Hoarding/Junk addiction

[Rick W]

…… id live in a wood paneled wall house with brown furniture, a console TV, colored appliances and a landline rotary phone.

I don’t know why you have to say mean things about ME when you’re telling YOUR own story.

 

[Rick W]

Oh, hell no!

Too much bureaucracy. No way. You are automatically banned from being involved. Not going to ruin this by running it like some huge international company.

No, silly, i’m not suggesting running it like an international company. I’m talking about establishing government efficiency!!!

If there’s confusion about how it should be formed, we should start in the fundamental concept of one vote per member, but those votes would only be cast by the people in charge, but no more than 30 or 40 votes per each leader, some in person, and some through the mail, or when they drop off clothes at the dry cleaner.

And before you poo poo that idea, we could also vote to fund @Jim Oaks ‘s member daycare center for Junior Rangers!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

No, silly, i’m not suggesting running it like an international company. I’m talking about establishing government efficiency!!!

If there’s confusion about how it should be formed, we should start in the fundamental concept of one vote per member, but those votes would only be cast by the people in charge, but no more than 30 or 40 votes per each leader, some in person, and some through the mail, or when they drop off clothes at the dry cleaner.

And before you poo poo that idea, we could also vote to fund @Jim Oaks ‘s member daycare center for Junior Rangers!


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[Rick W]

I was rebelling against all that "form a committee" and "certification process" stuff. Next thing you know, he'll be scheduling meetings of the committee for the purpose of scheduling more meetings. They'll want feasibility studies and expense reports and spreadsheets and powerpoint presentations...

No.
Just no.

I would never schedule meetings. All of the meetings would be in private. Only objections would be relegated to a committee to study before the end of the decade. And there would be no factual spreadsheets nor facts at all, everything would be hearsay about opposing members or fluff to elevate the totally wacko members to distract from what’s really going on.

What’s wrong with your thinking? Haven’t you ever run a successful government entity before?

 

[Blmpkn]

A couple decades? Easy there kiddo lol.

I was a product mostly of the 80s. I think thats why 70s vehicles kinda carry a special place with me i grew up with them. The 80s and 90s for me was just a better time..and i think im kinda stuck there. Its how i get in trouble with these vehicles....stuff from the 80s and 90s dont seem old to me...then reality kicks in and i realize my 17 superduty is going on 10.

If it wasnt for the wife id live in a wood paneled wall house with brown furniture, a console TV, colored appliances and a landline rotary phone.

I read somewhere nostalgia can be a sickness, it might be true lol.

As far as my hoarding...i dont know. I dont think its at redline...but i am a bit worried if i dont kick it in the nuts now it might get bad. I dont want TLC channel knocking on my door. I could cut down the collection for sure....i know my old 77 F250 as much as i hate to should probably go to someone with the body skill to get it back to prime shape, my ranger as much as i hate to say probably should go to the junkyard...but it does run and drive....so thats a hard one for me. Ideally it needs a cab/core support, and a rebuild. It runs strong but the lifters are so...damn...bad.

I am in progress of getting the cobalt running...its got wiring issues....and most likely a bad MAF. So nothing major there.

The Bronco just needs a heater box...which i ordered and got yesterday...but i need to finish pulling the dash to replace it....and i need to pull the rear drum and figure out wtf the scraping noise is (goes away when you hit brakes lol).

The Crown Vic...eh....dont get me started. Currently got the PCM out and getting checked at a shop...fingers crossed.

The LTD....i was gung ho to get that going...then i buried myself with the bronco and vic. It needs a motor put in it...which i have. Among numerous other things.

So i am making progress....i just kinda feel buried...and then keep looking for more dirt. Which is why i seen it as av issue and posted this

Wait wait wait hear me out.. I know you're a truck driver.. my father was a truck driver. Even though I know it's not exactly a super reasonable assumption.. I kinda just think of all truckers being my father's age lol. He's been gone for 20 years now (work accident).. probably just a part of that nostalgia sickness you're talking about. Miss that man. I was born in 91 though. You very well may have been in 93 for all I know

Sounds like you're in the same position I was a couple years ago.. I had the wagon which I wanted (and was actively buying a LOT of parts) to turn into a drag car, an 86 Cadillac, the squarebody, the 96 ranger, and an 85 200x trike that's like.. 75% of the way to rideable.. along with that I had a few different RC projects.. some pew-pew builds going on.. a LOT of irons in the fire.

I was pretty much forced to abandon the wagon project, so that made taking THAT iron out of the fire "easy". It took me awhile to come to grips with the fact that I simply didn't have the time for the caddy.. but I did eventually.. so instead of letting it sit and deteriorate until I DID have the time.. I ended up trading it to someone who was gonna do the thing justice. The car deserved it. At the time I thought I'd have enough energy&money&free time to get enough done to everything.. reality is that I absolutely did NOT lol.. so thinning the herd was a necessity but I also had to kinda rewire my brain at the same time...

Simply put.. I had given myself what ended up being unreasonable expectations/goals... I expected too much to happen too quickly. When I would consistently fail to meet my timeline expectations... It would REALLY beat me down mentally and take away a lot of the motivation I had to take part in my hobby. A guy can't set himself up like that.. hobbies are supposed to be fulfilling.. not depressing. I spread myself too thin. I needed a change.

The more irons I yanked outta the fire the quicker I was able to hammer on the ones I left cooking, had more money & time to do so as well.. so it was a total win-win. Turns out that I'm actually happier with less. I DO miss looking at the caddy though.. and shit.. I keep forgetting but.. ended up getting a dirtbike last year that needs a bunch of work so.. even though I'm trying to minimize projects SOME new ones still find a way to sneak their way in

Nowadays the ranger is my priority weekend project concerning time + money.. and the only one I still keep a quasi-deadline for completion on. The square is my secondary project that I can just tinker on at my leisure when I have some spare time after work before dinner.. I DO need to get the thing sitting back on its axles & wheels so I can roll it around asap.. but that's very minor. The trike is on total back burner.. it and all its parts are all inside and not deteriorating so.. not a big deal. I'll get to it when I get to it.

Back to the brain rewire though.. whenever I make progress now on days I work on things.. even if I only get half as much done as I would have hoped before I start.. Im still happy. I tell myself to be happy... ANY progress is better than NO progress after all..

Id say sell/barter what you can (stupid cobalt lol) to get some bodywork done to the f250. You clearly love the hell out of those trucks.. seems to me that keeping that thing around would make you happy.. and having the bodywork done for you would naturally free up a lot of your time to mess with other stuff.

Swap the motor&trans outta the vic and put it in the ltd.. or just body swap the ltd on to the vic... That'd be two birds stoned at once..

Like I said.. some soul searching will give you your answer.

I'm with you on the antiquated wood paneled house and all that though.. 100% lol. That's EXACTLY the house my grandparents had when I was growing up.. nostalgia is a hell of a drug!

Oh, hell no!

Too much bureaucracy. No way. You are automatically banned from being involved. Not going to ruin this by running it like some huge international company.

I'm with this as well. Ideas steeped in much too much beaurcrapracy. Sounds like a situation that'll end up having someone's tea tossed into the harbor

A lottery type deal with a random number generator would work... Or the classic blindfolded dart toss at a map.. whoever's closest to the dart gets the honor.

 

[Rick W]

Spreadsheets to track parts orders yes.

This a team of Ranger builders, feasibility studies and expense reports are something we just kinda pretend we forgot to do because deep down we know it ain't good and we really don't want to know the answer.

Spread sheets like these for my tire/axle/wheel inventory and my CB radios?

I know, I know, I know, there’s still a dozen more tires and 10 CB’s that I have to add to the list. I’m working on it…

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Spread sheets like these for my tire/axle/wheel inventory and my CB radios?

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I know, I know, I know, there’s still a dozen more tires in 10 CB’s that I have to add to the list. I’m working on it.

We just went to a new inventory management system at work. I really don't like it and really struggled to see how someone could come up with a worse system if they tried.

And then here you come...

 

[Rick W]

Turns out that I'm actually happier with less.

Now this guy knows how government works!!!!!

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Wait wait wait hear me out.. I know you're a truck driver.. my father was a truck driver. Even though I know it's not exactly a super reasonable assumption.. I kinda just think of all truckers being my father's age lol. He's been gone for 20 years now (work accident).. probably just a part of that nostalgia sickness you're talking about. Miss that man. I was born in 91 though. You very well may have been in 93 for all I know

Sounds like you're in the same position I was a couple years ago.. I had the wagon which I wanted (and was actively buying a LOT of parts) to turn into a drag car, an 86 Cadillac, the squarebody, the 96 ranger, and an 85 200x trike that's like.. 75% of the way to rideable.. along with that I had a few different RC projects.. some pew-pew builds going on.. a LOT of irons in the fire.

I was pretty much forced to abandon the wagon project, so that made taking THAT iron out of the fire "easy". It took me awhile to come to grips with the fact that I simply didn't have the time for the caddy.. but I did eventually.. so instead of letting it sit and deteriorate until I DID have the time.. I ended up trading it to someone who was gonna do the thing justice. The car deserved it. At the time I thought I'd have enough energy&money&free time to get enough done to everything.. reality is that I absolutely did NOT lol.. so thinning the herd was a necessity but I also had to kinda rewire my brain at the same time...

Simply put.. I had given myself what ended up being unreasonable expectations/goals... I expected too much to happen too quickly. When I would consistently fail to meet my timeline expectations... It would REALLY beat me down mentally and take away a lot of the motivation I had to take part in my hobby. A guy can't set himself up like that.. hobbies are supposed to be fulfilling.. not depressing. I spread myself too thin. I needed a change.

The more irons I yanked outta the fire the quicker I was able to hammer on the ones I left cooking, had more money & time to do so as well.. so it was a total win-win. Turns out that I'm actually happier with less. I DO miss looking at the caddy though.. and shit.. I keep forgetting but.. ended up getting a dirtbike last year that needs a bunch of work so.. even though I'm trying to minimize projects SOME new ones still find a way to sneak their way in

Nowadays the ranger is my priority weekend project concerning time + money.. and the only one I still keep a quasi-deadline for completion on. The square is my secondary project that I can just tinker on at my leisure when I have some spare time after work before dinner.. I DO need to get the thing sitting back on its axles & wheels so I can roll it around asap.. but that's very minor. The trike is on total back burner.. it and all its parts are all inside and not deteriorating so.. not a big deal. I'll get to it when I get to it.

Back to the brain rewire though.. whenever I make progress now on days I work on things.. even if I only get half as much done as I would have hoped before I start.. Im still happy. I tell myself to be happy... ANY progress is better than NO progress after all..

Id say sell/barter what you can (stupid cobalt lol) to get some bodywork done to the f250. You clearly love the hell out of those trucks.. seems to me that keeping that thing around would make you happy.. and having the bodywork done for you would naturally free up a lot of your time to mess with other stuff.

Swap the motor&trans outta the vic and put it in the ltd.. or just body swap the ltd on to the vic... That'd be two birds stoned at once..

Like I said.. some soul searching will give you your answer.

I'm with you on the antiquated wood paneled house and all that though.. 100% lol. That's EXACTLY the house my grandparents had when I was growing up.. nostalgia is a hell of a drug!



I'm with this as well. Ideas steeped in much too much beaurcrapracy. Sounds like a situation that'll end up having someone's tea tossed into the harbor

A lottery type deal with a random number generator would work... Or the classic blindfolded dart toss at a map.. whoever's closest to the dart gets the honor.

Youre pretty insightful for a kid lmao....had to.

I do think expectations are an issue for me....i get really irritated really quick when things take 20 times longer then i think they should. But alot of thats my own doing because i try to do things as cheaply as possible....i tend to pinch a penny untill it shits a dime and i think thats a cause for ALOT of my issues everywhere.

The cobalt i was actually going to sell...i tossed a battery in it and it fired right up after sitting in the field for 3 years...old gas and all. Coupled with gas prices i kinda changed my mind. It was a good 30mpg commuter till it took a shit...and unlike my bronco, ranger, whatever else i give zero shits about it....so if it gets ran over by a tractor at the farm i wont be that upset lol.

The LTD really at this point just needs time more then anything else. I got a good used 351 sitting there for it but its from an econoline....so i need to switch oil pan, timing cover, clean it up a bit, pry change the oil pump while im in there...besides that its gonna need a fuel tank, one of the 5mph bumper shocks is rotted....which i have one to replace it....brakes gone through and a good cleaning. So now that i type it all out it dont seem like all that much. I bought the used 351 so it would atleast run and drive untill i get time/money to build the original 351 the way i want too. Nothing crazy...but a bit more giddyup. I really thought about building a 400 for it at one point.

The Vic pisses me off the most. The Bronco and Ranger i obviously expected to be projects because neither ran...at all. But the vic ran and drove fine....then it was like an avalanche of shit. It was meant to be a DD but turned into yet another project. Of all the randoms i got its the best option personally for a driver.

I love that 77 to death...besides my first ranger probably the best truck i ever owned. Really i could do the floorpans and flatbed it. I got a guy that might want it though...hes got a good cab for it and wants to DD it...id be ok selling it to him. Hes as irritated as i am at EFI...hes got a 95 now he cant figure out.

But yeah...i think i need to be a bit eaiser on myself about this stuff

 

[cbxer55]

I deal with it by avoiding the temptation. Unless I'm shopping for something I NEED;

I don't go to auctions, flea markets or yard sales.

I avoid FB marketplace and Craigslist.

Don't stop when you see interesting stuff in peoples yards.

Just avoid the temptations completely.

Convince yourself that you're broke and believe that 24/7.

EXACTLY! That is the same thing I do to a T. FB and Craigslsit? LMAO!

 

[Blmpkn]

Youre pretty insightful for a kid lmao....had to.

I do think expectations are an issue for me....i get really irritated really quick when things take 20 times longer then i think they should. But alot of thats my own doing because i try to do things as cheaply as possible....i tend to pinch a penny untill it shits a dime and i think thats a cause for ALOT of my issues everywhere.

The cobalt i was actually going to sell...i tossed a battery in it and it fired right up after sitting in the field for 3 years...old gas and all. Coupled with gas prices i kinda changed my mind. It was a good 30mpg commuter till it took a shit...and unlike my bronco, ranger, whatever else i give zero shits about it....so if it gets ran over by a tractor at the farm i wont be that upset lol.

The LTD really at this point just needs time more then anything else. I got a good used 351 sitting there for it but its from an econoline....so i need to switch oil pan, timing cover, clean it up a bit, pry change the oil pump while im in there...besides that its gonna need a fuel tank, one of the 5mph bumper shocks is rotted....which i have one to replace it....brakes gone through and a good cleaning. So now that i type it all out it dont seem like all that much. I bought the used 351 so it would atleast run and drive untill i get time/money to build the original 351 the way i want too. Nothing crazy...but a bit more giddyup. I really thought about building a 400 for it at one point.

The Vic pisses me off the most. The Bronco and Ranger i obviously expected to be projects because neither ran...at all. But the vic ran and drove fine....then it was like an avalanche of shit. It was meant to be a DD but turned into yet another project. Of all the randoms i got its the best option personally for a driver.

I love that 77 to death...besides my first ranger probably the best truck i ever owned. Really i could do the floorpans and flatbed it. I got a guy that might want it though...hes got a good cab for it and wants to DD it...id be ok selling it to him. Hes as irritated as i am at EFI...hes got a 95 now he cant figure out.

But yeah...i think i need to be a bit eaiser on myself about this stuff

For being "as far out in left field" as I am most of the time.. I'm just as firmly grounded in the realm of reasonability. I've had to endure more than my fair share of downright crippling depression and anxiety over the years.. so learning to successfully&healthily deal with such things definitely helped (or rather FORCED) me to become much more mindful and insightful than I used to be. Out of the darkness comes sunshine or whatever..

I just try to poke-fun and joke and be a goofy MF as much as I possibly can because it makes me happy.. and as we know.. lives are best spent happily. I always hope that my goofiness.. even if very minorly.. will mabey have a positive effect on someone else's day by bringing out a chuckle.

While it IS totally necessary for meaningful success in all aspects of an individuals life.. having to actually be serious kinda drags me down a bit.. cause it's generally not fun lol... I'll be serious when I NEED to but.. if I don't need to.. I'm definitely not gonna be.

Its all about those baby steps really. Kinda like Dave ramseys "snowball method" when someone's trying to get out of debt.. only in this case it's trying to get out from being trapped under too many projects.

Start with the smallest/easiest thing first.. once that's done.. move on to the next biggest thing.. then the next biggest thing.. rinse and repeat. Even if the tasks aren't necessarily in the order that makes sense or the order you'd prefer them be done in. Completing things.. even small things.. will naturally give someone a sense of immideate accomplishment.. but then also greatly increase their amount of motivation to keep the ball a'rollin over the longer term.

You'll get there. Positivity breeds positivity.. and conversely as well. More and more studies are showing that negative thoughts WILL eventually manifest themselves physically. Self-proclaimed optimists are MUUUUUCH less likely to develop cancer and other diseases and crap than people who consider themselves pessimistic..