SUM PERCH!

A serious response may be out of order here, but I've wondered the same thing myself. Seriously (if you'll excuse the expression), I think that the "trasher's remorse" stimulates the part of the brain that thinks of creative and useful things to do with old junk.

I'm hanging on to my 19th century drawknives and those three WWII 28-Vdc electric motors. You just never know.

Oh, and the two packs of Sandvik HSS power-hacksaw blades...

-- Ed Huntress

Maybe not for carpet, but for more unusual stuff, my theory is that you forget about it until you take it to the dump. So, you might have used it if you had remembered that you had it, but you had forgotten about it. Until you clean out and take it to the dump.

It's sort of a Catch 22: you don't need it when you have it and you need it when you don't have it.

Bob

Lol..I just bought..or traded rather..a power hacksaw. I knew I had those blade around for something besides knife making.

Though..it does come with a pretty good sized package of Starrett bimetal hacksaw blades...

Gunner

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence, and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years . It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints, and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

Theodore Dalrymple,

Yeeah, but.

Isn't it odd that we deeply discount the value of unobstructed walkways and clean horizontal surfaces? They can be the most effective stimulus to creative thought, yes?

--Winston

See, that's the full-blown packrat mentality: Hang on to those saw blades, you never know when a saw will turn up.

I keep a Ferrari piston on my bookshelf for the same reason.

-- Ed Huntress

Maybe we need to reorganize the way we do things. We could take a tip from Windows and have a "trash bin" to temporarily house the stuff we throw out, and then after a reasonable amount of time actually carry it to the dump. Hmmm...I wonder. Us really hard case pack rats could have someone else do the final dirty deed. Probably wouldn't help, though. This is probably as deeply ingrained as Murphy's Law.

Ron Thompson On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space Center, USA

-Ron Thompson

I have an ignition switch for a 30' Searay and a pair of size 4 lace panties.

An ignition switch? That's a long reach, but maybe...

New or used?

-- Ed Huntress

We usually do..they are called Next of Kin.

Gunner

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence, and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years . It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints, and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

Theodore Dalrymple,

Coool!! Were they both removed from service?

Gunner

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence, and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years . It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints, and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been as swift and complete as the collapse of British power.

Theodore Dalrymple,

I'm still wondering why "panties" are plural and "bra" is singular.....

That's probably as inane as wodering why if money doesn't grow on trees most banks have branches.

Jeff

A friend of mine in Bonsall, California, has a Ferrari Dino that was a centerfold in Car and Driver. Next time we go, I'm making him take it out from under the dust cover, and I am taking my picture with it.

Such a car!

He also has two Maseratis, a Lamborghini, two Porsches, and a Volvo (for runs to the store.)

Must be tough.

Steve

Steve

It's called "the back shed" - the one where, about every other year, I toss a handfuls of moth balls through the holes in the floor to encourage the black kitties with white stripes to go four doors up the street and visit the guy with the wildlife control business. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

And are pants singular or plural?

ans: singular at the top and plural at the bottom. ...lew...

You take one lousy week off to join Thorax at the Elvis concert, and this is what happens: Jeff Wisnia writes on Sun, 08 Jan

Sheesh, any one knows that money doesn't grow on trees, it comes from mint plants.

And as Daniel the spaniel responded when his father said "Motorcycles don't grow on trees!" "Of course not, they come from plants!"

tschus pyotr

And there's even a name for those kind of words, it's "plurale tantum":

Jeff

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 15:37:20 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm, "Steve B" quickly quoth:

Hey, that's 7 miles from where I used to live! (Vista, CA)

Yeah, there are a lot of rich uckfays in the Bonsall/Fallbrook area. Have you ever seen the old Lamborghini 4WDs? I'll bet they'd be as much fun as the high-speed sweeties.

On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 03:58:15 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, Lew Hartswick quickly quoth:

A single unit is known as a pair of pants, sir. Go figure.

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