The Benefits of Hoarding: One Practical Example.

RE: The Benefits of Hoarding: One Practical Example.

DAB — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 20:39:45 GMT

Hoarding is its own reward.

RE: The Benefits of Hoarding: One Practical Example.

kmikemoo — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 19:41:07 GMT

A few years back, our kitchen TV started losing volume - as in "drive to zero and stay there". The wife wanted a new TV so... done. I took apart the old TV. Replaced the Volume Down button with a PCB pushbutton that I had bought 20 of - because it costs almost the same for 20 as it does for 5 - and Voila! Now I have a 32" TV that works fine but I don't need. [emoticon:d6dd260102fd406884fc96b8bc59760b][emoticon:752f32bcc91d4a448db162742a877a4a]

RE: The Benefits of Hoarding: One Practical Example.

dougw — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 02:38:01 GMT

I have a large repository of "stuff" that I utilize whenever needed and I save "stuff" that might be useful in the future, as long as I have enough space to do so. Just like I keep a lot of data, documents, photos etc on various storage media. I only purge it when I run out of space. My collection of "stuff" is a physical analogy. I don't want to recreate data or repurchase "stuff" if I can avoid it by keeping it in accessible storage. I don't think of it as hoarding since I give any of it away to anyone who needs it.

RE: The Benefits of Hoarding: One Practical Example.

genebren — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 21:12:11 GMT

Yes, on several occasions. Most recently an USB connector on piece of test equipment broke off when an attached cable was accidentally stepped on. The pins of the connector were broken off at the connector. Looking through my stock of USB connectors (current 16 different models, including mini, micro and normal), I was able to find the exact replacement.