Thrown away: The stuff you loved and lost.Smash Wogan writes, "we all love our Mums, but we all know that Mums can be cunts, throwing out our carefully hoarded crap that we know is going to be worth millions some day."
What priceless junk have you lost because someone just threw it out?
Zero points for "all my porn". Unless it was particularly good porn...
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chthonic, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:32)
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Nobody's fault but mineChanges of location / partner have meant that I've lost loads of stuff, some of it that might be important. Thankfully in my 40s I don't need my degree certificate or any evidence of exams passed, because I have them not. Ditto my birth certificate. I have very few photos of me, in fact no evidence at all in photo form of quite a few relationships and one marriage. Possibly this is for the best.
I bought the first ever Q magazine - back when it was good - also lost, as was a 12inch vinyl of "Uncertain Smile" by The The which would probably be worth a bit by now.
Overall I've lost and thrown away enough stuff to fill several skips, and I'm not sure whether to be ashamed of my profligacy, or relieved that possessions don't mean that much to me. I even binned my old ZX Spectrum last year when my parents moved, and I must have spent the equivalent of several years on that thing, rubber keys and all.
What would I want back if I could have it ? Innocence I guess. Possessions - meaningless. And don't talk to me about sentimental value. I'd rather people remembered me for me rather than for an item associated with me or a present I gave them. Nothing more depressing than after a relative dies, sifting through their stuff, dividing it up and then realising that you'd much rather have that person back than the stuff they left behind them...
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I_Was_Mordred, Thu 14 Aug 2008, 16:57,
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