Its amazing what you find when you start organizing
By snowy
@snowy22315 (188134)
United States
April 17, 2025 9:41am CST
I am going through some boxes in the other room looking for things that I could store in the desk. I found both parchment paper and photo paper. I know that I had my resume printed out on parchment paper one time, and used it for cover lettesr as well, but not sure why I bought the photo paper, but I guess it could still be useful to print out pics from the internet. I also found a box of cassette tapes. Some have been recorded on, but some have never been used. They are practically an antique at this point in time. I wonder if anyone is buying unused cassette tapes? Do you ever find remarkable things when you organize?
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@FourWalls (73881)
• United States
17 Apr
Organizing is fun. De-cluttering is more fun, I’ve discovered as I get older.
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@snowy22315 (188134)
• United States
17 Apr
De cluttering is good too of course. I am kind of on a roll now. Well, I work on it when I want to take a break.
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@Dreamerby (7894)
• Calcutta, India
18 Apr
yeah true indeed. As if a weight has been lifted
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@snowy22315 (188134)
• United States
17 Apr
I don't have many vinyl records here, but friend has maybe a dozen of mine at his house. I don't really think they are worth anything at this point, because the cat scratched his claws on the covers. If I could get replacement covers, I might try to sell most of them.
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@LadyDuck (473021)
• Switzerland
17 Apr
@snowy22315 Our vinyl records were in good selling conditions, but I had no time to take care to sell them as well as a lot of things I finally donated.
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@Marilynda1225 (84383)
• United States
17 Apr
I'm sure someone would want those cassette tapes.
I'm always amazed at some of the things I find when I'm organizing and sorting through stuff.
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@snowy22315 (188134)
• United States
18 Apr
Yeah, this stuff has been packed up for awhile
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@LindaOHio (187086)
• United States
18 Apr
I heard that VHS tapes are becoming collectible...maybe cassettes are too. I don't like them because the tape deteriorates over time.
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@snowy22315 (188134)
• United States
18 Apr
I have a movie on VHS that I found while organizing and it is a classic. It was never opened
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@snowy22315 (188134)
• United States
20 Apr
@LindaOHio I had one of those, but I think I gave it to some scrap metal people. It didn't seem to be working.
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@LindaOHio (187086)
• United States
20 Apr
@snowy22315 We have a VHS/DVD player/recorder. I was able to record the VHS movie onto a DVD.
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@2ndchances24 (10313)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
17 Apr
I got rid of all my cassette tapes back when I was going through ALL the boxes
when we 1st started remodeling the cabin cause like you said theres
no use in them so why hang on to them, cd's are about the same way.
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@AmbiePam (97421)
• United States
17 Apr
@snowy22315 I don’t know, but it’s worth looking into. It would be cool to make money if you didn’t want them anymore.
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@snowy22315 (188134)
• United States
17 Apr
@AmbiePam OH I don't have them now, but I do have several blank cassette tapes.
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@snowy22315 (188134)
• United States
17 Apr
Why would someone want a used one? Most things that go out of style come back at a later date or some collect them for nostalgia. I wonder how much the 8 track tapes I used to use all the time are worth now?
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@abhi_bangal (5554)
• Ahmednagar, India
18 Apr
That's so so true. I mean, whenever I empty my cupboard for organizing back, I find things that I really wanted. And I couldn't find them anywhere. I bought a new one. And again left it somewhere else to get lost again.
But when it comes to managing my things, I usually papers a lot. Various types of them, some handwritten, some printed, etc. And I forget that I was organizing my cupboard and that I should focus on that. But I keep reading things. And mostly dive into nostalgia.
The main work of organizing takes a backseat... Hahaha...
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@snowy22315 (188134)
• United States
18 Apr
It's a trip down memory lane for sure. I found a rolladex, remember when people used to use those? Iam going to put it on my new desk for nostalgia purposes
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@abhi_bangal (5554)
• Ahmednagar, India
18 Apr
@snowy22315 Rightly said. It's a trip down the memories. And I'm sure we all love that. It's so satisfying, it cannot be expressed in words. Those who know what nostalgia is, will easily understand. But for that, one has to attain that age.
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@allknowing (144288)
• India
18 Apr
I have loads of casettes and may be I could play them one by one and record the songs while they ar ebeing played and then discuard the tapes
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@Tampa_girl7 (52245)
• United States
18 Apr
Last year I came across our cassettes. Sadly some of them no longer play. I threw those out.
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@1creekgirl (43341)
• United States
17 Apr
That's cool. I did find a top I had forgotten about in my shorts box. You never know!
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@snowy22315 (188134)
• United States
17 Apr
Yes, I sometimes find clothes I had forgotten too.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14973)
• Torrington, Connecticut
17 Apr
Forreal! I cleaned out my garage last weekend and found things I had weeks looking for
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@MarieCoyle (42995)
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18 Apr
I have been trying to do extra cleaning--working on closets, etc. I did get the utility room done, and it's CLEAN. Made me feel better. I cleaned out the big cabinet the pots and pans are in, took everything out, washed it out, etc. then put it all back in a better arrangement to be more convenient for me. I still have the hallway pantry to do...and my own closet. But I haven't found anything remarkable, no extra $, no forgotten valuables, etc. Darn!!
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@snowy22315 (188134)
• United States
18 Apr
I was just writing above, I found a rolladex..
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@MarieCoyle (42995)
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18 Apr
@snowy22315
You give me hope, maybe I will find something special in my cleaning spree!
