Five Things I Can Do Without

There are things and gadgets I cannot do without but there are some things I really don’t want in my home. They just clutter up my home but apparently I need them in my life.help

On top of my list sits that square one-eyed monstrosity with his flat face connected via cables to a DSTV decoder, DVD player, and speakers. All I ever watch on it is the odd game of rugby and a bit of cricket when I can find the time. I may as well get rid of it and watch the games in a pub but this is the main attraction that makes my house the preferred venue for rugby parties. The only advantage in that is that I don’t have to drive back home.buddies

Next on my list are smart phones and tablets. All I want is a device that I can use to make and receive calls. To hell with the camera, music player, and all other gadgets on it. My daughter gave me one as a present but I never use it. It sits on my desk, only she knows the number, and I still use my old phone.doh

CDs & DVDs with the associated racks and players are next on the list. They just take up space. All my music and movies are on a fat external hard drive and the music I want to listen to at the time goes on a USB memory stick. Small, tidy, out of sight and it even works in my car.thumbs up

A conventional stove is another thing I don’t need but without it, the kitchen looks bare. All I ever use is the oven. What I need is an eye-level oven. Between the electric frying pan, electric steam cooker, electric pressure cooker, and microwave oven, I get everything else done.grin

Then, in conclusion, the last thing I need in my life is a nagging wife!blah My late mother was a compulsive nagger and as a child, I had to listen to it from the morning to the night. Now that I have a choice, I refuse to listen to it. The quickest and surest way for a woman to get rid of me is to start nagging. Then I run for the hills fish waters.hole

I suppose there are many other things I can do without but these are the things that bother me most. Now don’t sit and fry on it as I sometime do. Get rid of the things you don’t need in your life, you’re better of without it.wink
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A great day to you all.wave
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I'd give up everything I own just to have my nagging mother and nagging husband back.
Hi CC
I guess that is a matter of choice. I'd have my mother back any day but I still don't want to listing to her nagging. It is as they say: The sound of a snoring husband is the sweetest sound this side of heaven; you can ask any widow.
Hi Cat! wave First let me say... WELCOME back to blogland applause applause

I totally agree that we do have things in our homes often that we do not use or need. I was just thinking that today myself. I am not an hoarder but once a family of 10! SO question is what to keep and what to let go off as my home is the place we all congregate for family gatherings which we have regularly. Also I have a lodger (who is a temp lodger but been with me 18 months now) who unfortunately suffers with bi-polar and part of her condition is that she CANNOT throw anything out AND MUST accumilate everything within her sight.. she is a lovely lovely person, but I find myself throwing my things out to accommodate her things help Hummmmm something wrong with this picture I think doh

Its good to have you here with us... Hope you are here to stay for a longer time now
Cat, I envy you for the tasks you have to face now- moving into a new house! That's great! cheering head banger
Is your dear cat going with you?
Hi Calleis
My cat arrived with me. It is a pity that he does not like my new dog but they'll have to get used to each other. He ran off back to my sister's house (less than 1 km) but after I fetched him there, he stayed.
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Hey Cat, good to see you. wave
You never know what you got, until it's gone!!! DSTV decoder man.doh doh
Hi Usha
As I said, I seldom watch TV. Only a bit of sport now and then. I won't miss it at all. A big screen in a pub will do just as well.

Mind you, it does keep the children busy when my younger relatives come to visit.
Hi Wallops
There is no stove in here so perhaps now is the time to get rid of one of the things I don't need in my house. An Eye-level oven may just be on the cards when I eventually get to the kitchen.

Oh, Mimi was there. She won the usual free gift. This time it was a box of 144 cupcake from an unknown sponsor in Malaysia.
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Hummmmmmm, Mimi did NOT tell me she won all those cup cakes devil

Think I may need to have a word with her about NOT sharing moping moping
I haven't turned on my TV in about a year professor

Only because I watch everything on my netbook now laugh rolling on the floor laughing laugh
Hi Z
I have never liked movies or TV and I read the news on-line (used to get the newspaper delivered). But I love to play music. Sometimes a bit loud as well.grin
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Hi Sands
You see, somehow I'm attracted to nagging women. I always end up with one. I think it stems from my childhood.rolling on the floor laughing
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then don't get rid of the TV.....you will need it down the road, and don't forget the earphones.....laugh
Sands
A CS member who more or less grew up with me (a friend of my sister) just called to say that she often slept over at our place after I got married and left my parents home. She claims that my mother never nagged.

Now I wonder, maybe after I left, there was no more reason for her to nag. Can I be the spaghetti in the fan?
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these questions and more can be found in your next blog Cat (Why do we tend to marry our mothers: and women seem to marry their fathers)??grin
Hi Cattie
I see you have mentioned my call. I may as well confirm it. Your sister and I were best friends and I spent many weekends at your parent's house after you left home. Your mother never nagged.tongue

Sorry, I had to take this stab at you.devil
Sands,
Yes, it should make interesting reading but I'll pass on it.laugh
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Hi Ken
wow A 14 inch auger!

You can drill for oil with that thing!
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cat
I like to keep a clean house...no unnecessary stuff around...as for the nagging...well my cat is the only other occupant here...she is quite vocal and rules the roost so to speak...lol...but I wouldn't trade her in for anyone!!wine
I'll bet you won't want scatter cushions either!

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I'd give most things away if I could only keep my scatter cushions and my sewing machine.

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Hi Crazy,
Ok, I'll remind you next week - if I can remember!grin
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Hi Lou
Is it not amazing how a cat can dominate your household? I will have to install a cat door as soon as possible. Mister here wakes me early and late to come in or leave. Only trouble is the new dog at the moment. He guards the back door with unknown vigilance and that is where I intend to put the cat's door. I have moved the dog's kennel but he knows the cat is somewhere inside.
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Bob.
yay Well! Hail.
Give me the Smartphone.

PS. That will be one problem solved....rolling on the floor laughing
Hi Angel
If I could I would have given it away long time ago but it was a gift. I cannot give it away. My daughter will be very upset if I do.sad flower
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Bob.
roll eyes Ahm! That's A Lie.

She doesn't even have to know.
Gee! Don't tell every thing. Gosh!...moping
I would put a TV on that list and fancy gadgets like external harddrives etc. laugh I do miss my internet and using the laptop though, so the fancy mobile comes on handy.

I gave away (and threw out) stuff when I moved, but I do hope to acquire a lot more stuff in the next while. conversing
I inherited a sewing machine and I dream of the day I can find a pretty lady to come here and show me how to run it well. I have actually asked some of the ones around here, but either they never owned one, or they tell me Mom never showed them how. moping
Cat,

I've just found out that I'm going to have a date next weekend, I'll not be able to do it so remind me after a couple of weeks pleasegrin
Ken,

I'm good with sewing machine...can sew dresses, curtains , etc...bring it over heregrin
Cannot do Angel
She ask me about it and we see each other every few months lately; even if just for a few days at a time. She was very upset when I dropped the previous one she gave me in the toilet.
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Hi KN
My eyes are very weak and I battle on the small display. I tried a few apps like whatsapp on it but I don't get right. Nope I can do without it.hug wave
Hi Ken
Mercifully my sister inherited my mother's sewing machine. another white elephant gathering dust. She uses her own sewing machine.doh
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Hi Crazy
You're going on a date without me? I'm going to hang myself in the garage. I must just find a rope long enough for my feet to touch the ground.
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You funny fouking woman.
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Ken and Catfoot

Ken

I used to demonstrate sewing machines and there are some pretty hi tech ones these days.

I use mine to adapt clothing for disabled people for the charity Remap. Voted charity of the year. Money isn't an issue with us we are totally service based.

So Ken message me for some instructions. Sorry I can't provide the pretty girl for you too.

Catfoot.

My cushions are a collection of textile works of art.

When I visit friends I always put their scatter cushion on the floor. They truly are very irritating!

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Hi Rain
I suspect that ken is not really interested in operating his sewing machine. I think he is more interested in a pretty lass to complement the machine and if she cannot operate it then so be it.doh
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Pieces of art you say? I prefer mine on the wall.grin
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It would be difficult to persuade me that the free gift is worth more than the purchase in this case.

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True, buying is more expensive that gifts.laugh
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I was referring to the pretty young lady as the gift in question.

Personally I'd rather have the machine.

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Cat,

You may go with me...make sure that my date will take me home in one piece...you're well trained in self- defense, right?confused
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I know I cannot always have what I want, but that does not make me want it less. Otherwise I’m easy to please, flexible, accommodating and forgiving. I cool down as fast what I get cross. I hate it when people lie to me. I’m hooked to my laptop, but [read more]

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