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Aren’t You Glad You Didn’t Throw That Out?

Wednesday, 3 January 2024, 16:00 Claudia Uncategorized 26

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  3. I kept watching for the piece not to fit and the whole bed to break into pieces when the boomer jumps into bed in celebration, but that’s just me knowing these things rarely if ever actually work out.

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  8. GUILTY!!!!
    I worked at a hardware store while in high school in the 70s. One of my jobs was sweeping floors. Every evening I would pass by the loose hardware drawers and would sweep up screws, nuts and washers. It was too much effort to find their correct locations but I couldn’t justify throwing them away. I would put them in my pocket and bring them home to put in a can. I still have that can today and occasionally search for something I need and often find it.

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  9. i find when doing cleanup. “dam. i just threw that out” my better option. regularly have friends over with interest and give away. seems to work better. i then get to rifle their crap. kind of like going to the hardware and remembering you needed one of those.

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  12. I knew an old Norwegian guy who was a member of my church who never threw away anything in his life. Floyd and his wife Margaret lived out in the country N. of Spokane and his small farm was littered with every car or truck that he ever owned, old appliances were everywhere, and his house looked like he belonged to the Bumpus family. He was a great old gentleman who always would allow us, the younger guys in the church to come over to his place and go hunting or fishing with him or to come over and pick up a load of fresh horse manure for our gardens which we did once for my mom and dad’s garden. When they died about ten years ago, at their funeral we all laughed at how much old junk that he had. They may not have been rich, but they shared everything with all the rest of us in our church and especially all the young guys and their families. He was quite the character and a great man to have known for nearly 40 years or so.

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  14. @Jethro – My dad worked in a textile mill for close to 55 years, most of it as a loom fixer (now called technician). The cleaning crews between shifts would sweep everything around each loom into piles including nuts, bolts, washers, etc. and come around later to pick up the piles (as you said too time consuming to put back in inventory). My dad had a telescopic magnet that he used all the time and he would use it to pick up all the steel pieces from the pile. I inherited a huge collection of stuff that would fill a hardware store and much of which most hardware stores don’t carry. He never got around to sorting them into sizes though. Maybe I can sell them by the pound some day.

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  18. geoff – …they shared everything with all the rest of us in our church and especially all the young guys and their families. He was quite the character and a great man to have known for nearly 40 years or so.

    Now THAT’S a rich man! Character and generosity are priceless, especially in today’s climate!!

    Aaaaaaaaannd now that I think about it, today’s climate of dumbed-down, spoon-fed, brain-washed, degreed, self-absorbed, celebrity-obsessed, White guilt-ridden, bottled-water-drinking, Politically Correct, Kumbaya-singing, Xanax-disabled, sheet grabbing, pillow biting, moisturizing-metro-sexuals are the REAL climate change!!

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  20. I’m an old boat mechanic & I have a shipping container full of engine parts. Guy called recently & needed a solenoid for a 1970 Johnson electric shift outboard. He was happy to pay $50 since they are not made anymore. Haven’t needed one since the early 80s. Maybe it’s time to go through the box.

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  21. My dad was the manager of the rebuild department at a heavy equipment dealer. Bolts, washers, nuts, seals and thread lock were always brought home due to guys just tossing stuff in any bin within reach or the tool crib guy would always bring him stuff that they didn’t need. I have enough of the aforementioned stuff that it would last me three lifetimes and there have been many a time that stash saved me a trip to the hardware store.

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