Gregory Morrow > wrote:
>Now that is a wierd show. I have a friend who's mother is a hoarder
>(besides her many other mental afflictions). A few years ago they cleared
>out just her basement and it took FIVE city trash haulers to carry away the
>detritus. She hoards food, had freezers in the basement full of stuff
>like sour cream with a 1980 expiration date, Gorton's fish sticks from 1978,
>etc....
>When her father died she inherited around 225K from his estate and she blew
>that ENTIRE amount in about two years, all in grocery shopping trips...

My ex wife suffered from a similar affliction, though thankfully to a lesser
extent. There was only one extra fridge in our basement, and I can confirm that
she didn't plow through $200,000 on groceries. Still, her damage cleaned out my
nest egg.

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