I read something like this, and think, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but, given the way I live and never clean but only rearrange---this could be my fate.
Posted by aspirit (Member # 7974) on :
That's a new one on me. More commonly, hoarders die from fire or from entrapment when their piles (that is, walls of stuff) collapse.
I've met hoarders before. Their homes were packed with their belongings from floor to ceiling along every wall so only pathways between rooms remained. People this bad need medical help. Fortunately, increased media coverage equals greater awareness equals better opportunities for help.
*Edited because I'm terrible with UBBCode for linking.
[This message has been edited by aspirit (edited January 10, 2009).]
Posted by Pyraxis (Member # 7990) on :
After a couple rounds of experience having to clean up after hoarders who could not handle the destruction of their messes when circumstances made it necessary, hoarding incites me to violent rage. I should not go into more detail in this thread. :P
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
I once read, and the matter seems to have passed into urban legend, that Howard Hughes arranged to have all his urine saved in jars. Well, I haven't gone that far, but I often wonder...whatever happened to all that urine after he died? Did somebody get rid of it, or is it still in storage somewhere?
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
I believe it was given to Melvin Dummar...
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
LOL! (Had to look it up, but that was great!)
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
Thanks. I'm glad somebody got it - the silence was "deafening".