Being raised on a farm, installed a sense of "save it for later" in me, as it was not practical to just pop down the shop to buy a new one. This has sort of followed me through to later life, where I have a dread of throwing out practical things in case I or a friend need it and cant buy one. I guess this also comes from the mentality of seeing if we can repair something before we replace it. With the price of things so low in this day and age, and with so much choice it is far easier and probably cheaper to replace if you have to get someone else to fix it. I had a reasonably new chain saw damaged after I lent it to someone (They used neat fuel instead of 2 stroke mix ) and the quote to repair it by Stihl was $350, the new one was $375. I went online purchased the parts and fixed it in 4 hours (never having pulled a chainsaw down before) and cost me $50. If I did it again it would probably take an hour.

I have boxes of bolts, screws etc. and never throw out any metal. I also have a phobia about destroying history, so I tend to keep really old things from the past. When I go I guess most of that will go to the refuse as no one wants it or has the space to keep it any more.

Anyone on here need a 50 year old slide rule? idea

Graeme: 2011 +4