I really don't get hoarding. I am not a pack rat. I go through my home and office twice a year and get rid of anything I no longer want or use. If it's worth having and not doing me any good it needs to be donated. If it's not worth having it needs to be thrown away. Harry didn't subscribe to that philosophy!
His house was a mess, that's really the only way to describe it. Every room was piled full of crap!!! Although, he had lots of everything you can think of he definitely had more books than anything else. He had more books than the Trenton Public Library (before they moved into a smaller, temporary space.) He easily had at least 10,000 books. No way, he read a quarter of them. He had books stacked in every room of the house, including the bathrooms. He had shelves filled with books. He had a large den and one wall was solid shelving. Every centimeter was filled with books. Name an author and I guarantee he's got a book by them. He had books from every genre every created. He still had every one of his college textbooks. He had children's books, comic books, magazines, and graphic novels. He even had dozens of copies of tracts that churches pass out for free and he wasn't passing them out. He was keeping them! Harry also had hundreds of videos and dvds. He had dozens of half burned candles sitting around. He had boxes of pencils, pens and markers that had never been opened. He was into astronomy and had at least five gigantic telescopes.
The strangest think had to be his fully stocked bar. He might have a drink with dinner, but he wasn't much of a drinker. He had bottles and bottles of every type of liquor you can name. And I'm not talking the little bottles; they had to be the biggest bottles sold. Most of them had never been opened. He had enough liquor in his house to make Charlie Sheen's character, Charlie Harper, look like a teetotaler. (FYI - I've date Charlie Harper! More on him in a future blog. lol) Seriously, he could have donated his liquor to Cheer's happy hour and it would have lasted for weeks.
Doug was a strange fellow. For unknown reasons I continued to date Harry for several weeks after seeing his house. I eventually discovered hoarding wasn't the only issue he had.
Continue reading "I should have washed my hair!" to find out what other eccentricities Hary had! And to hear about the adventures of dating a real life "Charlie Harper."
His house was a mess, that's really the only way to describe it. Every room was piled full of crap!!! Although, he had lots of everything you can think of he definitely had more books than anything else. He had more books than the Trenton Public Library (before they moved into a smaller, temporary space.) He easily had at least 10,000 books. No way, he read a quarter of them. He had books stacked in every room of the house, including the bathrooms. He had shelves filled with books. He had a large den and one wall was solid shelving. Every centimeter was filled with books. Name an author and I guarantee he's got a book by them. He had books from every genre every created. He still had every one of his college textbooks. He had children's books, comic books, magazines, and graphic novels. He even had dozens of copies of tracts that churches pass out for free and he wasn't passing them out. He was keeping them! Harry also had hundreds of videos and dvds. He had dozens of half burned candles sitting around. He had boxes of pencils, pens and markers that had never been opened. He was into astronomy and had at least five gigantic telescopes.
The strangest think had to be his fully stocked bar. He might have a drink with dinner, but he wasn't much of a drinker. He had bottles and bottles of every type of liquor you can name. And I'm not talking the little bottles; they had to be the biggest bottles sold. Most of them had never been opened. He had enough liquor in his house to make Charlie Sheen's character, Charlie Harper, look like a teetotaler. (FYI - I've date Charlie Harper! More on him in a future blog. lol) Seriously, he could have donated his liquor to Cheer's happy hour and it would have lasted for weeks.
Doug was a strange fellow. For unknown reasons I continued to date Harry for several weeks after seeing his house. I eventually discovered hoarding wasn't the only issue he had.
Continue reading "I should have washed my hair!" to find out what other eccentricities Hary had! And to hear about the adventures of dating a real life "Charlie Harper."
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