Things you can't let go

[fred_mouse]

Sometimes, it is the strangest things I can't bring myself to let go of. Today, it is a pharmacy bottle which used to contain witchhazel. It dates back maybe 25 years, and was bought while it was still common for pharmacists to dispense that kind of thing, rather than selling a pre-packaged option. I don't use witchhazel often, and so it has languished in the cupboard. I've now used up the last little bit of the contents, and have failed three times to put the bottle in the bin. Nothing rational, just an affection for the shape of the bottle and the history that it represents. Instead, I've washed it, and I'm going to add it to a display. I'll just have to find something else to rehome instead.

To reassure myself that this isn't weird, I'd love people to tell about something that they keep for no good reason that they can articulate.

Comments

[kalloway]

I have my old 'demo tapes' from broadcast school even though they're fifteen years old, I never want to hear them again, and they're on mini-disc, which I can't even play. I have no intention of ever thinking about broadcasting again.

I have absolutely no reason to keep them, but they're tucked on a shelf with other old media stuff and some small electronic accessories and whatnot.

[fred_mouse]

That is very cool! And the idea of being able to look at them, and know what they are, must be much faster than getting them out and listening to them, even if you did have a player.