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My "Save the Earth" scheme just turned me into a packrat

Aoi Hana @swirlz (3136) • Philippines 1 Feb 12

I eat a lot of fast food these past months, well because they're easily accessible, especially for someone who doesn't have a kitchen in her living quarters. But, the containers from take-out (plastic/paper cans) I always keep to...

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Packrat or careless user?

Lore2009 @Lore2009 (7378) • United States 13 Oct 10

My sister is getting ready to move out soon and it is interesting to see all the things she has kept all this time. Do you save everything and have things from ever since you were little or do you easily damage and throw things...

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Are you a packrat writer?

Yodeyo @Yodeyo (36) • United States 12 Sep 09

I have kept just about every major piece of writing I have composed since I was a child. In my garage, I have elementary school reports and paragraphs; middle school poetry, books, newspaper articles, and speeches; high school...

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Do you think living frugal ...

busyB4 @busyB4 (874) • United States 31 Mar 09

makes you more of a pakrat? I find myself having a harder time getting rid of things iwth the economy as it is! I tend to think I might need these things instead of getting rid of them and living simplier. Do you find yourself...

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are you a packrat

poppoppop111 @poppoppop111 (5731) • Canada 18 Jan 09

do you keep everything? do you have a house full of useless stuff. i'm not a packrat. usually when i move i through everything out that is no necessary so i have less to pack and move. i hate nicknacks so my house is pretty bare....

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Are you a packrat?

konomi777 @konomi777 (86) • United States 2 Jan 09

My boyfriend is definitely a packrat. He has stuff from his childhood days, and he's 33. We moved into a new home and before we where living in a condo, and a lot of his stuff was in the storage downstairs. So I didn't know he had...

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Ever decluttered Your Home?

ShepherdSpy @ShepherdSpy (8544) • Omagh, Northern Ireland 8 Oct 08

I know I have packrat tendencies,but My relations gave me some furniture recently,and they had to help me Declutter to make room for it! I suppose I just didn't know where to start when the stuff I have already was in good...

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oh no! i am becoming my mother!

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 2 Jul 08

i was cleaning out my craft corner and much to my suprise, i realized that i was a packrat just like my mom! (much to the shock and dismay of the reality!) do you ever get moments like this?

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Great recycler or pack rat?

3ddatawiz @3ddatawiz (38) • United States 16 Jun 08

My mother-in-law recycles everything. Plastic sandwich bags, to cardboard wrapping paper spindles. Some of her ideas are really great, like the medicine bottles. She uses old prescription medicine bottles, to store things like...

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Do feel boxed in by clutter?

SukiSmiles @SukiSmiles (1991) • United States 24 Jan 08

I will admit - I am a packrat. I love to collect almost anything. Especially books, DVDs, beading stuff, scrapbooking stuff, postage stamps to name a few. And I mean a few. But as I look around I am beginning to just see stuff...

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packrats & computers

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 21 Mar 07

have you noticed that computers are the new victim of the packrat? hard drives are having to get bigger and bigger to accomodate the larger and larger amounts of digital junk that packrats stuff into their machines. cute .jpegs of...

Are you a PackRat or Know someone that is....

mzbubblie @mzbubblie (3839) • United States 24 Jan 07

Do you find yourself keeping thing you know you probably won't ever use? Possibly have a family member or friend who keeps everything they get and it just piles up until you have to find places to put items inside. Do you find...

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Do You Live With a Packrat?

khalablue @khalablue (309) • Canada 12 Jan 07

My husband is a serious packrat and I am starting to get to be as bad as him, even though I wasn't one when we got married. How do you get out of the habit of storing junk because it just might have some future value? I know you...

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Are you a pack rat?

crosschk @crosschk (818) • United States 4 Dec 06

I am I keep everything. I've tried to toss things out but I never know what I may need so I dont throw anything out, drive my wife crazy, how about you?

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Help!!!!

wahmoftwo @wahmoftwo (1296) • United States 2 Dec 06

I have a grandmother that spent a lot of time going to yardsales. She and my late grandfather bougt ALOT of stuff with the intention of reselling it to make a profit. They did this for many years with some success. The problem...

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"packrats"

joshdale08 @joshdale08 (2320) • Philippines 1 Dec 06

do you find packrats annoying? i do, specially when we share the same house. i definitely abhor clutter and keeping eveything, even useless things, totally annoys me.

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Are you a packrat?

vmoore709 @vmoore709 (1101) • United States 25 Nov 06

Do you tend to keep almost everything you've ever owned? I am a big packrat, especially when it comes to my kid's artwork.

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advice

candaceb87 @candaceb87 (1362) • Canada 20 Oct 06

i am a pack rat!! how do i decide what to throw away?i have too much clutter and my daughter loves to get into it. please any advice would be great. thank you

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