It’s tempting to collect styles and never delete any, but the fact is that most of it will never get used. It is similar to people who keep every screw, bolt, nut and nail they ever had. Unless they are really rigorous about how they organize them, they usually find it easier and quicker to go to the store and buy new ones than search through the many tins and boxes in their of unlabeled old stuff in the hope of finding the correct one. So the collection just grows and grows - and is hardly ever useful. I think’ all of us go thru this phase with styles before we figure out it’s often just a huge waste of time.
Mike
I am one of these people Mike.
Don't knock it !
Before anything is thrown out, it is ruthlessly stripped for any hardware that's useful. Nuts, bolts, washers, springs, grommets, screws, nails, brackets, hinges, casings, wire and cable, and many many other items. All have a carefully stored place in my garage.
Only this week I came across some old grease nipples from some old track rods I hoarded way back.
My wife looked at me in amazement this morning, as I positively bounced down the stairs ! What's got into you, she shouted......
Grease nipples I shouted back exuberantly! Two on the hips, two on my knees, two on the ankles a squirt with the grease gun, and I'm ready for another hundred years !!
Still looking for a few bits, but there's time yet.
Keith.
