value

                              That is about the only reason to keep things you don't use.

                              The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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                              • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                                Or it might have sentimental value... For me throwing out stuff is never easy. There's probably a reason I have something and I've kept it up to now. I probably paid for it :laugh:

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                                Sander Rossel wrote:

                                Or it might have sentimental value

                                That is about the only reason to keep things you don't use, but only keep things that have very real sentimental value, not just old junk from your childhood.

                                The report of my death was an exaggeration - Mark Twain
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                                • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                                  So after more than 26 years I'm moving out of my first house/home. My parents bought a new house and I'm moving with them. My own house will hopefully be ready later this year (there have been lots of problems with the build...). It amazes me how much stuff I actually have. And how little of it I actually use. I am subscribed to three magazines. I've kept about 15 years of a popular scientific magazines, about 15 years of gaming magazines and 10 years of a (metal) music magazine. Furthermore I have about 1000 CD's and LP's and 500 DVD's. And some random stuff that has sentimental value, like gifts from people and souvenirs from faraway places. And I get to move all of it again in a few months... :sigh:

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                                  there have been lots of problems with the build.

                                  Just fix the errors, ignore the warnings. You'll be fine for a while. :cool:

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                                    What amazes me is that you still feel compelled to life with (and therefore off ) your parents. Given that you must be at least 26, why haven't you moved out before and got your own place? Ye Gods, I was 18 when I left for university and have never lived with my parents since. My son was 17 when he left home and moved in with a couple of pals. (Didn't work out, but he didn't come home, just moved in with his girlfriend). To still be at home at your age is really odd.

                                    --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                                    I live on a seperate floor with two pretty big rooms and a toilet. My parents leave me alone most of the time. I don't do (m)any chores at home, I don't pay for stuff, I can use the BMW on the driveway. I used to play the drums which is easy here since we live in a house detached from others. When I move out on my own (prior to this that probably would've been a small apartment) I'd lose space, I'd lose the car, I'd lose time doing all those chores, I would have to give up drumming... The last thing I'd want is to live with some strangers in a big city in a students apartment. Yikes! I guess I'm just really spoiled. Since about a year I don't want to live here anymore. My dad has been picking up on piano playing, so I get to listen to that every night for a few hours. I've been living with it for about one to two years and decided I really needed to get out. Plus something has been missing here since my cat died at the age of almost twenty over a year ago. That's when I bought a house (I could get a girlfriend and two kids there and I'd still have enough rooms, not that I don't want any kids). I still really don't feel like moving out on my own though... Because that's just what it'll be; on my own. At least I'll get a new cat.

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                                      there have been lots of problems with the build.

                                      Just fix the errors, ignore the warnings. You'll be fine for a while. :cool:

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                                      The error was that my house is apparently being build in a swamp... The whole block sank a few millimeters into the ground cracking some walls etc. They fixed it, but then it happened again :~ Don't know much about that though. I'll be hearing more next week.

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                                        What amazes me is that you still feel compelled to life with (and therefore off ) your parents. Given that you must be at least 26, why haven't you moved out before and got your own place? Ye Gods, I was 18 when I left for university and have never lived with my parents since. My son was 17 when he left home and moved in with a couple of pals. (Didn't work out, but he didn't come home, just moved in with his girlfriend). To still be at home at your age is really odd.

                                        --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                                        Dalek Dave wrote:

                                        To still be at home at your age is really odd

                                        This a typical "old fart" comment, really :-D

                                        ~RaGE();

                                        I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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                                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                                          To still be at home at your age is really odd

                                          This a typical "old fart" comment, really :-D

                                          ~RaGE();

                                          I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.

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                                          Middle aged fart!

                                          --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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