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Another wrapped set of plastic takeout ware. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2 #1
Thank you OldBaldy1701E, Did you throw it away? debm55 Oct 2 #4
Absolutely! OldBaldy1701E Oct 2 #7
Most recycling services won't take something like that. Shermann Oct 2 #59
My trash/recycling takes anything but electronics. Out it goes. debm55 Oct 2 #72
The problem is the carryout places themselves. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2 #58
Oh, I know. OldBaldy1701E Oct 3 #96
hey ! ShepKat Oct 2 #2
Not the stuff that is in my kitchen junk drawer. What one item did you throw out today? debm55 Oct 2 #5
Throw out any black non stick type cooking utensils. Like black slotted spoons and spatulas. flying_wahini Oct 2 #3
Thank you I didn't know that. debm55 Oct 2 #6
Absolutely. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2 #10
Meat tenderizer wooden hammer TommieMommy Oct 2 #8
Thank you TommieMommy. I less item. debm55 Oct 2 #11
Oh no - I use my wooden hammer tenderizer every time I make Swiss steak - pounding well-floured round steak vigorously Backseat Driver Oct 2 #29
It's gone Backseat Driver. Never to be seen again. debm55 Oct 2 #63
Nooooo! buzzycrumbhunger Oct 2 #80
A black plastic cooking spoon, contains high levels of toxic fire retardants. Clouds Passing Oct 2 #9
Thank you Clouds Passing. Good that you threw it away. debm55 Oct 2 #12
It's ok . I've lived long enough mucifer Oct 2 #26
I'm Im like a cat, nine lives Clouds Passing Oct 2 #28
But I might need all of those things someday! subterranean Oct 2 #13
Thank you subterranean. I know you can do it. Throw the keys away. debm55 Oct 2 #14
Are you going to make me go in there ... surrealAmerican Oct 2 #15
surrealAmerican. One at a time.Ifit works , set it aside. if not throw it away. Just one at a time.Or find something debm55 Oct 2 #18
15-year old pack of chewing gum FuzzyRabbit Oct 2 #16
Gross, Why were you saving it?? Throw it out. Thank you FuzzyRabbit. debm55 Oct 2 #19
New or used? mucifer Oct 2 #27
Brand new. Still in the unopened package. FuzzyRabbit Oct 2 #42
FuzzyRabbit. you'll break your teeth trying to chew it. Throw it out. and buy a new pack of gum. debm55 Oct 2 #79
An apple peeler. The kind that is clamped to the counter. And a pizza cutter, too sharp an the guard keeps falling off. Srkdqltr Oct 2 #17
Old expired batteries. arkielib Oct 2 #20
Thank you arkielib we will save for the next clean up kitchen drawer day. I will up it to three items. debm55 Oct 2 #21
Dried up old packets of handi wipes Ziggysmom Oct 2 #22
HAHAHAHAHAH. Set yourself forever free from them, Ziggysmom. You will feel great doing so. debm55 Oct 2 #23
On Monday when the "I looked into my kitchen Junk Drawer and what did I see?" was posted... Niagara Oct 2 #24
Oh well, Over the years tons on them have been thrown Out' My son got Happy Meals and my three dogs got them after a debm55 Oct 2 #25
Our sons, who are 2 1/2 years apart, used to argue over which Happy Meal toys were whose... 3catwoman3 Oct 2 #78
Thank you 3catwoman3. You don't still have the toys do you. I have a 15 foot pine tree in my backyard. For Earth Day , debm55 Oct 2 #85
We still have one that came with a meal on United, for whom my husband was flying at the time. 3catwoman3 Oct 2 #87
That;s sweet and is a keeper. debm55 Oct 2 #88
My children are 4 years apart and would argue over identical toys as well Niagara Oct 3 #95
Ha, What a great idea! Pisces Oct 2 #30
The next one will be for 3 item. Do you have one in your kitchen junk drawer. Thanks Pisces it was a follow up to a post debm55 Oct 2 #31
My Abstractartist Oct 2 #32
Welcome to DU, Enjoy debm55 Oct 2 #34
Kitchen junk drawer Cinjanik Oct 2 #33
That's a great idea. Thank you Cinjanik debm55 Oct 2 #35
4 tubes of very old c..pstick. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2 #36
Thank you Prairie__Seagul. Did you throw them away. debm55 Oct 2 #37
Tossed. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2 #49
I'm Guessing... ProfessorGAC Oct 2 #38
Thank you ProfessorGAC Give the extra to your new kittens. debm55 Oct 2 #39
They Got Spayed Yesterday ProfessorGAC Oct 2 #40
Good , did you name them? debm55 Oct 2 #41
Sure! ProfessorGAC Oct 2 #43
Thank you ProfessorGAC All of your fur babies are beautiful debm55 Oct 2 #48
Shhhh! ProfessorGAC Oct 2 #50
Hahahahaha, debm55 Oct 2 #62
My wife has numerous potato peelers in there. If Emile Oct 2 #44
Hahhahahahahahhahahahahah, coward. Why so many potato peelers? debm55 Oct 2 #45
I think she's a hoarder, but I didn't say that. Emile Oct 2 #46
Sorry. about that. I now have a great idea for my next OP. debm55 Oct 2 #47
You might like this. 3catwoman3 Oct 2 #81
LOL so true. Emile Oct 3 #101
A round plastic thing that I don't know what it is. Ocelot II Oct 2 #51
Thank you Ocelot II , if it is the white thing that goes in the pizza boxes , throw it away, If it is not, throw it away debm55 Oct 2 #64
It's not the pizza thing. It's a black plastic ring that looks like it's supposed to fasten to something Ocelot II Oct 2 #73
Ocelot II, I am so proud that you decided to throw it out. But sooner or later the others will have to go. You can do it debm55 Oct 2 #74
A solidified super glue tube Zambero Oct 2 #52
Zambero, throw it away. Thank you. debm55 Oct 2 #65
Hey! If any of you are throwing away corkscrews... Enter stage left Oct 2 #53
Thank you. What do you have that needs to be thrown away? Did you look in your junk drawer??????? Don't be collecting debm55 Oct 2 #66
We live in a motorhome, and carry virtually nothing we don't need. Enter stage left Oct 2 #67
Sorry I didn;t mean to hurt you. . debm55 Oct 2 #77
A very old film cannister with 30 year old marijuana in it. jmbar2 Oct 2 #54
Emergency. It is more then likely all seeds and stems at this point. Throw it out and if possible buy new. It is a debm55 Oct 2 #68
Fourteen wooden and bamboo chop sticks. PufPuf23 Oct 2 #55
Puf,Puf , I would throw out or donate to a friend. Think about it , you are not physically able to use so why hang onto debm55 Oct 2 #69
Went into fireplace insert that is main source of heat in my home already.nt PufPuf23 Oct 2 #75
I an so proud of you. debm55 Oct 2 #76
Thank you but hold your praise. PufPuf23 Oct 2 #83
I am glad you had fun, Can you ask a neighbor, relative or church group to help you? debm55 Oct 2 #86
Thank you but alas not that simple. nt PufPuf23 Oct 2 #93
Oh soooo much fun! WVGal1963 Oct 2 #56
What the hell, they took my idea. What about you WVGal1963, ? Did you look in your kitchen junk drawer???? did you debm55 Oct 2 #70
We have two knife sharpeners. Lunabell Oct 2 #57
Lunabell. don't tell her that you threw them out, If by any chance, she one day decides she wants to use it/them , tell debm55 Oct 2 #71
I'll do one at a time! Lunabell Oct 2 #91
Thank you Lunabell. Way to go! debm55 Oct 2 #92
Leftover furniture parts Shermann Oct 2 #60
Thank you Shermann. Put in a trash bag or throw in the garbage. You can do it. I believe in you. debm55 Oct 2 #61
A box of little silicone petit four molds in card suit shapes (clubs, hearts, spades, diamonds) woodsprite Oct 2 #82
I remember those. They were for making ice cubes for drinks. If not using and no attachment to them I would pitch. You debm55 Oct 2 #89
I can't. Back in the 80s I hid a hit of acid in something in there. I hid it so good I can't find it but it's in brewens Oct 2 #84
What the hell do you have acid in a container for? Pick one thing, check it out and it the acid is not in there, pitch debm55 Oct 2 #90
Cannot do if..fish..had..wings Oct 2 #94
Thank you . Very good. Now take one thing from the kitchen ultilites drawer. you did great, I am proud of you!! debm55 Oct 3 #97
Turkey baster if..fish..had..wings Oct 3 #98
Great. I am so proud of you, debm55 Oct 3 #99
I tried like hell a few years ago Prairie_Seagull Oct 3 #109
This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie_Seagull Oct 3 #110
I just threw out three more things that i didnt know I had ,one was baby nail clippers debm55 Oct 3 #100
Olive picker. Moved it to the workshop. You never know what it will take to pickup a non magnetic just out of reach part usaf-vet Oct 3 #102
Once it reaches the workshop, it is beyond rescue, Unless you make a full fledge effort to set it free, You will not debm55 Oct 3 #104
A Hamburger Habit ketchup packet.. Tikki Oct 3 #103
Question for you. If no one in your house uses ketchup, why are you saving? Tikki, walk over to the trash bin and throw debm55 Oct 3 #105
Prob the grandson stuck it in the drawer. His dad has him put any condiments in a drawer Tikki Oct 3 #106
Thank you Tikki. Now doesn't that feel good? debm55 Oct 3 #107
Lip quencher circa 2001, the cover of a kid's stamping tool, a gray thing Phentex Oct 3 #108
Wow, congratulations Phentex, You had some unique items there, All in the trash We will get these junk drawers cleaned debm55 Oct 3 #111
After much consideration and research. haha Prairie_Seagull Oct 3 #112
Thank you Prairie_Seagull. Did you find anything to throw away from your junk drawer?????? debm55 Oct 3 #113
I could give you a pass on this but Prairie_Seagull Oct 3 #114
My computer is not working right. sorry. I am not getting notification of any new posts unless I read through the list. debm55 Oct 3 #115
I was just giving you shit deb. Prairie_Seagull Oct 3 #116
That's okay, But it is a pain not to have the new post light up debm55 Oct 3 #117
The thought of doing that gives me anxiety! nt ecstatic Oct 3 #118
I have an update on something crazy in my kitchen Niagara Oct 9 #119
Actually, something just got placed in to the Sacred Shrine (junk drawer) Conjuay Oct 9 #120
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