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120. Actually, something just got placed in to the Sacred Shrine (junk drawer)

Wed Oct 9, 2024, 10:04 PM

Oct 9

We were going through Vancouver and was given a WOODEN spork for my snack. It made my appreciate and love our northern neighbors even more. They walk the walk when it comes to sustainability. We grab plastic cutlery and end up tossing it in a few minutes and it sits in a landfill forever.
They use cutlery that will return to the earth in time. Every time I see that spork it reminds me that we Americans are not as clever as we'd like to believe.

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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 2 OP

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