You know you didn't really need something when...

you don't miss it at all and you have to think back to a time when you had it.

Such was the case for:

• The compact DVD player which was slightly flaky. I have a PVR that plays DVDs also so the player was redundant.
• The P&S digital camera which was redundant because my phone camera does the job now.
• The old cooking utensils, old crockery and old cutlery, which were redundant because I had bought new ones but hadn't put them to use.
• The set of glass tumblers which I hardly ever used. I have a few other glasses anyway.
• Old RCA connector AV cables which weren't needed by any equipment I have.

Freecycle is great for giving things away.

No more analogue time

My bedside travel alarm clock, bought from Ikea for $1 years ago, ticked its last the other day. So it went into the e-waste, one less item I own. I've just realised that now there are no more analogue timepieces in this household, working or not. No handed-down-from-grandfather clocks or watches, no alarm clocks with bells on top (still shown in computer icons, what an anachronism), no roosters. 😀

It won't be replaced. Currently I'm using an old phone as an alarm. I've also revived an old clock radio (clock part formerly split-flap, now digital) to wake me up with music. For travel the smartphone does this and more.