Decluttering: a quandary
Oct. 30th, 2010 05:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceJust for a moment there, I had an access of utter fugue: standing in the half-stripped cupboard under the stairs (floor cleared, shelves still stacked) staring about me in a sort of vacant panic, I don't know what to doooo...!
Then I thought I might as well just carry on taking things out, looking at what they are, making judgements or else postponing same; so I did that.
Only now we have a new issue: in brief, best-before and use-by dates.
See, I know more or less how I feel about these, and it varies from product to product. On chutneys? Ridiculous: they're full of vinegar and sugar, they only mature, they get better with age. Like people, more or less. On beer? Not so much.
So: how's about catfood? Specifically, a semi-soft semi-dry product that comes in sachets. The girls used to love this stuff, and I just uncovered half a boxful. Dated "Best if used by 2005." Which is, um, a while ago. If it were me, I'd try it anyway, unless it seemed bad to nose or eye; but can I trust the boys to reject it if it's gone off? Should I just sling it as a precaution? What harm is it liable to do them? Etc etc. I am Chaz; see me dither.
In other news, I may never write again.
Then I thought I might as well just carry on taking things out, looking at what they are, making judgements or else postponing same; so I did that.
Only now we have a new issue: in brief, best-before and use-by dates.
See, I know more or less how I feel about these, and it varies from product to product. On chutneys? Ridiculous: they're full of vinegar and sugar, they only mature, they get better with age. Like people, more or less. On beer? Not so much.
So: how's about catfood? Specifically, a semi-soft semi-dry product that comes in sachets. The girls used to love this stuff, and I just uncovered half a boxful. Dated "Best if used by 2005." Which is, um, a while ago. If it were me, I'd try it anyway, unless it seemed bad to nose or eye; but can I trust the boys to reject it if it's gone off? Should I just sling it as a precaution? What harm is it liable to do them? Etc etc. I am Chaz; see me dither.
In other news, I may never write again.
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Date: 2010-10-31 01:46 pm (UTC)