Simon, I too am a pack rat, to prove it hubby and I have a 3 car, 2 storey garage which is almost FULL of mostly my stuff. (I let him have some of his stuff there too, wasn't that nice of me?!)
I have all my mum's books and records, and my books, 2 cedar chests my grandad made a side board he made, curio cabinets he made, a desk and a gazillion other things I just can't seem to part with. Until recently I even had every note that had ever been passed to me in school, but it got ruined it was a dishwasher box filled with notes, from friends boyfriends, girlfriends, all friends, some were just a few lines, some were pages long (keep in mind we wrote these to each other during class so we could pass them in the hall and then meet at lunch or go to class together)
Diana