--- Peter B  wrote:
> Greetings all,
> I have been reading "oldtools" for some years now
> and decided to join up.

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> > I really would like to be able to use my workbench
> and lathe and drill 
> press without
> having to clamber over boxes of books and tools to
> get to where they are.
> 
> Please help me, do I have a problem?
> Should I attend my local "HA" group (that's
> 'Hoarders Anonymous')?

> ......."Hi, I'm Peter and I have a problem".
> Is there a cure out there or am I on that slippery
> slope?

Welcome Peter!

On the issue of hoarding:  You may want to check out
the recently published book:  “Ghosty Men: The Strange
but True Story of the Collyer Brothers, New York's
Greatest Hoarders, An Urban Historical”  by Franz
Lidz.  It is a story about two men who, by the ends of
their lives had packed a dozen grand pianos,
refrigerators, stoves and other interesting stuff into
their uptown New York apartment.  They even an
unassembled Ford Model T in their basement!   However,
in addition to being a mystery, It is also a
cautionary tale: At the risk of giving away the
ending, I believe the moral is that it is OK to hoard,
but avoid hoarding newspaper and unreinforced
concrete. 

But hoarding tools?  What's the harm in hoarding
tools?

Regards, 

Jim Michaels in ST. Louis

> Medication perhaps or therapy?
> Please advise.
> 
> 
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