Why, Annie? Not being contentious - just curious.

There must be great hardship across the country right now - scarcity of food and basic necessities for those with families. Jobs lost, income reductions, the state of emergency and lockdown. It's similar to war time conditions. Coupled with anxiety and the taboo of touching anything without washing hands. I just see that for a developing psyche this will have a deep impact and will affect behaviour towards the things we previously took for granted. on top of this social distancing. Being away from people being a good thing. Am I the only one who sees a future problem?

My sister is a terrible hoarder....she asked me to come sort her out ...I tried but every single thing in her house has a story attached to it....it was impossible to get her to part with anything. She isn't as bad as the ones muddy talks about....but she is getting there.

I am a bit of a hoarder, but it's mostly tools and stuff, I have tools from job's I did years ago, I no longer do that work, but the tools were expensive and people want to give you peanuts for them, so I won't sell.Then there's stuff that I like to 'rehome', someone may be throwing out say an electric drill that works, I'll take it and pass it on at some point to someone who needs one, I often get offered stuff and am obliged to take it, Someone has a clear out and is throwing lets say an old radio, so they offer it to me, 'because he might want it', trouble is, if I refuse, they don't offer me anything else, I've misssed out on some really good stuff because of this.
Also I have started collecting stuff recently from years ago, I have a collection, of old Avo meters, I used to use these years ago, I have also aqquired, two electric drills, identical to the first one's I ever had, recently I've been getting hold of a number of Kango breakers, they don't make them anymore, people get rid when they break, they really have only one common fault, and it's an easy fix, so I repair them.
A mate of mine works for a multinational company who are currently getting rid of a lot of their old equipment and he's partly in charge, it costs money for skips so it's better for them if they can avoid putting stuff in them, so they let him bring stuff to me, recently he turned up with over a grands worth of kit that was being scrapped, and it was all useful, I have two sheds that are full, a loft, a large cupboard, and my office (spare bedroom).
The trouble with me is that I struggled to afford a lot of this kit when I was younger, so I can't bear to see any of it thrown away now. sad isn't it!

You sound as if you are becoming a proper Steptoe Sparky!
Where do you keep yer orse if yer sheds is full??
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔🤔