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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Were your parents children of the Depression generation? Mine were. My dad taught me to never throw anything away. He never said anything, but my grandmother talked about the days they got by on one small meal a day. They hoarded every scrap of stuff they couldn't use until someone came by who could use it. It's still hard for me to get rid of stuff, but people around here are so awash with possessions that nobody wants my old stuff. I don't need it, but can't bring myself to send it to the dump. They have old stuff of their own.
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Yes, they were.
Dad saved lots of stuff.
My brother and I were able to complete a lot of projects from his stuff alone.
It's funny, my brother, in getting his new place together, has been re-purposing a lot of stuff. When we were building the mezzanine in his shop, we'd always say 'That's how Dad would have done it.' Our Dad haunts both of us in how we do whatever we're doing. Especially if we're building something.