super stash

Hey Brat, she's got more yarn than you.... Cheryl

Yes, yes, she does and more power to her. I'm actually working on offloading some of mine. Got three boxes worth to list on Ebay if I can get around to it soon.

Elizabeth (turning yarn into agility entry fees)

Elizabeth

There's a joke there someplace.

Cheryl

The woman that died and her cat needed a home - I mentioned to the superintendent the other day that some nights the beast dashes all over from room to room chasing a scrunched up piece of foil. She said to me, 'It must be fun for her because she didn't have room to dash anywhere before" The woman was a sewer and her place was filled like that with all sorts of fabrics, mostly in bags just as they came from the stores. She was sitting in her chair hemming a skirt when this major stroke hit, she fell forward across a table and was gone.

Great way to go really, she didn't have anyone to be shocked about it.

I was trying to be tactful in case we have anyone here who has this condition. It's a serious emotional condition. Some people have it with things, some with animals. It's pretty serious.

And not talking about it won't make it go away. And not talking about it helps people who have it feel like they're the only ones who have it and there's no help for them. Tactful isn't always the best approach, in my opinion. I was amazed and greatly helped, when I first went on anti-depressants, to find that there were lots of other people in my circle who were willing to admit that they had been on them or were still on them and were willing to share their experiences with me so that I felt more hopeful and less alone.

Elizabeth

I have a history here in rctn of not being very tactful, so in my not so infinite wisdom felt it was prudent to remain tactful while still saying how serious this emotional condition is. I don't think I avoided it, rather I said it's a serious emotional condition. What should I do? Tell people who hoard they are crazies? Do you think that is the way to go? I don't. In the past I'd have just slammed it all and would get flamed for being so hard. Now being tactful and being corrected for that. Where is the center here?

I'm not correcting you. I'm just explaining why *I* wasn't being tactful about it.

Elizabeth

Are you pouting Vic ? lol

FYI -- the Collyer brothers were world class collectors or to put it less kindly, hoarders, who were unable to get rid of anything:

am doomed!!!!!!!!!!!! My family is no where near that bad but we do tend to save anything that could be used at another time or because we're afraid we won't have what we need when we need it. Plus, my stitching friends vociferously encourge accumulating stuff.

"Jangchub" wrote >

I was trying to be tactful in case we have anyone here who has this condition. It's a serious emotional condition. Some people have it with things, some with animals. It's pretty serious.

The animal hoarder thing is so very sad, since it always starts out as someone with the best intentions. A middle-aged man was sentenced here last week; he had more than 100 cats in his home, some dead and just lying there, others dying......breaks my heart. Imagine how the Humane Society people must feel receiving all the sick animals at once, only a handful could be salvaged and brought to health so they could find homes

Dawne

"Jangchub" wrote

Vic, IMHO since your return you have been tactful while remaining honest, which isn't always easy. Don't know if that is the exact centre, but it is certainly an accomplishment.

Dawne

I can't understand why it is so messy and sloppy!! I would die if someone took a picture of a room in my house looking like that!! A couple of months ago, a knitting friend of mine (who likes to brag that her yarn has it's own room) invited me over for a look.

The room was crammed with discarded furniture and what appeared to be trash!! The yarn was tossed in the closet and all over the floor. The floor was filthy!! There were cats going in and out and climbing on everything. The smell was horrible!! Smelled like the cats were doing more than passing through!! Was barely able to keep myself from gagging (am a nurse and can handle a LOT of nasty). Touching the yarn made my hands feel "sticky-dirty".

She has invited me over several times since, but I always have an excuse (and always will)!!!

just me, Cathy from KY in CA

Put on a red hat, declare yourself a GOW, and say you don't care what anyone thinks. :)

I've had a number of friends (and a spouse) who took anti-depressants long-term, and it's been sufficiently publicized that depression is a biochemical problem, not a personality flaw, so I was stunned to have one of my doctors claim to a third party that I say I have CFS in order to avoid the stigma of admitting to depression. Nowadays, CFS has far more stigma than depression.

Only if you're engaging in disease-size-wars online.

Did you send that stuff to my dean yet? Haven't heard from him.

Elizabeth

Nobody here would ever do such a thing !