…and why?
Excluding the obvious such as clothes and utensils.
Nail clippers. I kept losing nail clippers so I bought a pack of 10 and put two in each of the places I’d expect to be able to find them. I think I’m down to only having four now, so it might be time to buy another 10.
Other people have sock monsters, you seem to have a nail-clipper monster.
I know. No other logical explanation!
Handheld vacuum cleaners, one on each floor.
Guitars. I have a whole stable, including a couple of electrics (Strat and Les Paul), and a few acoustics (My favorite, a backup, another one with a nice tone that is also electric, and a nice travel/parlor guitar).
I also have a short scale electric bass, and an acoustic bass. Also a couple of nice ukuleles.
I’m still on the hunt for a small all-mahogany acoustic, a 12 string acoustic, and a good semi-hollow body that isn’t white, red, or black. I’m also always looking for a good deal on a new electric bass. Also a banjo and mandolin.
I’m not in a band, I don’t even play with others, I just like to record my own music, both originals and covers, that nobody ever hears but me. And I delusionally believe I need a shit-ton of guitars to do that.
Amplifiers: Mainly because I rescue distressed amps and bring them back to life.
Vinyls and CD’s.
Coffee machines. Three roommates, each one brought theirs.
Classic cars. Triples is best.
Well you need three to be sure that you have one that’s actually running at any given point.
Yup. Don’t even need one. But three? Peak useless (but fun).
I have two color laser printers. The old one is a Dell branded printer from about 15 years ago and was about the cheapest color laser printer you could buy at the time. It has some issues now particularly with color printouts, and combined with poor Linux support meant I went ahead and bought its replacement, a much nicer Brother model. But as the old printer can still give acceptable results for some things I’m keeping it until it runs out of toner which could be a while.
On top of that I still have an HP LaserJet 4 but that’s been disconnected for a while. Still prints but desperately needs new rollers.
Back in the vinyl phase a few years ago, I bought both a regular cover and an alternate cover of an album.
It was so cool for about 3 seconds, when I realised the record/music were the same. Realised I paid double JUST for a different picture.
Last record I ever bought
gameboys
Children
One is not enough. You need two so they can play with each other and leave you alone.
But more than that is insane.
Vacuum Cleaners
We have four.
One lives in my backyard shed, for cleanups and dust collection.
One lives in my garage, for cleaning the cars.
Our house is split level, so we have one for upstairs and another one for downstairs. All to save carrying it up and down the six steps that divide the front and back of the house. These two are the same make and model.
Yes! I live with my SO in a 2-bedroom apartment and we have three vacuum cleaners. One is a robot vacuum that vacuums our whole apartment twice a week. One is a push vacuum for rugs and occasional deep cleaning. The last one is a hand vacuum for quick cleanups and tight spaces where the other vacuums can’t reach.
Grills
- propane grill for regular grilling
- pellet grill for smoking
- portable grill for camping
I recently converted my stove from gas to induction, but one of the casualties was my griddle top - steel griddle covering the entire stove. I loved playing short order cook or having all that space to toss around fried rice. I keep telling myself I don’t need something like that but those Blackstone grills keep drawing me in
Headphones. I have my commuting headphones, walking headphones, working headphones, video game headphones, music headphones… I also have two pairs of earphones.
I could get down to two pairs of headphones and one pair of earphones.
I have a few different wireless earbuds for different uses and devices, and like 5 sets of headphones because they all have different sounds/uses as well. I definitely understand this ridiculous!
10mm wrenches. Saw a deal online years ago for 20 wrenches for like 20 bucks. I was still doing field work at the the time so 10 and 11 mm were common purchases for me. They didn’t break, so there was no need for an expensive warranty. They just got misplaced, usually by a trainee who didnt have their own tools.
It was frustrating because buy even one cheap wrench was $10, but a kit of 8 or 10 wrenches could be bought on sale for $20. I have a few of those kits too, and a few socket kits. I have yet to use most of the pieces in 20 years. I mostlt just needed the 10, 11, and 13mm.
A 20 pack of 10mm for cheap? I couldn’t pass that up. Then I stopped working field. Now I have a shed full of tools that I might never use again. Nothing wrong with them except some old batteries maybe. I refuse to get rid of them in case I have to back to field work. But it makes me look like a hoarder.
