Thank you.
This is one thing that I am noticing, some measure the seating area of the couch, others measure how much space it takes up.
Thank you.
This is one thing that I am noticing, some measure the seating area of the couch, others measure how much space it takes up.
Well, you need both measurements. You need the actual arm to arm measurement to know if it will fit in your space and how it fits in your space.Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff
If you expect someone to sleep on it, you have to see if there’s adequate space for people to stretch out in a reasonable way Between the arms. I am 64 inches so my new 74 inch sofa will fit me just fine.
Yes, I came home with it and immediately put part of it into trash.
but she gave me floral containers with a proviso that I offer them to one other person in our garden club, the things I didn’t want. So since I don’t want any of them, I have to offer them to this other person. The other person is not someone I will see until July. So I sent her photos of all the containers and she picked out two.
That is progress, I can dispose of the rest anytime I like. One of them is good, so I will see that our new flower show student has first dibs at it, the rest of it I don’t care.
i’ve been taking boat loads of flower crap for disposal almost a decade now. I remember soon after I retired I had to clean out the storage shed for our Lily society. It was so depressing because so many little voices in the society offer their opinion that the stuff is good, but guess what they don’t want it.
Oh, I have a story. This is ridiculous. Y’all won’t believe this – DH who is so accommodating and so nice, drove a whole carload of specialized Lily show containers from our defunct liky society up north to the Iowa Lily Society, or that was the intent. Since he was going up north to Iowa, anyway…
One person refused the shipment. The other person was always unavailable and so he didn’t make a connection. He drove those items, a carload, back home to St. Louis. After that little fruitless exercise I felt no compunction in just getting rid of them.
And this year, the Iowa Lily Society is disbanding so they will have their own problems in disposing of their crap. I was bemused to see in their newsletter where they were talking about how to get rid of their precious “properties “one person suggested melting down their trophies. This is hilarious because these trophies are silver plate and they are completely worthless.
TLDR: people are dumb about the value of their stuff. Hey, this is the rant thread, and I get to rant about it!
Last edited by iris lilies; 6-3-25 at 7:29pm.
Yes, people are very dumb about the value of their stuff.
We just had our outdoor shed fixed up because it was starting to fall apart and the roof leaked like a sieve. So I had to take all my stuff out of it (it's "my" shed; DH has "his" shed.). I've been able to get rid of a lot of stuff--three contractor bags so far.
Some things I do hate just ditching, though, like the air mattress we bought for an occasion that never came to fruition. I say we put it on the curb with a "free" sign--DH says to just throw it away. The "throwing it away" isn't only irritating to me just because it's one more thing in the landfill--it's like throwing away $50 because no one got to use it We could have better spent that $50. So I'm going to put it up on the street. If SOMEONE gets use out of it, I don't feel as bad about wasting the money.
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Catherine, I guess if you haven’t used that air mattress by now you won’t be using it, but it seems like a very practical thing for you all to have since you have so many people come and stay with you.
I agree with IL that - with all your family - there may be use in the future. That said, if you still want to get rid of it, I agree with putting it out with a FREE sign.
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Yesterday was Day 1 of our town’s Garden Tour. It rained off and on all day. Only 35 people came through our garden. Today will be sunny, hopefully more people come through.
At these numbers it is hardly worth all of the work the committee does to put this thing on.
In the city when we were on garden tour we had a few hundred come through our garden and had a thousand in our house when our house was on the tour.
Don't you all have a Freecycle or Buy Nothing network in your area? I use Freecycle regularly. Someone usually needs or wants stuff I don't. I think I first heard of Freecycle here on this board!
ETA I meant this directed to Catherine,sorry Iris.
My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already!
Spent 2 hours on the phone this morning with Vanguard dealing with CS reps that speak a mottled English. Had 2 issues..one they should have known how to fix easily and the other where I believe they lost previously submitted paperwork so it has to be redone. Will get notarized and mailed tomorrow. A wearing experience….
We have another one! The one I'm getting rid of is difficult to pump up and very cheap. We "upgraded" to one that pumps itself and is higher off the ground and more comfortable. And, we never use air mattresses. I anticipate only using it if I get around to really deep cleaning the mudroom, which usually winds up being a way-station for recycling, extra serving stuff, liquor, etc.
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