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Ocelot II

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73. It's not the pizza thing. It's a black plastic ring that looks like it's supposed to fasten to something

Wed Oct 2, 2024, 08:33 PM

Oct 2024

but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is or what it's part of. So out it goes. All those loose keys and screws and fasteners and tubes of glue and cup hooks and markers and stuff will come in handy someday, though.

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Update-Go into your kitchen junk drawer and throw away 3 items that you haven't needed /used in years. Tell us [View all] debm55 Oct 2024 OP

Another wrapped set of plastic takeout ware. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #1

Thank you OldBaldy1701E, Did you throw it away? debm55 Oct 2024 #4

Absolutely! OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #7

Most recycling services won't take something like that. Shermann Oct 2024 #59

My trash/recycling takes anything but electronics. Out it goes. debm55 Oct 2024 #72

The problem is the carryout places themselves. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2024 #58

Oh, I know. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #96

hey ! ShepKat Oct 2024 #2

Not the stuff that is in my kitchen junk drawer. What one item did you throw out today? debm55 Oct 2024 #5

Throw out any black non stick type cooking utensils. Like black slotted spoons and spatulas. flying_wahini Oct 2024 #3

Thank you I didn't know that. debm55 Oct 2024 #6

Absolutely. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #10

Meat tenderizer wooden hammer TommieMommy Oct 2024 #8

Thank you TommieMommy. I less item. debm55 Oct 2024 #11

Oh no - I use my wooden hammer tenderizer every time I make Swiss steak - pounding well-floured round steak vigorously Backseat Driver Oct 2024 #29

It's gone Backseat Driver. Never to be seen again. debm55 Oct 2024 #63

Nooooo! buzzycrumbhunger Oct 2024 #80

A black plastic cooking spoon, contains high levels of toxic fire retardants. Clouds Passing Oct 2024 #9

Thank you Clouds Passing. Good that you threw it away. debm55 Oct 2024 #12

It's ok . I've lived long enough mucifer Oct 2024 #26

I'm Im like a cat, nine lives Clouds Passing Oct 2024 #28

But I might need all of those things someday! subterranean Oct 2024 #13

Thank you subterranean. I know you can do it. Throw the keys away. debm55 Oct 2024 #14

Are you going to make me go in there ... surrealAmerican Oct 2024 #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 2024 #18

15-year old pack of chewing gum FuzzyRabbit Oct 2024 #16

Gross, Why were you saving it?? Throw it out. Thank you FuzzyRabbit. debm55 Oct 2024 #19

New or used? mucifer Oct 2024 #27

Brand new. Still in the unopened package. FuzzyRabbit Oct 2024 #42

FuzzyRabbit. you'll break your teeth trying to chew it. Throw it out. and buy a new pack of gum. debm55 Oct 2024 #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 2024 #17

Old expired batteries. arkielib Oct 2024 #20

Thank you arkielib we will save for the next clean up kitchen drawer day. I will up it to three items. debm55 Oct 2024 #21

Dried up old packets of handi wipes Ziggysmom Oct 2024 #22

HAHAHAHAHAH. Set yourself forever free from them, Ziggysmom. You will feel great doing so. debm55 Oct 2024 #23

On Monday when the "I looked into my kitchen Junk Drawer and what did I see?" was posted... Niagara Oct 2024 #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 2024 #25

Our sons, who are 2 1/2 years apart, used to argue over which Happy Meal toys were whose... 3catwoman3 Oct 2024 #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 2024 #85

We still have one that came with a meal on United, for whom my husband was flying at the time. 3catwoman3 Oct 2024 #87

That;s sweet and is a keeper. debm55 Oct 2024 #88

My children are 4 years apart and would argue over identical toys as well Niagara Oct 2024 #95

Ha, What a great idea! Pisces Oct 2024 #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 2024 #31

My Abstractartist Oct 2024 #32

Welcome to DU, Enjoy debm55 Oct 2024 #34

Kitchen junk drawer Cinjanik Oct 2024 #33

That's a great idea. Thank you Cinjanik debm55 Oct 2024 #35

4 tubes of very old c..pstick. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #36

Thank you Prairie__Seagul. Did you throw them away. debm55 Oct 2024 #37

Tossed. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #49

I'm Guessing... ProfessorGAC Oct 2024 #38

Thank you ProfessorGAC Give the extra to your new kittens. debm55 Oct 2024 #39

They Got Spayed Yesterday ProfessorGAC Oct 2024 #40

Good , did you name them? debm55 Oct 2024 #41

Sure! ProfessorGAC Oct 2024 #43

Thank you ProfessorGAC All of your fur babies are beautiful debm55 Oct 2024 #48

Shhhh! ProfessorGAC Oct 2024 #50

Hahahahaha, debm55 Oct 2024 #62

My wife has numerous potato peelers in there. If Emile Oct 2024 #44

Hahhahahahahahhahahahahah, coward. Why so many potato peelers? debm55 Oct 2024 #45

I think she's a hoarder, but I didn't say that. Emile Oct 2024 #46

Sorry. about that. I now have a great idea for my next OP. debm55 Oct 2024 #47

You might like this. 3catwoman3 Oct 2024 #81

LOL so true. Emile Oct 2024 #101

A round plastic thing that I don't know what it is. Ocelot II Oct 2024 #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 2024 #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 2024 #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 2024 #74

A solidified super glue tube Zambero Oct 2024 #52

Zambero, throw it away. Thank you. debm55 Oct 2024 #65

Hey! If any of you are throwing away corkscrews... Enter stage left Oct 2024 #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 2024 #66

We live in a motorhome, and carry virtually nothing we don't need. Enter stage left Oct 2024 #67

Sorry I didn;t mean to hurt you. . debm55 Oct 2024 #77

A very old film cannister with 30 year old marijuana in it. jmbar2 Oct 2024 #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 2024 #68

Fourteen wooden and bamboo chop sticks. PufPuf23 Oct 2024 #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 2024 #69

Went into fireplace insert that is main source of heat in my home already.nt PufPuf23 Oct 2024 #75

I an so proud of you. debm55 Oct 2024 #76

Thank you but hold your praise. PufPuf23 Oct 2024 #83

I am glad you had fun, Can you ask a neighbor, relative or church group to help you? debm55 Oct 2024 #86

Thank you but alas not that simple. nt PufPuf23 Oct 2024 #93

Oh soooo much fun! WVGal1963 Oct 2024 #56

What the hell, they took my idea. What about you WVGal1963, ? Did you look in your kitchen junk drawer???? did you debm55 Oct 2024 #70

We have two knife sharpeners. Lunabell Oct 2024 #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 2024 #71

I'll do one at a time! Lunabell Oct 2024 #91

Thank you Lunabell. Way to go! debm55 Oct 2024 #92

Leftover furniture parts Shermann Oct 2024 #60

Thank you Shermann. Put in a trash bag or throw in the garbage. You can do it. I believe in you. debm55 Oct 2024 #61

A box of little silicone petit four molds in card suit shapes (clubs, hearts, spades, diamonds) woodsprite Oct 2024 #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 2024 #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 2024 #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 2024 #90

Cannot do if..fish..had..wings Oct 2024 #94

Thank you . Very good. Now take one thing from the kitchen ultilites drawer. you did great, I am proud of you!! debm55 Oct 2024 #97

Turkey baster if..fish..had..wings Oct 2024 #98

Great. I am so proud of you, debm55 Oct 2024 #99

I tried like hell a few years ago Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #109

This message was self-deleted by its author Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #110

I just threw out three more things that i didnt know I had ,one was baby nail clippers debm55 Oct 2024 #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 2024 #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 2024 #104

A Hamburger Habit ketchup packet.. Tikki Oct 2024 #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 2024 #105

Prob the grandson stuck it in the drawer. His dad has him put any condiments in a drawer Tikki Oct 2024 #106

Thank you Tikki. Now doesn't that feel good? debm55 Oct 2024 #107

Lip quencher circa 2001, the cover of a kid's stamping tool, a gray thing Phentex Oct 2024 #108

Wow, congratulations Phentex, You had some unique items there, All in the trash We will get these junk drawers cleaned debm55 Oct 2024 #111

After much consideration and research. haha Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #112

Thank you Prairie_Seagull. Did you find anything to throw away from your junk drawer?????? debm55 Oct 2024 #113

I could give you a pass on this but Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #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 2024 #115

I was just giving you shit deb. Prairie_Seagull Oct 2024 #116

That's okay, But it is a pain not to have the new post light up debm55 Oct 2024 #117

The thought of doing that gives me anxiety! nt ecstatic Oct 2024 #118

I have an update on something crazy in my kitchen Niagara Oct 2024 #119

Actually, something just got placed in to the Sacred Shrine (junk drawer) Conjuay Oct 2024 #120