Keeping useless things

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I hate to throw anything away - because as soon as you dispose of something (unless it really is pretty much useless like a smashed glass or an empty biscuit packet) then a few days later you find you have a need for it, or you meet someone else who is looking for just that thing. So I tend to keep all sorts of odds and ends just in case they come in handy for me or someone else. My parents were just the same, and if I ever queried why they were keeping what appeared to be junk they always had some logical reason for it. Of course they both hoarded different things, and then blamed each other for the clutter! This is one thing that really made me laugh though - neatly kept in an old envelope and carefully labelled is what must be a useless object, surely! Of course I still have it, just in case… All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2020.