Throwing out old school books

[HawkEye244]

I'm still young enough to have some of these in my posession.

Some of them were probably £20+ when they first came out.

Granted, I don't use them and probably never will, what's the point in keeping them ?

Thinking on it, 95% of my posessions I don't really ever make use of.

It's got my thinking, why keep something on the off-chance you might need it in another 5, 10, 20 years ...? I don't see myself becoming a historian or mathematician any time soon..

Take for example my construction books, I've got plenty on caprentry and joinery, in fact amongst the books I have are probably the answers to every question I have ever asked on here.

It's the conveniance of the internet, being able to load up the computer, ask the question in a search engine and get the answer in a fraction of the time it takes me to read it in a book ..

Im thinking it's a trip to Oxfam .. what do you reckon ?

 

[conny]

I have a 'Pocket Guide to Woodworking' from my school days, (40+ years ago).

On occasion I have referred to it with references to arcs and angles etc

Sometimes the internet sends you off on too many tangents to areas of no concern, or, you find differing opinions/methods to do the same thing.

Giving them to a charity is more noble than dumping them in a bin.

 

[alan333]

Yep, it wasn't that long ago people needed an encyclopedia in the house. Them days is well gone along with getting up to change channels on the tv and listening for the kettle whistling.

 

[gregers]

still got my carpentry books in my locker at work,only last week took a look at them as i couldnt remember how to do something,just helped me wake up a tad.then remembered how FOOKING boring they were when i was learning but a wealth of info .

 

[misterhelpful]

Throw them away at your peril. When the world wide web collapses....

 

[mattylad]

Offer them on your local Freegle group to someone else who may be studying the same subjects.

 

[HawkEye244]

That's the thing, I stil get snippets of good information from books on my shelf.

For example, my collins DIY book is probably my most used book, it's a 500+ page hardback, very useful.

I've got very good woodworking books as well, they're all looking at me now I've put up some new shelves in the bedroom.

More specifically I've got stuff lying around I don't make use of that would sell on the second hand market.

For example, a motherboard and CPU which are in perfect working order and recent, which I really should sell on, CD's which are outdated now as everything is on thumb drives.

PC games in their original boxes, back when they came with game manuals.

Boxes of lego.

A hifi I never use, ....but might.

An old laptop which can't even run windows xp.

Loads of wires in drawers.

Various sex toys.

Blank CD's I'll never use.

A painting of 3 wild animals which is paint by number, housed in a frame I made in college, which makes me feel like a child every time I look at it.

Papers and receipts I can't throw away,.. just in case.

 

[conny]

Unless papers refer to property then after 7 years I believe they are irrelevant.
I keep bank statements for 7 years, savings books/pass cards for 3 years after account is closed and all receipts for furniture/appliances etc for 12 months after the warranty has run out.

 

[gregers]

just make sure the sex toys are given a good wash before you try and off load them

 

[OwainDIYer]

just make sure the sex toys are given a good wash before you try and off load them

We never had sex toys when I was at school

Never even saw a condom on a banana.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Never even saw a condom on a banana.

Never mind. That way doesn't work anyway.

 

[HawkEye244]

just make sure the sex toys are given a good wash before you try and off load them

Second hand sex toys aren't a big market

 

[ladylola]

Always made me smile that , people won't touch a bit of plastic that has been used before but will happily jump into bed with someone who has had dozens of previous partners.

 

[gregers]

hawkeye,how many punctures in it?