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The Things We Own

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    Photographer Documents All 12,795 Items That She Owns

    Going from room to room, she spent almost five years documenting every single object she owns, from loose Lego bricks and old keychains to remote controls, kitchen utensils, and miscellaneous knick-knacks.

    After Iweins went through a divorce and moved house for the 11th time, she decided to take on the mammoth task of indexing and classifying her belongings by color, material, and frequency of use.

    More of Iweins work can be found on her website.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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    • MikM Away
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      Mik
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      But is it art? I'm not sure.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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      • Catseye3C Offline
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        Catseye3
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        This is one of those things that shouldn't be fascinating, but somehow is.

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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        • CopperC Offline
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          Copper
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          Eventually we will document every molecule in the universe.

          But where will we store the information?

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            I have to wonder about the kind of mind that undertakes this.

            "11th house?"

            I have lived in 10 places, and that includes a dorm, my parents' two apartments before I was 8, and the house I lived in until I was 22.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • George KG George K

              I have to wonder about the kind of mind that undertakes this.

              "11th house?"

              I have lived in 10 places, and that includes a dorm, my parents' two apartments before I was 8, and the house I lived in until I was 22.

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              Copper
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              @George-K said in The Things We Own:

              I have to wonder about the kind of mind that undertakes this.

              When I saw the headline, I wanted a spreadsheet that listed everything I own. I'll probably never have one, maybe at the end when almost everything is gone.

              I have recorded what club I used for every golf shot in the past 3 years, 58,056 shots so far.

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              • 89th8 Offline
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                I have no idea why someone would want to divorce her.

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                • 89th8 89th

                  I have no idea why someone would want to divorce her.

                  George KG Offline
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                  @89th said in The Things We Own:

                  have no idea why someone would want to divorce her.

                  Good thing I was using a cheapo keyboard.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • CopperC Copper

                    @George-K said in The Things We Own:

                    I have to wonder about the kind of mind that undertakes this.

                    When I saw the headline, I wanted a spreadsheet that listed everything I own. I'll probably never have one, maybe at the end when almost everything is gone.

                    I have recorded what club I used for every golf shot in the past 3 years, 58,056 shots so far.

                    89th8 Offline
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                    89th
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                    @Copper said in The Things We Own:

                    I have recorded what club I used for every golf shot in the past 3 years, 58,056 shots so far.

                    Yeah and you've only played 14 rounds.

                    BOOM!

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                    • JollyJ Offline
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                      Everything important in life can fit in a footlocker - USMC

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • JollyJ Jolly

                        Everything important in life can fit in a footlocker - USMC

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                        @Jolly Except your wife. As one Marine learned who is now doing 20 to life.

                        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                          Just gotta pick the right size wife. 😊

                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                            kluurs
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                            really will help for insurance purposes after the house fire.

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                            • kluursK kluurs

                              really will help for insurance purposes after the house fire.

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                              George K
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                              @kluurs said in The Things We Own:

                              really will help for insurance legal purposes after the house fire divorce.

                              And this.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • CopperC Copper

                                Eventually we will document every molecule in the universe.

                                But where will we store the information?

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                                @Copper said in The Things We Own:

                                Eventually we will document every molecule in the universe.

                                But where will we store the information?

                                I keep a 1:1 scale model of the universe myself.

                                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                -Cormac McCarthy

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                                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                  @Copper said in The Things We Own:

                                  Eventually we will document every molecule in the universe.

                                  But where will we store the information?

                                  I keep a 1:1 scale model of the universe myself.

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                                  George K
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                                  #16

                                  @jon-nyc said in The Things We Own:

                                  I keep a 1:1 scale model of the universe myself.

                                  Variations on a Stephen Wright line:

                                  "I have a map of the United States at home. The scale says '1 mile = 1 mile.' I hardly ever unfold it."

                                  "I woke up last night and found that someone had broken into my house and replaced everything with an exact duplicate."

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    Took her five years to do. OMG

                                    It seems like one of those jobs where you finish, and have to go back and start over because things have changed.

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