Old stuff!

Heineken Helen · January 2008

I decided to clear out my wardrobe last night (there are boxes in the bottom) and went through lots of my old stuff... fucking hell, I found letter that I'd got and faxes that I sent to friends from when I lived in Paris ten years ago

. I spent hours going through them and having a great laugh. I'd forgotten most of the stuff but it brought it all right back to me

I also found letters that I'd gotten in the French college 2 years before that and they were SO boring

like 'how's the weather there? It's nice in Cavan' even though I was only about an hour drive up the road, lol.

I love when ya find random shit like that that you forgot you kept

NY PJ1 · January 2008

i hope u threw out the old dirty underpants

Heineken Helen · January 2008

NY PJ1 wrote:

i hope u threw out the old dirty underpants

Nah... after ten years... I'm keeping them babies

is that what's at the bottom of YOUR wardrobe :eek:

MattCameronKicksButt · January 2008

Heineken Helen wrote:

I decided to clear out my wardrobe last night (there are boxes in the bottom) and went through lots of my old stuff... fucking hell, I found letter that I'd got and faxes that I sent to friends from when I lived in Paris ten years ago . I spent hours going through them and having a great laugh. I'd forgotten most of the stuff but it brought it all right back to me I also found letters that I'd gotten in the French college 2 years before that and they were SO boring like 'how's the weather there? It's nice in Cavan' even though I was only about an hour drive up the road, lol.

I love when ya find random shit like that that you forgot you kept

Oh wow! That's giving me a headache just thinking about it! If something doesn't have a use, it's got to go. The same goes for my computer and PM box. I like it to be sorted and clear. I can't have stuff cramming up my box. (That sounds rude.

)

Heineken Helen · January 2008

MattCameronKicksButt wrote:

Oh wow! That's giving me a headache just thinking about it! If something doesn't have a use, it's got to go. The same goes for my computer and PM box. I like it to be sorted and clear. I can't have stuff cramming up my box. (That sounds rude. )

Yep, it did!

I love keeping letters and diaries and stuff though... brings the memories right back. There was sooooooooo much I forgot. I was talking about people I'd even forgotten about. And lol, I remember meeting this group of Croatian lads one night and I must have given them my address and invited them to Ireland (I was still living with my parents

) and I found a couple of postcards that they'd sent me afterwards saying they can't wait to get to Ireland. I remember being terrified reading them and picturing my mothers face when this group of Croatian lads landed on my doorstep

. They never did thank fuck.

MattCameronKicksButt · January 2008

Heineken Helen wrote:

Yep, it did!

I love keeping letters and diaries and stuff though... brings the memories right back. There was sooooooooo much I forgot. I was talking about people I'd even forgotten about. And lol, I remember meeting this group of Croatian lads one night and I must have given them my address and invited them to Ireland (I was still living with my parents ) and I found a couple of postcards that they'd sent me afterwards saying they can't wait to get to Ireland. I remember being terrified reading them and picturing my mothers face when this group of Croatian lads landed on my doorstep . They never did thank fuck.

That's really nice actually. I lie. I do keep some cards and letters. It depends how special they are. And I keep all my sons stuff.

Sian-of-the-dead · January 2008

Yeah! I moved house recently and found so much shite i'd collected over the years. Letters, school leaving book, pictures... it was all a bit emotional tbh!

The best thing I found was my diary that I've written in on and off since I was 11. It was really weird being 23 and reading it back, the last time i'd wrote in it was 7 years previously, and I was rabbiting on about some guy i'd met and moved in with! I felt compelled to write in it again (mainly because I was moving out from that relationship breaking down) and it was so emotional to read it back. I'd been through so much in the 7 years and i'd grown up so much!

I think i'm gonna keep that til the day I die tbh, I love the fact I don't write in it often, only really when something major happens. I'm not the type to write one everyday but when I do record the big events, my gosh they are huge!! I might sell it actually, would probably out-sell JK Rowling and Jilly Cooper... *thinks*....

harmless_little_f*** · January 2008

I'm not enjoying rummaging through old stuff these days.

Heineken Helen · January 2008

MattCameronKicksButt wrote:

That's really nice actually. I lie. I do keep some cards and letters. It depends how special they are. And I keep all my sons stuff.

well I think I pretty much kept them all. There was a school friend of mine who I didn't realise I was still in touch with at that stage who sent me plenty of postcards and it's made me wanna look her up... and lots of my college friends wrote telling me what was going on at home. And there was lots of other stuff. It was really cool. I found stuff I'd completely forgotten about like (and this is probably pretty sad, lol) my grandmothers coin collection she'd given to me... there are 200 year old coins in there :eek:

Heineken Helen · January 2008

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

Yeah! I moved house recently and found so much shite i'd collected over the years. Letters, school leaving book, pictures... it was all a bit emotional tbh!

The best thing I found was my diary that I've written in on and off since I was 11. It was really weird being 23 and reading it back, the last time i'd wrote in it was 7 years previously, and I was rabbiting on about some guy i'd met and moved in with! I felt compelled to write in it again (mainly because I was moving out from that relationship breaking down) and it was so emotional to read it back. I'd been through so much in the 7 years and i'd grown up so much!

I think i'm gonna keep that til the day I die tbh, I love the fact I don't write in it often, only really when something major happens. I'm not the type to write one everyday but when I do record the big events, my gosh they are huge!! I might sell it actually, would probably out-sell JK Rowling and Jilly Cooper... *thinks*....

I know what ya mean... I've never been much of a diary person either but when something big happened I felt the need to record it. I found one I kept when I was 11 too and it was fucking hilarious the things I felt necessary to note

Heineken Helen · January 2008

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

I'm not enjoying rummaging through old stuff these days.

I'm sorry... but maybe now isn't the time... in a couple of years perhaps.

MattCameronKicksButt · January 2008

Heineken Helen wrote:

well I think I pretty much kept them all. There was a school friend of mine who I didn't realise I was still in touch with at that stage who sent me plenty of postcards and it's made me wanna look her up... and lots of my college friends wrote telling me what was going on at home. And there was lots of other stuff. It was really cool. I found stuff I'd completely forgotten about like (and this is probably pretty sad, lol) my grandmothers coin collection she'd given to me... there are 200 year old coins in there :eek:

The last part's not sad. That's pretty cool.

This thread makes me think of The Simpsons. 'Sure it's not 1985 right now but who knows what tomorrow will bring'?

decides2dream · January 2008

i loooovvvvveeee looking through old letters/cards/photos. i am pretty organized with all, boxes designated for years and/or specific individuals, 98% of photos in albums - before digital any way

- however there are some real old, or just misplaced photos floating about in a box or two. also, i have tidbits from travels, art postcards, ticket stubs, etc....great to look through! i have every card/letter my husband has ever written me, and that's going back to 1987! :eek: it's nice too, b/c most written correspondence and/or photos easy to store/organize, doesn't take up much space to save either. i even have a lot of my papers and notes from school, report cards, etc. i've only saved a small sampling of my artwork from my younger years, mostly from college/gradschool, takes up too much space...and sadly, i had to get rid of ALL the design models i made b/c again, just take up too much space! but i took pics.

hahaha. i just adore having *tangible* things to bring back a whole flush of memories and times in my life.

and yes, i have an expandable folder dedicated to pj ticket stubs, cards/notes from friends, pj stickers and memoriabilia from travels, etc.

Heineken Helen · January 2008

MattCameronKicksButt wrote:

The last part's not sad. That's pretty cool.

This thread makes me think of The Simpsons. 'Sure it's not 1985 right now but who knows what tomorrow will bring'?

yep, that's true. It's strange to think of back when all that was going on... I wonder what was going through my head... if I even knew I'd LIVE to be this old

Heineken Helen · January 2008

decides2dream wrote:

i loooovvvvveeee looking through old letters/cards/photos. i am pretty organized with all, boxes designated for years and/or specific individuals, 98% of photos in albums - before digital any way - however there are some real old, or just misplaced photos floating about in a box or two. also, i have tidbits from travels, art postcards, ticket stubs, etc....great to look through! i have every card/letter my husband has ever written me, and that's going back to 1987! :eek: it's nice too, b/c most written correspondence and/or photos easy to store/organize, doesn't take up much space to save either. i even have a lot of my papers and notes from school, report cards, etc. i've only saved a small sampling of my artwork from my younger years, mostly from college/gradschool, takes up too much space...and sadly, i had to get rid of ALL the design models i made b/c again, just take up too much space! but i took pics. hahaha. i just adore having *tangible* things to bring back a whole flush of memories and times in my life.

and yes, i have an expandable folder dedicated to pj ticket stubs, cards/notes from friends, pj stickers and memoriabilia from travels, etc. : p

I have all school reports and stuff too. I found my college exam results which I'd thought were lost :eek: . I'm MUCH less organised than that but I still have lots kept. I didn't go through everything last night... keeping some for another night

eMMI · January 2008

I love goind through old stuff!

the bad thing is that I'm not organised at all.

every now and then I swear I'll put everything in order and all.. but it never happens. lol.

although, I do have one drawer box for letters and such from Finnish people/Finland and other box for foreign memorabilia.

Heineken Helen · January 2008

eMMI wrote:

I love goind through old stuff!

the bad thing is that I'm not organised at all. every now and then I swear I'll put everything in order and all.. but it never happens. lol.

although, I do have one drawer box for letters and such from Finnish people/Finland and other box for foreign memorabilia.

Hahaha... I always swear I'll organise it too... and of course I never do. Cos I put it back in the wardrobe and say 'I'll do that in a couple of weeks when I get the time'

which of course I never get

Sian-of-the-dead · January 2008

Heineken Helen wrote:

I know what ya mean... I've never been much of a diary person either but when something big happened I felt the need to record it. I found one I kept when I was 11 too and it was fucking hilarious the things I felt necessary to note

Oh god, mine's better than a Billy Connelly stand up session only more cringe worthy!

The petty little things I used to record is hilarious! I was completely in love with this lad at school.. I liked the way I thought it was love! :rolleyes: ahhh... and the way that when you're 11, you think an argument with someone at school is the end of the world, they're all the uddered bovine's under the sun and three pages later you're staying over her house sharing secrets again!

It is good to read about stuff like my feelings on my first kiss, being useles with boys etc... I'm still a nervous sap even now! Somethings never change! :rolleyes:

Jennytree · January 2008

Oh god... the memories! Most of my really old stuff is still back in my parents house, gives me something to do when I go back to stay! All the old school reports, and letters from my friends when I was 13 giving out about other girls and the boys that I fancied!

And the best are all the old mix tapes I have, from pirate radio stations I could only listen to when I stuck a hanger out my window with the aerial attached.

Ah, back in the good ol' days

Heineken Helen · January 2008

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

Oh god, mine's better than a Billy Connelly stand up session only more cringe worthy!

The petty little things I used to record is hilarious! I was completely in love with this lad at school.. I liked the way I thought it was love! :rolleyes: ahhh... and the way that when you're 11, you think an argument with someone at school is the end of the world, they're all the uddered bovine's under the sun and three pages later you're staying over her house sharing secrets again!

It is good to read about stuff like my feelings on my first kiss, being useles with boys etc... I'm still a nervous sap even now! Somethings never change!

I never wrote about my first kiss strangely enough. Although I'll never forget that

It lasted about 3 hours and I didn't move my head at all... my neck was killing me for a whole week but I was too fucking happy to give a fuck

And yep, even when I was in France one of the girls was writing to me about this fella I'd fancied in school. I musta still fancied him in college

I was sure I'd moved on to the lovely Stephen by that stage

Heineken Helen · January 2008

Jennytree wrote:

Oh god... the memories! Most of my really old stuff is still back in my parents house, gives me something to do when I go back to stay! All the old school reports, and letters from my friends when I was 13 giving out about other girls and the boys that I fancied!

And the best are all the old mix tapes I have, from pirate radio stations I could only listen to when I stuck a hanger out my window with the aerial attached.

Ah, back in the good ol' days

hahahaha... I found some mix tapes too... and ya get the dj coming in at the end of the songs and stuff

Old stuff!

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