02-16-21, 01:58 PM | |
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Sherry, we're right there with you!!
Making the decisions about what to do is so hard. Only last week I finally found out that Habitat Rehome would come inside the house to retrieve dad's old electric recliners. Somehow having them gone has eased some of the ache, I guess I associated them with the misery of his final years. My hope is that they'll be useful to someone who truly needs them. Now to get back to general decluttering.
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02-16-21, 03:50 PM | |
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Sherry, good for you. That couldn't have been easy!
None of my MIL clothes were my style or size so they all went to a church missionary fund drive cause except for a winter coat that she had from her mother. It's not in the best shape but her mother is wearing it in many pictures we have and my husband was glad I kept it. Most of my FIL clothes were donated as well except for some large long sleeve t-shirts and ballcaps that my son and husband wanted to keep. It makes me smile when they wear them because the shirts are very large...and well...they're not so the shirts kind of drown them It sounds to me like you chose well in what you kept
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02-23-21, 12:54 PM | |
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DH's workplace had an e-waste drive. it kicked me into gear to remove the hard drive (HD) from a very old HP Pavilion desktop, which is probably Windows XP. after watching several youtube videos, it took me a little over an hour. my desktop was so old that my desktop looked vastly different from the ones shown - i had to adapt and use deduction to make sure i was removing it efficiently. there were 2 fans in the way, so i had to unscrew those.
1 down, 2 laptops to go! one laptop is on Vista () and the other Windows 7. also got rid of some old laptop batteries and other household batteries that were sitting around forever. I've heard of household batteries causing fires, so it was a good thing to get rid of them. i bought an enclosure for this first HD that i removed. i haven't plugged it into my working laptop just yet. waiting to read up a little more before doing so. i'm interested in the photos and home videos that might be on it.
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02-23-21, 01:09 PM | |
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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I am almost done clearing out my office/craft room. And I've ordered new furniture for the room that will give me a lot of storage options. So now, I just gotta get serious and finish pulling stuff out so I'm ready when the furniture gets here.
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02-23-21, 08:15 PM | |
Join Date: May 2004
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Laura that's great motivation and very exciting! I hope you take before and after pictures.
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02-24-21, 08:26 AM | |
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Well, I didn't take "before" pictures. I don't think I had any interest in documenting how bad it was. But I may take some "after" pics.
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02-24-21, 08:56 AM | ||
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I've got some ancient old computers that I need to get rid of somehow, but the whole process baffles me. I really don't get it. What am I supposed to do? Disassemble the computer somehow and then do what with the hard drives? Mine are so old I don't think they're at all compatible with anything truly modern. (Dad ignored the whole problem of what to do with an old computer by never getting rid of any, just shoving them in a closet.) Before the pandemic I'd briefly been in touch with some sort of charity that would dismantle/destroy old PCs and give you some sort of written proof that the work had been done with respect for privacy concerns and the proper disposal of toxic waste, but I've honestly forgotten who they were.
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