vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
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I just hope the OP is aware of when he plays the National Lottery, which draw he is entering, either Saturday or Wednesday, and in which drawer he keeps his tickets.
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[Food] The Kitchen Draw of Chaos.
- Thread starter Stat Brother
- Start date
and dangerously swolen mobile batteries.
Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,445
Not seeing any of those little spike/ flower cake candle holders.
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
- 9,131
We moved at the end of June so tidied up the kitchen junk drawer. We just had a new kitchen fitted in the new house and I made sure I specified a junk drawer in the design knowing that it will be needed.
Currently, Mrs DCH has made an effort to organise this using little baskets but it won't take long for them to be overwhelmed with the level of junk, takeaway menus, etc that are already accumulating in there.
Currently, Mrs DCH has made an effort to organise this using little baskets but it won't take long for them to be overwhelmed with the level of junk, takeaway menus, etc that are already accumulating in there.
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- #27
So where the f**k have they all gone?
You are correct all the blue and white candles have gone too.
There aren't even any holders under the fuse wire.
I'll own up to no string - but I'm flummoxed as to why there are no candle holders.
Our version of that drawer contains (this list is obviously NOT exhaustive):
- Dozens of AA / AAA batteries, of assorted brands, completely unsorted between new / dead ones
- about 6 screwdrivers (that are seemingly ALL flats if I need a cross-head, and transform into cross-heads if I need a flat)
- About three blister packs of assorted watch batteries (all with the lines of actually useful sizes exhausted)
- Lots of assorted screws and pins
- Some unidentified old chargers
- Fuse wire (we do actually still have an old fashioned fuse box
)
- Some old surplus kitchen cupboard hinges, saved when discarding an old unit (just in case...)
- Around a dozen random KEYS.
- Dozens of AA / AAA batteries, of assorted brands, completely unsorted between new / dead ones
- about 6 screwdrivers (that are seemingly ALL flats if I need a cross-head, and transform into cross-heads if I need a flat)
- About three blister packs of assorted watch batteries (all with the lines of actually useful sizes exhausted)
- Lots of assorted screws and pins
- Some unidentified old chargers
- Fuse wire (we do actually still have an old fashioned fuse box
)- Some old surplus kitchen cupboard hinges, saved when discarding an old unit (just in case...)
- Around a dozen random KEYS.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
Nope. The house we live in has a large hall area so I suggested that we get a sideboard type thingy for "dumping stuff", so we now have an entire SIDEBOARD of chaos consisting of 2 drawers and 2 cupboards.
highflyer
Well-known member
- Jan 21, 2016
- 2,499
Yes, tip the contents into new drawer in new house. Our drawer is on at least it's third house.
I just checked and the pink and blue candle holders (that were definitely there but aren't now), seem to have evolved into balloons (of which there are many, but nobody ever put them there)
In my entire life I have never lived in, or indeed spent time in, a house in the UK without such a drawer.
My question (and looking at you here [MENTION=38333]Swansman[/MENTION]) is whether this is a UK thing or are there such drawers around the world, and if so, how do they differ culturally?
I just checked and the pink and blue candle holders (that were definitely there but aren't now), seem to have evolved into balloons (of which there are many, but nobody ever put them there)
In my entire life I have never lived in, or indeed spent time in, a house in the UK without such a drawer.
My question (and looking at you here [MENTION=38333]Swansman[/MENTION]) is whether this is a UK thing or are there such drawers around the world, and if so, how do they differ culturally?
Norman Potting
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As soon as I saw the thread title and before opening it I thought "fuse wire" and I was not dissappointed.
Has anyone, ever (electricians excepted) deployed fuse wire?
Has anyone, ever (electricians excepted) deployed fuse wire?
For anyone that has still got an ancient fuse board.
Yes, as a plumber I’ve had to repair a few old fuses with wire at jobs, quite rare to see old fuses in properties i have worked in recently.
How else would I fix it when one blows?
(about half a dozen times, over the course of 18 years at the house - normally when a halogen bulb in the kitchen pops)
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The cynic in me thinks he's done it on purpose to get the pedants posting replies.
It's the Tupperware drawer for me. Full of various takeaway containers of marginally different sizes. Absolute chaos. It's very stressful, but how on earth are you meant to organise it.
I've tried a few times, but when you stack them all into neat piles, a) you can still never find the right lid, and b) whatever system you try is usually messed up within a few days when some idiot (sometimes my wife, usually me) puts a box or lid in the wrong place.
I'm pretty sure half of the boxes we have in the drawer don't even have a lid that matches now anyway.
I've tried a few times, but when you stack them all into neat piles, a) you can still never find the right lid, and b) whatever system you try is usually messed up within a few days when some idiot (sometimes my wife, usually me) puts a box or lid in the wrong place.
I'm pretty sure half of the boxes we have in the drawer don't even have a lid that matches now anyway.
Neville's Breakfast
Well-known member
Fair comment. [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] may have put him up to it in a pathetic attempt to claw back the lost revenue from the Mustafa debacle.
Whoa, whoa, WHOA!
The drawer / cupboard you are referring to is a completely separate disaster zone to [MENTION=435]Stat Brother[/MENTION] 's drawer.
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Thank you but no
Clearly I was having a moment.
Thankfully all the perfectionists here are so forgiving for those less fortunate than themselves.
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Mustafa's Millions vs Stat's Stacks.