FabSwingers.com forum: Have you got to that time in you life

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Where you have a cardboard box and say I will keep that it is a good cardboard box . Guilty

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

LvM used to do it ALL THE TIME. It's so bloody annoying. I'm pretty sure the sofa bed and attic are full of boxes still, but at least I don't have to look at them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Absolutely. Not just boxes. I might need those extension cords or power cables in the future.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As an old mates grandad used to say "if you throw anything away, you've not had it long enough"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yep! I have cardboard boxes (good ones mind, not your average ones) up in the attic. Some have been there for years! One day they’re *bound* to come in useful, right!?

Good thread OP!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I save them for my grandchildren to do craft work with them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm spending quite a lot of time chucking out cardboard boxes.... however .... useful plastic food trays .. mushroom trays ...and square sharwoods Curry sauce jars ..a totally different matter

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Definitely. My fortnightly fruit delivery comes in a lovely stout cardboard box. I have to steel myself to dispose of it

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By *yron69Man
over a year ago

Fareham

I stack them outside so when I drive out and send them flying I feel like Starsky and Hutch.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No! I’m terrible and I bin everything that isn’t stuck down!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No. Cardboard boxes are like Weeping Angels in my house. You turn around and a new one has appeared from sodding nowhere.

This is what happens when your mum has Amazon Prime see. Ruddy nightmare!

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

And biscuit tins and extra large coffee jars.

All useful for storing miscellaneous screws or washers, basically all the other stuff I should be disposing of but can’t bring myself too, because, ‘ you never know when that might come in handy’.

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By *mpressive sex75Woman
over a year ago

walsall

Had a bit of obsession keeping them, until I had to clear the loft one day, then vowed I wouldn't keep any...

Well not as many, I found I couldnt throw everyone away...

I need help !

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By *007ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Yes and the rare occasions someone gives me something in a plastic bag goes into my "collection".

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes and the rare occasions someone gives me something in a plastic bag goes into my "collection"."

We have a carrier bag cupboard. If you open it out pours an avalanche of the bloody things.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh god yes, I think they mate and reproduce as it m sure I don’t keep that many. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am moving and I am in need of all of the boxes! Learn from my mistakes...

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By *orkcouple81Couple
over a year ago

west

I'm guilty of keeping gift bags. They are too pretty to throw out and will resuse them.. Never do, they either get forgotten about or damaged before they get a chance to be reused.. (female of couple)

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By *007ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

"Yes and the rare occasions someone gives me something in a plastic bag goes into my "collection".

We have a carrier bag cupboard. If you open it out pours an avalanche of the bloody things."

I have a big carrier bag full of smaller ones!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Where you have a cardboard box and say I will keep that it is a good cardboard box . Guilty

I’ve always kept them for a time as the cats love sitting in a cardboard box

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ha, amateurs!

I'm now keeping bits of wood. I even have one ready for stirring paint.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"Absolutely. Not just boxes. I might need those extension cords or power cables in the future."

I've got all mine, well most of them in individual freezer bags. Great way to stay organised.

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"Ha, amateurs!

I'm now keeping bits of wood. I even have one ready for stirring paint.

Atta boy!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a gift bag filled with gift bags , just in case...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ha, amateurs!

I'm now keeping bits of wood. I even have one ready for stirring paint.

Atta boy!"

I'm basically turning into my dad.

Although with considerably less hair.

(Great thread OP

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I have a gift bag filled with gift bags , just in case...

Ha ha, me too x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Way past that point. I have enough to build my eco-coffin.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like this thread.

You lot make me look normal.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I test the boxes out on my cats. If they dont climb in it and sleep in it, its low-grade cardboard, therefore gets binned!

Spare room has some cracking boxes in it though!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I test the boxes out on my cats. If they dont climb in it and sleep in it, its low-grade cardboard, therefore gets binned!

Spare room has some cracking boxes in it though!

Would you like to store some wood?

Sorry, couldn't resist

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By *smCouple
over a year ago

Saltash

I’ve got better at recycling cardboard boxes.

I make a conscious effort to reuse the shopping bags.

My weakness is “nice jars“.

what constitutes a nice jar I don’t know LOL it’s just a feeling

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By *evonshireboyMan
over a year ago

North Devon

I've got a few ex-amazon boxes for sending presents/eBay sales in. Not many though.

They are in my garage next to a large stack of wood that "will come in useful one day". Once or twice a year I use a piece and feel like I won the lottery

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

"I am moving and I am in need of all of the boxes! Learn from my mistakes..."

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...but don't ever discard your voice box. I just heard it. Amazing!!

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By *elle xWoman
over a year ago

Doire Theas

no not yet

But I’m am at the age where I realise life is so very short and fragile, value the people who love you and make the most of each day

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

Ummmmm we keep:

Cardboard boxes

Plastic food boxes

Jars

Gu ramekins

Gift bags

Carrier bags

Old toothbrushes (for cleaning, obviously)

Are we normal?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ummmmm we keep:

Cardboard boxes

Plastic food boxes

Jars

Gu ramekins

Gift bags

Carrier bags

Old toothbrushes (for cleaning, obviously)

Are we normal?!

I keep all those things aswell

This year i don't need to buy any wrapping papper or gift bags

I do know I'm not normal already !

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By *esmond and Molly JonesCouple
over a year ago

Abbotts Langley

"As an old mates grandad used to say "if you throw anything away, you've not had it long enough""

That simply HAS to be said in a Yorkshire accent!

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

Yes lol, plus the cats usually claim any boxes we get

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By *o new WinksMan
over a year ago

BSE

"I have a gift bag filled with gift bags , just in case...

Me too. Next to my carrier bag of...yes, you've guessed it...carrier bags.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We have cardboard boxes in our attic for kettles and microwaves and other stuff that we have used thrown out and replaced years ago. But they will come in handy one day apparently.

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By *adyBugsWoman
over a year ago

not local even if it says I am

"Where you have a cardboard box and say I will keep that it is a good cardboard box . Guilty

This has cheered me up! Thank you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Empty box. ^

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By *ewfie02Couple
over a year ago

Ayrshire

Live on a boat.... don't have room to keep things we don't need

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