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Originally Posted by cmbdiesel
I was granted the double edged gift of fire.... Wild fire took most all of my stuff (at least all the stuff at my house...) Kinda sucked losing all those 'resources' (I found it easier to be 'resourceful' when I had a ton of 'resources'  ) but excepting the master tapes from my old band and some pictures, I haven't really missed it...
Ever since, I have been very careful about what I save/salvage/adopt... Makes life much less tiresome.
Sure am glad you live too far away for me to help you out though....  |
Same here, house fire in 2007 took everything I owned, except a vehicle and a few things I had stored at my parent's house.
Since then, I try to keep everything I now have as light as possible. I don't want so many things that packing and moving is too much of a hassle. The only thing I have in abundance anymore is tools...they were all over at my parent's.
Losing everything made me realize that things and stuff is just materialistic. Sure, I miss the items my dad made for me during a particularly rough Christmas season, but I cherish the memories of the closeness of that year more than I did what he made.
It's put things into perspective.
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