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Sep 2024
1:16pm, 28 Sep 2024
46,503 posts
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Night-owl
6 books bought to library to donate 4 of which I've had years and know I'll never read (not my genre)
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Sep 2024
1:41pm, 28 Sep 2024
4,205 posts
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Shades
I bought 4 books from our local library this week. I've also arranged that I will return them to the library when I've read them and they can resell them. Our library is run by a charity. Means no excess clutter for me too as I don't keep novels once read.
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Sep 2024
1:52pm, 28 Sep 2024
46,505 posts
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Night-owl
It's brilliant our libraries often have book sales. That's a great idea about returning them
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Sep 2024
2:34pm, 28 Sep 2024
4,207 posts
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Shades
When I asked about returning the books, initially they looked at me like I was mad. But I normally give novels to a charity shop so I might as well give them back to them. The library is amazing now the charity run it. Previously when the council ran the library it was miserable, useless staff in a dingy setting.
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Oct 2024
4:50pm, 3 Oct 2024
2,750 posts
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WtnMel
I rearranged my desk in the study yesterday, part of which entailed working out what was filling up my 'old school' 3-tray setup (the old-fashioned in/pending/out setup). There was some actual paperwork that needed to be dealt with (bank & credit card statements etc.). But I also found 3 old phones, none of which I need as I have a spare; an old pair of glasses which had only one arm, the other having broken off!; a number of old magazines; boxes for said surplus old phones + user guides/warranty details etc; some playing cards; a huge amount of surplus papers (articles from magazines). Goodness knows what I thought all this 'stuff' was good for - but it has now been discarded, recycled or put somewhere else. And what remains is now sitting in a far nicer tray, waiting to be dealt with.
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Oct 2024
6:23pm, 4 Oct 2024
2,753 posts
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WtnMel
.. I forgot to mention one rather good 'find' in those old trays full of 'stuff' was 600 euros cash and 100 euros Amex travellers cheques (circa 2004!). I exchanged the 600 euros this morning and have paid the cash into my bank account. I discovered this afternoon that even though those travellers cheques are 20 years old, they don't expire and I've submitted a refund request online to cash them in (just need to wait and see if they need any further info or proof of id).
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Oct 2024
6:26pm, 4 Oct 2024
58,077 posts
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EvilPixie
Nice!
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Oct 2024
7:11pm, 4 Oct 2024
2,911 posts
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Jen HB
That's nice!
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Oct 2024
7:15pm, 4 Oct 2024
4,280 posts
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Shades
WtnMel - I think it's worth your while doing some more decluttering, seems to have very profitable in your house.
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Oct 2024
9:09pm, 4 Oct 2024
28,744 posts
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Lizzie W
I have some gift cards we got for our wedding, thinking we'd spend them when we got a house. They expired.
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Selling things
Feb 2023
