On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 17:02:42 -0500, "G.R. Patterson III"
wrote:



Montblack wrote:

I think I've inherited that
particular clutter gene. It's the gene that makes us put things on the
stairs (like a staging area) instead of putting them away in the first
place.

Me too. In fact, the current generation in my family claims that "Patterson" is
actually ancient Gaelic for "packrat". I started to draw up a coat of arms with
a shield marked with bags of junk, flanked with two packrats rampant, and the
legend "I discard nothing" in latin. Got it about half done; it's in a drawer.
Somewhere ......

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".

Ah Har. I'm a "packrat" and my wife is a "tosser". We've reached an
edgy kind of equilibrium. Anything that has airplanes or tools on it
goes on my pile, otherwise it's instantly tossed in the recycling bin
to go out during the weekend. After some passage of time (could be
several weeks or a month or so) she begins to feel that my pile has
reaches critical mass and "suggests" that I cull through it and
discard.

Corky Scott