Very probably @Picidae ! I must confess also that I have at least 4 old biscuit tins, a few shoeboxes and numerous drawers with odds and ends in them. I think I need to be Kondo'd!
And in case anybody is wondering exactly how old I am, given a father born 1905, in my defence, he was nearly 20 years older than my mother. Makes genealogy charts interesting.
And in case anybody is wondering exactly how old I am, given a father born 1905, in my defence, he was nearly 20 years older than my mother. Makes genealogy charts interesting.
My mum has first cousins who are younger than me. Work that one out.
My father had a saying, "Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.". Luckily, our house had a big cellar and a loft, a garage (and no car) and a shed the same size, and the kitchen had a string drawer. I never heard him say it when we lived in a two bedroom flat.
@Lizzie27 Snap. My father was born in 1904. He was the youngest of 7. Aunties already had grandchildren. Yes and everything was saved. We had the room luckily as we were farmers. Plenty of old sheds about.
String tin reminds me of my button tin, yesterday looking for 4 buttons all the same, no, have to buy some. I just can’t throw them away some of them are old and I can remember what they came off of. I keep all the string from the sacks of potatoes or bird feed, my man drawer is pretty ridiculous really.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
OH has "organised" all our screws. I am still unable to find the ones I need. Current shelf project requires about 60 screws for 4 brackets per shelf. he's gone out and bought a box of 1000 - cheaper than 3 of 25. Fortunately, they should also be good for fitting the new seat bases to the cast iron garden chairs. That'll just leave 900..........
Maybe some more shelves?
I keep those ribbons form clothing too Pansy. Just right for hanging loops when I make skirts or trousers or buy new jeans.
Maybe all those bits of string could fill a bird's nest?
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My father had a saying, "Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.". Luckily, our house had a big cellar and a loft, a garage (and no car) and a shed the same size, and the kitchen had a string drawer. I never heard him say it when we lived in a two bedroom flat.
I keep all the string from the sacks of potatoes or bird feed, my man drawer is pretty ridiculous really.
Maybe some more shelves?
I keep those ribbons form clothing too Pansy. Just right for hanging loops when I make skirts or trousers or buy new jeans.
Maybe all those bits of string could fill a bird's nest?