I was talking to a roll-off truck driver. I asked him what was the weirdest thing he'd ever seen thrown out. He said it had to be the FIFTEEN loads of "stuff" he removed from a hoarder's house once the guy died and his kids had to clean up the mess. The whole thing seems completely pointless.

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1984 300TD

Go to Corbis.com and search for photos of the Collyer Brothers. That's an interesting collection of photographs!

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

It is rather pointless, but it is a function of OCD. If you think about it, all the outward displays of OCD are rather pointless but are simply the way people's minds work sometimes.

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Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

Things (inanimate objects) are one thing...

It's when the OCD starts collecting cats/dogs or "finds" animals and brings them home!


I'm NOT GOING THERE!!!!

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M. G. Burg
'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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Yep, wife's aunt does that. Lets just say I get an allergic reaction if I have to spend any time at her apartment. Too much CAT.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I thought my mother was bad...

While she was in Wisconsin this spring I cleaned out her house. It took three 30cuyd dumpsters to get her place into a semblance of order. The worst part is now she calls me with "I can't find X ", where X is some POS that has been lying around since 1979 collecting dust, I go "It is gone" and she freaks out...

Last week it was drama over a curling iron that had not been touched since 1985 (she has short hair!) I actually had to go over and buy her a new one at Target just to shut her up!

I guess I should have taken all her ***** and turned it into an exhibit


I too am guilty of 'collecting' things. I guess it is a good thing I move so often that I need to throw all my stuff away every year or so...

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

I went to see an old guy an hour's drive away 2 years ago who was selling his house an moving into assisted living housing. He was selling a 1960 Citroen DS19 (and I already had a rusty one at that point) . He had a garage/barn that held this DS19 and 3 or 4 Citroen SMs. Well, you could not even see the SMs - they were completely covered above the rooflines with junk ( big stuff like tractor parts, heads , engine blocks). He must have carved the DS out of the same mess for viewing, but I still could only open one door and stick my head in. I couldn't walk around it or look under it. I had the impression that the car I was looking at was very sound and he only wanted $500-$1000 for it, but I had a foreboding feeling that if I bought that car , I would turn into the packrat he was.

Rick

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

Last Christmas I did...


I had a date with this girl who asked me to come to her next door neighbor's house to feed the dogs while the neighbor was gone from there on vacation.


OMG there were 28 dogs in there!!!


Plus a bunch of cats.



And a turtle.


And an aqarium with gold fish.

Oh man was I glad to get out of there.


I think she said it probably violated some San Jose CA. zoning law of some kind.....


The neighbor lived alone by herself.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

I was thinking of getting into hoarding at one time. Eventually, I decided to go into whoring instead . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Darling Wife read the article Mistress posted. And she cried. Then she read some of the links, watched some of the videos, and she cried some more.

Then she watched this trailer: My Mother's Garden

And she bawled. So much like Ma's family, so much (though thankfully to a lesser degree) like Ma.

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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

I used to be in the Navy, that's where I learned Whorticulture.

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1984 300TD