Comments on: Cleanliness Is Next To Godliness, Or Something http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/ The manic mind of the minister -- Auntie Mame Meets Cotton Mather Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:05:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Francis http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/#comment-5573 Francis Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:19:32 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/#comment-5573 Hello UU Lady, First-time commenter here. Just idly curious: You say "…Chinese take-out menus, incense, pens, tsotchkes (however you spell it)… My dictionary defines tchotchke so: tchotchke |ˈ ch ä ch kə| (also tsatske) noun informal 1 a small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket. 2 a pretty girl or woman. ORIGIN 1960s: Yiddish. Re 2nd definition: If you have any pretty girls or women you're not using would you consider sending them over here? Just a thought… :o) Go well now. p.s. Believe me, I know what it's like to be possessed by one's possessions… Hello UU Lady,

First-time commenter here. Just idly curious: You say

“…Chinese take-out menus, incense, pens, tsotchkes (however you spell it)…

My dictionary defines tchotchke so:

tchotchke |ˈ ch ä ch kə| (also tsatske)
noun informal
1 a small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket.
2 a pretty girl or woman.
ORIGIN 1960s: Yiddish.

Re 2nd definition: If you have any pretty girls or women you’re not using would you consider sending them over here?

Just a thought… :o) Go well now.

p.s. Believe me, I know what it’s like to be possessed by one’s possessions…

]]> By: Louise http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/#comment-5568 Louise Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:58:27 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/#comment-5568 Having downsized our life from two full houses to a 300 square foot RV, I can tell you how wonderful it feels to be free of stuff. Full-time RVers have a saying: You don't own stuff, it owns you. Until you get rid of most of it, a certain freedom can elude you. I have one drawer of miscellany. Three drawers of clothes and three feet of closet rod space. Seven pairs of shoes. My choices are limited, but since I culled everything down to my absolute favorites, those choices are always a pleasure. You might enjoy this website: http://unclutterer.com/ which has a clean, crisp design to match its purpose. Another I like is http://psychologyofclutter.wordpress.com/ written by a therapist. Her writing is often funny and always spot-on. Having downsized our life from two full houses to a 300 square foot RV, I can tell you how wonderful it feels to be free of stuff. Full-time RVers have a saying: You don’t own stuff, it owns you. Until you get rid of most of it, a certain freedom can elude you.

I have one drawer of miscellany. Three drawers of clothes and three feet of closet rod space. Seven pairs of shoes. My choices are limited, but since I culled everything down to my absolute favorites, those choices are always a pleasure.

You might enjoy this website: http://unclutterer.com/ which has a clean, crisp design to match its purpose. Another I like is http://psychologyofclutter.wordpress.com/ written by a therapist. Her writing is often funny and always spot-on.

]]> By: ogre http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/#comment-5562 ogre Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:49:05 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/#comment-5562 Electronics--unwanted--can be donated. Electronics--not working--are generally considered a form of household hazardous waste. It's all the nasty, toxic metals that go into the circuitry, etc. So you need to find out where your state/community deals with those. Get to it, because batteries--all of them--are in the same category; you should not be tossing them. I'm told that some (all?) Goodwill Stores handle electronics disposal. But I don't personally know if that's true. Electronics–unwanted–can be donated. Electronics–not working–are generally considered a form of household hazardous waste. It’s all the nasty, toxic metals that go into the circuitry, etc. So you need to find out where your state/community deals with those. Get to it, because batteries–all of them–are in the same category; you should not be tossing them.

I’m told that some (all?) Goodwill Stores handle electronics disposal. But I don’t personally know if that’s true.

]]> By: Comrade Kevin http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/#comment-5560 Comrade Kevin Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:29:28 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/#comment-5560 I think about that often, Peace Bang. All of my material possessions will fit inside my car and I've tried deliberately to keep it that way. I've been helping my parents downsize and get their house ready to sell and put on the market and my Father remarked on how much crap they've accumulated over the years. Most of it is just that: crap. It didn't make them any happier and all it is now is clutter currently collecting dust and cobwebs in the basement. I think about that often, Peace Bang. All of my material possessions will fit inside my car and I’ve tried deliberately to keep it that way.

I’ve been helping my parents downsize and get their house ready to sell and put on the market and my Father remarked on how much crap they’ve accumulated over the years. Most of it is just that: crap. It didn’t make them any happier and all it is now is clutter currently collecting dust and cobwebs in the basement.

]]> By: jh http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/#comment-5558 jh Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:06:56 +0000 http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/26/cleanliness-is-next-to-godliness-or-something/#comment-5558 Oh, I understand you almost religiously (ha) on the book thing. I don't know how it works. I walk in, and someone asks me about a book, and I get a bit of an odd look on my face. Then I go find it in my bookshelf. It doesn't even really matter if I actually purchased the book or not. My bookshelves are magical. Oh, I understand you almost religiously (ha) on the book thing. I don’t know how it works. I walk in, and someone asks me about a book, and I get a bit of an odd look on my face. Then I go find it in my bookshelf. It doesn’t even really matter if I actually purchased the book or not. My bookshelves are magical.

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