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I first came across the idea of only owning 100 things last year and it intrigued me. I wondered if I would be able to manage it or for that matter even come close and then I thought about books and the idea was ruined. It came up again the other day and it seems (after a bit of research and discussion*) that while many people are doing/have done it for the required year, each person makes their own rules and hardly anyone keeps to the letter of the 100 things law. The idea of including a library as one item struck me as revolutionary, but also as cheating; I could keep my books and still do the 100 things list. Socks and undies being seen as one item was just another string to my bow, it was starting to look like I could possibly participate and then with horror I realised…miniatures. I play two wargames and for one I would have something like 200 miniatures and the other I don’t even want to start thinking about how many WW2 Germans and Americans I have. It was then suggested that each range of minatures be counted as one list item and it was at that point that I might as well not even bother.
I think I probably could do the 100 things list if I really, really tried and was then forced at gun point to keep to it. My music is on my computer and I could join a library to read books. I hardly play war games anymore, I just like painting the figures these days and DVDs are something I just don’t buy anymore because the kids don’t let me watch them. Having said that, my life doesn’t depend on it so there is no incentive (other than it being an interesting idea) for me to do it.
I started making a list of all the things I would have in my 100 things and when I bundled books as one item and miniatures as another it was quite easy. However, I decided to have a look at the things I considered as essential** and see how I went with a top 20 non furniture related items. So here is my top 20:
Nope, no it isn’t, I got to about 30 and decided I was going crazy and stopped. I think my top few items are my laptop, speakers, woofer, camera, clock radio, bike, helmet and backpack. Those are the absolute must haves. I am curious what other people have as their few must haves are.
* This discussion was right up Alex’s alley.
** Definitions of essential my vary
She is a wily one.
This is clearly not taken in Sydney, but now that I am in Sydney i have access to youtube again.
Comments (1)It would have been a terrible thing if a team that blattantly cheated had won the world cup, so the Dutch have done everyone a service. I find it interesting that there is defence of Luis Suarez and his modern day hand of god*, but I wonder how many people outside of Uruguay would call it anything other than cheating.
*Although Maradonna’s hand of god was used in the opposite fashion, so maybe this should be called the hand of satan.
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