Am I a hoarder?
Many people would say that I am, especially when they see all the stuff we have. This stuff is always in the process of getting cleaned up and priced for the flea market, or waiting to be listed on ebay.
In reality, I am not really attached to much.
Tools are a real weakness for me, and quite possibly a sickness, LOL. I just love tools, especially tools that I don't already own. My other weakness is hardware, or anything you might find in a real garage shop. WD-40? I have eight cans that I've found at estate sales. PB Blaster? 4 cans. Propane? 4 bottles, and it nearly killed me to take a full one to the flea market yesterday. Nails, screws and bolts? I probably have a lifetime supply, LOL.
Back to the tools: I don't hardly care about power tools, even though I own them. I may or may not own large boxes of antique wrenches. Or hand planes. Or socket sets. Or tool boxes. Or screw drivers. Or files. Or C-clamps. Or pliers.
I still think, that if I had a problem with hoarding tools, it is probably due to the way I grew up. You see, my father is a wizard repairman, and can fix anything in the world. But money back 40 years ago was really tight in my family, and my father made do with a very small box of junk tools, many of which were hand-me-downs. Over the years, in the middle of a project, I would hear him utter "I could really use a 10 inch C-clamp right now", which always saddened me to see my father work in such an earnest fashion while doing without....and probably explains why I own over 30 high quality C-clamps in various sizes. Of course, I bought them all at rock bottom prices, and have collected 1 or 2 at a time over the years.
.....Out of sight out of mind!
