How clean is your house?"Part of my kitchen floor are thick with dust, grease, part of a broken mug, a few mummified oven-chips, a desiccated used teabag and a couple of pieces of cutlery", says Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic. To most people, that's filth. To some of us, that's dinner. Tell us about squalid homes or obsessive cleaners.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 25 Mar 2010, 13:00)
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I can't be the only one here with this philosophyI'm happy to have just one nice room and that's all. I keep the living room tidy and make sure the kitchen surfaces are clean and the pots are done. Apart from that, everything's tickety-boo.
Though I am an awful hoarder. That combined with chronic procrastination means that clutter does accumulate. A few examples:
In the cupboard under the stairs is a 6ft high pile of computer magazines. (PC Pro, Computer Shopper etc), not one is less than 5 years old. I intended to read the articles and then leave them one by one in waiting rooms. Not just that but there are other computer magazines in cupboards upstairs including cover disks. Not just that, but I've kept all of the wife's back issues of Performance Bike from the early 90s.
Under our bed is an old suitcase full of clothes I haven't been able to get into for at least 10 years. Also includes some of Mrs Sandettie's clothes that I particularly enjoyed seeing her in.
Bottom of my wardrobe are several bags of wires and cables. Adapters, computer cables, extensions and god knows how many SCART leads.
Ring binders containing old college work from 5 years ago. I won't let the missus get rid of her college work from 10 years ago. I saw how much effort she put into it and it just seems wrong to bin it all.
One of Mrs SLVA's friends is the complete opposite. Her mantra is that if it has not been used in 6 months and isn't Xmas decorations or photographs then get shut of it. She has a point and I'm coming around to the idea. Though I don't like binning stuff unless I think someone else could make use of it. Stuff has been given away via Freecycle, though no one wants the PC magazines.
I got up this morning with the best intentions, but then whilst having my breakfast, began reading this QOTW, which was a mistake as I've realised that I'm nowhere near as bad as some others.
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sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 9:58,
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I'm the same..except I was coerced into binning 2/3 of my Performance Bikes collection about three weeks ago and I'm beginning to feel a pang of regret about it! If you want shut of some, feel free to gaz me!
Andy.
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