Back in the day I worked in a walgreens distribution center and they redid some of the conveyor system , after they were done they had a couple 5 gallon pails full of mixed hardawre all new that they were going to throw out. Well ,I grabbed them and over the next couple months i would sort through it all, fifteen years later im still using that stuff . saved me many trips to town , i will never run out of 1/4x20 nuts !
I have a container of those sitting in a pile in my shed, that I spilled last fall, waiting to be swept up and put into a container, there to spend the rest of their days. Life is too short to sort nuts and bolts.
I inherited boxes and drawers of that mix, when my Dad died. Nuts, bolts, screws, nails, hinges, hasps, electrical, plumbing, automotive, and unidentified! Some new, some used. I say a prayer of thanks every time I paw through it. He was a child of the Great Depression and you never threw anything away, you might need it someday. tallow pot
I am practically sitting on a general store, well at least a small one. I try to keep things sorted out if I can, otherwise it is containers of similar types of hardware...usually.
My recurring dilemma: How can you throw away perfectly good junk? I'd hate like hell to have to BUY any of that junk again. And we old packrats call that a hundred year box, cause it'd take a hundred years to find a use for all of it.
I had a 40 drawer unit full of assorted hardware that spilled when the shelf broke. Loaded it in a bucket. It stayed that way until I got married and my new wife sorted it all out for me. All I had to do was put the drawers back to the way I wanted them and make sure the shelf I put the unit on would not fail. jack
Back in the day I worked in a walgreens distribution center and they redid some of the conveyor system , after they were done they had a couple 5 gallon pails full of mixed hardawre all new that they were going to throw out. Well ,I grabbed them and over the next couple months i would sort through it all, fifteen years later im still using that stuff . saved me many trips to town , i will never run out of 1/4x20 nuts !
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm wierd but, if I can find some time to set aside, I get a load of satisfaction from patiently sitting and sorting them all out.
ReplyDeleteStony You are better than me, they would all go into a can and get dumped out when I needed something.Al
DeleteLiterally did that last Saturday. I was heart broken.
ReplyDeleteAnd sometimes you fix it in front of everyone...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu3T8x6eWq8
I have a container of those sitting in a pile in my shed, that I spilled last fall, waiting to be swept up and put into a container, there to spend the rest of their days. Life is too short to sort nuts and bolts.
ReplyDeleteI inherited boxes and drawers of that mix, when my Dad died. Nuts, bolts, screws, nails, hinges, hasps, electrical, plumbing, automotive, and unidentified! Some new, some used. I say a prayer of thanks every time I paw through it.
ReplyDeleteHe was a child of the Great Depression and you never threw anything away, you might need it someday.
tallow pot
And we better start practicing that same mentality.
DeleteI am practically sitting on a general store, well at least a small one.
DeleteI try to keep things sorted out if I can, otherwise it is containers of similar types of hardware...usually.
My recurring dilemma: How can you throw away perfectly good junk? I'd hate like hell to have to BUY any of that junk again. And we old packrats call that a hundred year box, cause it'd take a hundred years to find a use for all of it.
DeleteI may have said some bad words the last time I did that
ReplyDeleteBTDT. Glad I have a broom and dustpan in the shop.
ReplyDeleteI had a 40 drawer unit full of assorted hardware that spilled when the shelf broke. Loaded it in a bucket. It stayed that way until I got married and my new wife sorted it all out for me. All I had to do was put the drawers back to the way I wanted them and make sure the shelf I put the unit on would not fail.
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She either loves you dearly, or is terminally OCD. Or maybe both. I guess that could work out, as long as she could put up with a non-OCD partner.
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