TBow Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Seven months ago when I retired, there were a few things I swore I'd never do, but today one of my worst fears came to pass. The weather had predicted rain for today, so I hadn't planed on working outside, hence I made no preparations. Well the weather although cool, had no precipitation, but my awaiting jobs continued to wait as I had no materials with which to tackle them. So there I was stranded at home with nothing to do. So just in an effort to fill the time I did what I swore I'd only so in a dire emergency. That's right, I started sorting and organizing the nuts and bolts cache in my workshop! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :wacko:! Well at least there was one small concellation to my afternoon's activity. I was able to stave off any urges to place the hardware assortments into glass jars and screw them onto lids attached to the botton of my shelves! Red Green says that's a sure sign of getting old! TBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiepredator Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Man were you ever bored! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goinghuntin Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Well at least there was one small concellation to my afternoon's activity. I was able to stave off any urges to place the hardware assortments into glass jars and screw them onto lids attached to the botton of my shelves! Red Green says that's a sure sign of getting old! TBow And we all know that Red Green is never wrong Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 should've went and bought a wack load of timmy's and started rolin up the rim!!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 I know what you mean. I retired in 2002 and have the most organized workshop in Arkansas. Just the other day I got my unused 4 year old Drill Doctor out and sharpened every dull and broken drill bit I have accumulated in the last fifty years. I probably won't ever touch it again. I even got the shop vac out and got rid of all the winter spider webs that were growing around the windows. ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleyman Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 HAHA. sounds like a busy day. lmbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobbly_Alaska Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 LOL i can remember helping my dad screw baby food jars to the shelf.... i guess i am at the stage of OLD enough to have Many many many tools... and young enough to remember which project they are under and where they are all at:hammer1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 glass jars and screw them onto lids attached to the botton of my shelves! hey, they are my pride and joy in my barn ........ they work great too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 I'm sure there's a "sorters anonymous" in your area. You've managed the first step in realizing it's a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 I sorted all mine some time ago. They went right into a 5 gallon bucket and to the scrap yard. I didn't use hardly any of them in the time that I had them. That was one heavy bucket...I think I got 10 bucks for the mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBow Posted April 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 All of my nuts, bolts and washers are all part of my treasured "stuff" that I've been collecting for years. It's hard to think of my stuff going to some stranger or a cold dark place where my stuff will miss me I'm sure. I just wouldn't be able to sleep nights knowing my stuff wasn't my stuff anymore. I can't tell you how many times I've endeavored to sort through my stuff and cut down the size of my stuff, but then that lingering question always arises, "What if I do a project or repair just next week and find I need this stuff to fix it, and I've tossed it all out?". No I better hang on to that stuff for another 20 years in case I might need it. That way my kids will have all my stuff to sort through when I pass on. Seems fair for all the grief they put me through during their teenage years when they used to trash all my good stuff without even a thought! :yes: And what's with my wife yelling at me the other day while I was sorting and mumbling, "It's all my stuff. It's mine. All mine!". I vauguely recall her distant words in the background, "GEOFF! STEP AWAY FROM THE PARTS BINS!!!!!!", as she was calling my kids for help! :hammer1: TBow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 LOL!... I am a pack rat, too! They do say of you don't use something on 6 months time you really don't need it. Except for the seasonal things of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 a neat shop is the sign of a sick mind. i'm above normal as anyone will tell you who's been to my house, my shop isn't neat. and it carries over into my garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 Stick a fork in him, he's done. The next thing you know, you will be yelling at the neighborhood kids for getting on your lawn and screaming about how when you were their age, you had respect for your elders! I need to do the same thing as you did. I keep buying things I already have! Enjoy your retirement you old fart. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 LOL I know people who do that a couple times a month. I don't see a need but whatever youd like:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Schmeck Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 Whew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There for a minute I thought you were going to tell us you watched Oprah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted April 15, 2010 Report Share Posted April 15, 2010 a neat shop is the sign of a sick mind. i'm above normal as anyone will tell you who's been to my house, my shop isn't neat. and it carries over into my garage. Could'nt agree with you more Steve...LOL (I still have to clean up from the last hunting season) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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