A frustrated moment of clarity...

[btryin]

With that as your strategy, I'm foreseeing yet another move in your future!

No matter how much space you have, stuff has a funny way of filling and then outgrowing that space!

Originally Posted by scottbdoug

instead of matching your collection to the size of your room, do like me and match the room to the size of your collection. I bought a new house to get a bigger place for my collection. ZIt will start in the basement but will eventually move to the upstairs two floors as well finishing in the kitchen when the fridge and stove will be removed for stacks of 5000 monster boxes.

[Eggoman]

Although I did NOT study Law - There IS a Law about this that states (sort of) that "...Cards do not occupy a fixed volume, but expand to fill whatever space they can occupy..."

You could look it up!

[cubman1941]

Oh so true about stuff filling up a space. I have moved for the last time having moved from Denver to Asheville to Glen Burnie, MD and each time stff expanded to fill the space. I was "allowed" this room and I figured 13x20 would be enough but --- stuff expanded again. I figure if I eliminate some stuff I don't look at anymore I will have more room for stuff I do look at. Besides I will then be able to "hunt" some more.

[Stampsfan]

If you've not heard George Carlin's take on stuff, check this out. Very pertinent to the flow of this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac

[JustinD]

Man, do I miss Carlin.

I believe it was Richard Simon had a signed Carlin contract that I was so close on pulling the trigger on. It would have been awesome framed in my office...with all the other stuff.

[cubman1941]

I had heard the George Carlin bit before but forgot about it. Thanks for sharing.

[ty_cobb]

I also had a flood in my storage unit. Luckily the 5yrs of Mastro & REA catalogs in boxes I had hoarded soaked up most of the water and the valuable cards were saved,,,

[Yoda]

Originally Posted by Eggoman

Although I did NOT study Law - There IS a Law about this that states (sort of) that "...Cards do not occupy a fixed volume, but expand to fill whatever space they can occupy..."

You could look it up!

I am not sure this is law but rather physics, sort of like Newton's Third Law that states, " RCs' of Clemente that are in motion tend to stay in motion."

[irv]

Originally Posted by Leon

I think we have all been there on losing something and blaming the spouse. It happens when stuff is piled everywhere. I swear every time I clean up and organize I lose something!!

My wife threw out $327.50 worth of snowmobile permits 2 years ago!

My own fault, to an extent, for leaving them on the coffee table as she cleaned up the newspapers for recycling, but at the same time, when she does this one fell sweep, other things have gone missing as well.

I am much more careful now, I think, especially with leaving baseball cards laying around.