About twenty years ago, my mother was tasked to clean out the house of her sister's mother-in-law, who had been suffering from Alzheimer's and passed away.
Apparently, she had the hoarding syndrome and had been collecting things for years.
We couldn't just throw things away, though. My aunt went to toss a packet of toothpicks. My mom grabbed it and found a hundred dollar bill. Or old nylons that were knotted up contained antique watches.
And then there was bizarre things she wouldn't throw away, such as bags and bags of empty crisco bottles. WTF?
We had a yard sale that year that topped all others. There were several accidents in front of our porch. When I say we had everything at that porch sale that year, I mean we had everything..from hummels to perfumed horse manure.
Always check the pockets before you throw stuff out or give it to the Goodwill . . . I'm in the habit of checking pockets because of my kids, but it's never a hundred dollar bill, just half a candy bar or a bunch of paper clips that would play hob with the washing machine . . .