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Warmish and damp. Overcast. Yesterday was much nicer later in the day. It even cleared up, although there was some moisture from the sky in various places, it never really rained and the sky was visible most of the time.
I did some errands in the morning, then helped out a friend in the afternoon. At an auction I picked up a power chair for him to give to his mother. It needs batteries and a little spring but is otherwise shiny and like new. A lot of folks get a scooter and don’t last long enough to wear it out… but it will be a nice quality of life upgrade for his mom. Anyway, got that delivered, then headed north.
I had an estate sale thing based on my non-prepping hobby, and it was more than an hour north. It lasted a couple hours, then I headed home. I did pick up some stuff, but not what I was hoping for based on the pictures. None the less, I’ll have some good stuff for ‘show and tell’ next week.
The guy was a collector, not a hoarder. He had several different, unrelated collections, and he tended to quantity over quality. In a youtube video last night, someone I’ve started watching called himself ‘an accumulator’, not a ‘hoarder’. There is a difference and the new word fits both the guy whose stuff I was going through, and me. I ‘accumulate’. I don’t ‘hoard’.
I think most of us accumulate. It’s a very human thing to accumulate resources. Even homeless people do it. Prisoners do it. The people featured in “Alone” do it. The Jack Reacher character doesn’t do it and it freaks out everyone who notices.
I’m accumulating stuff I hope will help me later, mostly for living but also for recreation and hobby use. I try to make sure the stuff I keep is good stuff, and not just a lot of stuff. I recommend y’all do it too. Stack it up.
nick
(and to back up my contention that there is money laying around everywhere, you just have to recognize it, I picked up an automobile transmission on the side of the road coming home from my buddy’s house, and dropped it off at the scrap yard. Turned it into a quick $14. Not gonna send the girls to college, but pays for a few gallons of gas, and only took a few extra minutes of life.)