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debm55

(46,915 posts) Fri Jun 6, 2025, 11:38 AM Jun 6

It's junk drawer time again. Go to your junk drawer and find one think you need to get rid of. Throw it away and tell us [View all]

what it was. Thank you. Mine was a set of keys.

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It's junk drawer time again. Go to your junk drawer and find one think you need to get rid of. Throw it away and tell us [View all] debm55 Jun 6 OP

A battery for the old school flip phone I had decades ago RoadRunner Jun 6 #1

Good for you RoadRunner. One less thing in the junk drawer. debm55 Jun 6 #4

Like other folks BOSSHOG Jun 6 #2

Thank you BOSSHOG. debm55 Jun 6 #6

I don't have junk drawer...anymore... MiHale Jun 6 #3

Congratulations. MiHale. debm55 Jun 6 #8

howdi AllaN01Bear Jun 6 #15

I can't. There are things in there that I know will come in handy someday. Ocelot II Jun 6 #5

But Ocelot II, most times they won't come in handy. Deep down in your heart you know that. Free yourself of one item. debm55 Jun 6 #9

I don't even know what some of those things are. But I know I will need them. Eventually. Ocelot II Jun 6 #11

HAHAHAHAHA. then free yourself of the item/items. You can do it. Try my friend. debm55 Jun 6 #16

Not too long ago, I left the water dripping in the kitchen and filled up the sink, and it also filled up the junk drawer Walleye Jun 6 #7

Thank you Walleye, well that's one way to solve the problem of Junk Drawer. debm55 Jun 6 #10

"That's one way of doing it" is my favorite motto Walleye Jun 6 #22

Thank you Walleye. You are set free from all the stuff in the junk drawer. debm55 Jun 6 #23

corperate did a remod of all the apartments at tic toc base in sonora ca. AllaN01Bear Jun 6 #12

Oh dear. AllaN01Bear. Glad you found substitutes for your meds not for junk. debm55 Jun 6 #17

old check book from 2004, shredded though as most were still unused and the account was closed long ago Shellback Squid Jun 6 #13

Congragulations, Shellback Squid. Now that wasn't hard was it. debm55 Jun 6 #18

An old BigMin28 Jun 6 #14

As is mine. A little at a time will do it. Congratulations. I am very proud of you, BigMin28 debm55 Jun 6 #19

Leftover plastic utensils accumulated from past JMCKUSICK Jun 6 #20

Congratulations, John. Set yourself free by slowly throwing away the junk. debm55 Jun 6 #21

I threw away some Happy Meal toys. I found them in the back of the junk drawer and some packs of ketchup. It feels good debm55 Jun 6 #24

When does one usually have a use for that thing? BOSSHOG Jun 6 #25

Your right BOSSHOG, a junk drawer is a hoarder. paradise. I win. If you havenlt use it yet, You are not going to. debm55 Jun 6 #26

The instruction manual for a long discarded appliance Raven123 Jun 6 #27

Congratulations, Raven 123. Way to go. debm55 Jun 6 #30

I just did that last weekend! Lilithschyld Jun 6 #28

Thank you so much, and congratulations, Lillithschyld. debm55 Jun 6 #31

Oh Deb, I never throw just one thing away when I do something like this! CrispyQ Jun 6 #29

Congratulations CrispyQ. I am very proud of you. I will check out the link.I have some packs of Sweet &Low. that are debm55 Jun 6 #32

Ummm. Most justaprogressive Jun 6 #33

Thank you justaprogressive. Congratulations throwing those old batteries out. debm55 Jun 6 #36

Husband's wedding ring from his 1st marriage LNM Jun 6 #34

HAHAHAHHA. Thank you LNM. debm55 Jun 6 #35

Which one? Seems I have 3. The original, one for the original's "overflow", and a 3rd for the overflow's overflow. retread Jun 7 #37

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH. Start with the first one first. thank you retread. debm55 Jun 7 #39

A cookie cutter in the shape of a Christmas Tree. Two recipes (hand written) for "Crunch green pea salad" and CTyankee Jun 7 #38

Thank you very much CTyankee. for sharing. If it;s in the junk drawer it isn't going to be used. debm55 Jun 7 #40

I don't even "do" Christmas any more. I stopped getting a tree about 10 years ago. CTyankee Jun 7 #41

Thank you very much for sharing with me. My husband belong to the Congregational Church also. My family was and still is debm55 Jun 7 #42