@LillyHerself All it takes is ONE TIME needing something, remembering that you saved that thing, being able to find it, and having it actually work, to be doomed to a lifetime of saving every "perfectly good" thing you don't need any more.
@philipbrewer@LillyHerself I used to be the go-to person for cables and weird old hardware in the Biology Department. Then they moved me into a much smaller office and so I spitefully threw out all of that stuff. Afterward, people would come to ask if I had this thing or that thing and I would say, "Ya know. I *used* to have one of those, but they moved me into this smaller office and I didn't have the space to keep it."