Saturday, February 28, 2009

Stuff...old stuff


Remember George Carlin's shtick about "stuff"?

There was a great estate sale in town today, in a small "vet home" brimming with goodies. (Vet homes, as they're known, were little red brick houses built after WWII by the Canadian government for the returning servicemen and their families; a sort of leg-up after the war)
This one was bursting at the seams with an incredible assortment of goodies, and it was obvious the same people had lived in it since it was built. Even picked up a set of Lawn Darts, happily never banned in Canada.
But what really struck me was the range of interests of the former owners. There was a sewing machine, tons of patterns and doo-dads, knitting stuff, a darkroom, electronics workbench, old radios, tons of camera gear (yes, I went to town!), tools of all types, movie cameras, reel-to-reel tape recorders, gardening stuff...it was amazing. And it got me thinking about how the word "hobby" has really become a sort of quaint notion in recent years, which I think is a shame. People watch more TV now, and they certainly spend (waste? :) ) a lot of time online as well. But these folks, well, you could tell how well-rounded they were by what they did with their spare time.

I fully intend for my house to be just like that some day, a big, happy mess of stuff. Oh wait, it already is...

3 comments:

  1. I envy you, just getting to walk around the place. You'll have to tell (or show) what all you picked up.

    My teeny condo is already that way, too.

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  2. Isn't that fun?

    We go to a lot of auctions and estate sales and I love finding other people's used stuff.

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  3. Hello,
    Nice blog i like it
    Hollywood theme parties are becoming extremely popular these days as more and more people are deciding on putting a twist to their normal run of the mill house party.

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