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January 29, 2008, 1:15 am PST

01/30 "Get Rid of It!"

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I have been married for 19 years to a man  who  collects everything. I used to get to throw  things out once a year when he went to Bike Week  Florida. I would take huge garbage bags and throw all kind of things away. This is a man who has saved all his drivers licenses and registrations of every car he has owned. He is 61 years old. I am hoping to get some ideas from Dr. Phil's show on Wednesday.
My father used to save old medicine bottles(some with old pills still in them),batteries that no longer worked(AA,C,D-those kind of batteries.),flashlights...etc... It was a problem for my mother,she couldn't get him to let her clean out and throw away anything. His bedroom was full of a lot of just plain junk that no longer worked. I never knew why he kept all that stuff and I doubt if he knew either. He finally quit saving stuff on June 15,2006.(He died.) Good luck.
 
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July 27, 2008, 12:28 am PDT

poor people save everything.

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I have been married for 19 years to a man  who  collects everything. I used to get to throw  things out once a year when he went to Bike Week  Florida. I would take huge garbage bags and throw all kind of things away. This is a man who has saved all his drivers licenses and registrations of every car he has owned. He is 61 years old. I am hoping to get some ideas from Dr. Phil's show on Wednesday.
The depression is over saving things like you don't know where the next dollar is coming from is only making more work. More to dust etc... There is a thing called Clutterers Anonymous. The fist step is to take everything in the room that is worth less than $5.00 and take out, put it in a box, (don't throw the box away yet) Now take a look at the room and check it out to see if it looks better. Then go from there. Bring the wanted items to a church for their yard sale. Salvation Army helps people with thier profits too. Long Beach,CA
 


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