Newsletter chitchat - April 15, 2025

[Cassel]

Whether you qualify yourself as a hoarder or not, maybe you still hold on to some things that "you might use later".

Over time, I am sure some of those things you have stored have found some use, many years later.

Share some of those stories!

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

Jaren en jaren geleden had ik de leuk fleurig gekleurde sandaaltjes van mijn tweeling bewaard. En warempel ik kreeg er nog een meisje bij. (ze inmiddels al bijna 50 jaar) Eindelijk paste ze na enige jaren. Dezelfde dag nog sprong er een bandje kapot maar ik dacht niet getreurd ik had immers 2 paar. maar ook die waren inmiddels vergaan denk ik. Dus pech hebben. Maar dat zal met goede yeans materiaal niet zo snel gebeuren denk ik.

[Dan Greenwood]

From the time I was very young, whenever any appliance or mechanical object was going to be thrown away, I took it apart and saved all the parts that I could. For instance, when my mother's reel-to-reel tape recorder that she'd had since high school stopped working, my sister and I bought her a more modern one, but which still used the same reels. I took apart the old recorder, saving springs, bolts, screws, spacer posts, the power cord, etc. Thirty years later, I needed a specific bolt with an uncommon thread. The one I found and used I recognized as being from that tape recorder. I also have old-time punched nails that I inherited when my grandfather died.

[Cassel]

9 minutes ago, Dan Greenwood said:

From the time I was very young, whenever any appliance or mechanical object was going to be thrown away, I took it apart and saved all the parts that I could. For instance, when my mother's reel-to-reel tape recorder that she'd had since high school stopped working, my sister and I bought her a more modern one, but which still used the same reels. I took apart the old recorder, saving springs, bolts, screws, spacer posts, the power cord, etc. Thirty years later, I needed a specific bolt with an uncommon thread. The one I found and used I recognized as being from that tape recorder. I also have old-time punched nails that I inherited when my grandfather died.

Over time, that must take a lot of space to keep all those bits and bobs!

[Dan Greenwood]

1 hour ago, Cassel said:

Over time, that must take a lot of space to keep all those bits and bobs!

Not too bad. I have a plastic unit with many small drawers to hold parts. I will admit that all the drawers are full!