Years ago, we went to a friends housewarming party, a friends of theirs and ours brought this box, it was wrapped up real pretty. He gave half of his box of old screws, old nails, stuff you found in your car, anything left over form a building project, old rubber washers, handles from somewhere, latches, old keys you don't know what they unlock, and anything that's left on the garage floor after you cleaned it. Also almost anything like old springs, caps, nuts, and bolts, locks of metal washers, the end of old hoses, and plenty more I can't think of at this moment. My husband has a metal can, filled to the top with lots of junk, he says he saving all this stuff in case he needs a odd screw, or nail, but every time he needs anything from one screw, to a O ring, he goes to Cannings hardware. It's a town over, but you get a live body, who knows something about hardware, he owned the store since it opened way back when !!! I think most of you ladies know what I am talking about, the box, bin or can filled with this and that, but never has what you really need !!! Sully in Sunny California

Hi All, from SNOWY southern VT,  Expecting a foot or more of the "white gold."  Our ski industry has been crying for it and even I, a definite non-skier, was getting sick of looking at brown grass in the fields, and just plain COLD. Actually I have SEVERAL junk cans, boxes, paper bags, etc.  My husband is always after me about them, BUT when he wants some odd bit I frequently can come up with it.  Waste not, want not.  Use it up, wear it out, make do or do without.  These are maxims I heard all my life, and they sure hold true.  Ruth On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 00:17:25 -0500 (EST), Sullyshirl73@aol.com wrote: Years ago, we went to a friends housewarming party, a friends of theirs and > ours brought this box, it was wrapped up real pretty. He gave half > of his box of old screws, old nails, stuff you found in your car, > anything left over form a building project, old rubber washers, > handles from somewhere, latches, old keys you don't know what they > unlock, and anything that's left on the garage floor after you > cleaned it. Also almost anything like old springs, caps, nuts, and > bolts, locks of metal washers, the end of old hoses, and plenty more > I can't think of at this moment. My husband has a metal can, filled > to the top with lots of junk, he says he saving all this stuff in > case he needs a odd screw, or nail, but every time he needs anything > from one screw, to a O ring, he goes to Cannings hardware. It's a > town over, but you get a live body, who knows something about > hardware, he owned the store since it opened way back when !!! I > think most of you ladies know what I am talking about, the box, bin > or can filled with this and that, but never has what you really need > !!! > Sully in Sunny California > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >