Basic GlitchHave you ever made an impulse purchase that you can't really explain or remember why you made the decision? Do you regret it?
I live in an apartment. I was at a yard sale and saw an old pipe wrench. About a meter long and weighing about 5 kilos. Testosterone told me that I needed to own this. Brought it home and left it in the closet for years.
Last week the kitchen sink was stopped up. Took me about twenty minutes to locate the monster, but I knew I had kept it. Another five minutes to set it to the right size and position it. A half turn loosened the bolt on the U pipe. I was able to snake out the drain without calling the super.
Now I can boast about my mighty feat on the interwebs!
Nice one. I agree that the hardest part of hoarding potentially useful stuff is being able find it 5 years later when finally have a use for it.
There’s an episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Hal and Lois discover they have a downstairs bathroom that got so filled with junk they forgot about it.
I literally have dreams about that happening at my place. Like, often dream about searching through the garage for a box or something and I open a door to a hallway that leads to a totally different part of our house that we forgot about since we moved in.
Like I said, I live in an apartment and I’ve never mown a lawn in my life.
One day I was in rural Pennsylvania on the way to a camping trip. We stop at a mall to pick up last minute supplies. There’s a display of riding lawn mowers outside.
I’m sitting on one like a child on a mechanical horsey
I saw a pair of $40 scissors at the hardware store the other day. These things were like almost the size of my forearm. I have no idea what I’d use them for. I may pick them up next time I go.
Someone else posted a similar story.
They do landscaping and whenever kids walk by the youngsters look in awe at the huge shears they use to trim plants.
The poster said they’d think “That’s right kids! I get paid to use giant scissors.”
good old tin snips. when I worked at home Depot, zero-markdowned a pair for myself because they were perfect for cutting the thick plastic bands around bunks of lumber and roof panels. I kept those suckers when I quit and use them frequently around the house. it’s not an impulse purchase, it’s an investment in your future.