jomaxsmith Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Even worse than that drawer is my cooking utensil drawer. I can barely get this drawer open and then when I do I get injured by implements that I no longer even know the use for, as I rumage through it In one of the Discworld novels Terry Pratchett has a god called 'Annoia' the goddess of Things That Get Stuck In Drawers. I pray to her rather a lot thanks to my over-stuffed utensil drawer! Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Don't throw your old mobile phones out - have a look here http://www.fonebank.com/?campaign=searchgoogle&kw=Fonebank&gclid=COu2meaTh5gCFQ4i3god4lDoDQ You might be able to get some money for them Sadly both are useless, one went through a hot wash the other fell down a drain (worth remembering, the sim card will survive a hot wash but not a drain - well not if you're fishing it out for over an hour anyway!) They're both lovely phones, both Product Red, one was the replacement for the other. Ah well I'm sure I'm keeping them for a reason.... Mrs B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Don't throw your old mobile phones out - have a look here http://www.fonebank.com/?campaign=searchgoogle&kw=Fonebank&gclid=COu2meaTh5gCFQ4i3god4lDoDQ You might be able to get some money for them Sadly both are useless, one went through a hot wash the other fell down a drain (worth remembering, the sim card will survive a hot wash but not a drain - well not if you're fishing it out for over an hour anyway!) They're both lovely phones, both Product Red, one was the replacement for the other. Ah well I'm sure I'm keeping them for a reason.... Mrs B Check the prices anyway - they give two - one for working phones and one for non working. You've not lost anything by checking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Will you wear your mis-matched gloves? - It would be like the 80's all over again They actually sell mismatched gloves in an arty shop near me. You buy single gloves to make your own mismatched pair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 All my drawers are like this KK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaireG Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I havn't cleared out 'that' draw yet ready for our move, i wonder what i'll find! I also wonder how long it will take to establish a new 'that' draw in the new place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Even worse than that drawer is my cooking utensil drawer. I can barely get this drawer open and then when I do I get injured by implements that I no longer even know the use for, as I rumage through it In one of the Discworld novels Terry Pratchett has a god called 'Annoia' the goddess of Things That Get Stuck In Drawers. I pray to her rather a lot thanks to my over-stuffed utensil drawer! Jo Yes, I remember, I've read that book . It was a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggerlady Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Only 5 1/2 years???? We have teachests in the loft that have remained untouched for 30 odd years!! No wonder OH isnt interested in having the loft insulated and boarded...'You''ll be making such a lot of work for yourself(!) ' said he.. Pah! men! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 us women claim these drawers as ours because we are usualy the ones that fill them with the stuff that the other memnbers of the family leave lying about.we are never quite sure who they belong to and know that if we just threw them out, the person who originally left it lying there would claim it as their most valued possesion We have a few pots and tins like that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I too have a few drawers like this. One in my dressing table, one in the kitchen, a box on top of the fridge freezer. Oh, and I have two drawers in the hall full of stuff. Every now and then I go through it all and have a huge clear out, only for it to all accumulate again. BUt I know, the very second I throw it away, I will suddenly need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 quick tip on the bra wires - I always wash my bras in those zip-up net bags, to avoid precisely that embarrassing call-out to the washing machine engineer! (been wearing underwired bras since I was 13, and learned this very early on ...). 'My' drawer, and I have to claim it as there's only me and the cat living here, contains an ice-cream scoop which I never use, several keys which I know don't fit any of the locks in this house, a small brass ashtray (I don't smoke), several plastic screw-in corncob holders, some of those rubber bands the postman drops, and two (mismatched) salad servers. And some old Christmas cards, a plastic thingy that belongs to something important but I can't remember what, a large dice, some Omlet green clips and some bits of string that are too short to do anything with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 You could send the phones to here & make some money for charity http://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/article/?article=373 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I am very envious that you all seem to be talking about one or two drawers. Its taken me a while to work it out but we have 2 drawers and 2 cupboards of stuff in the kitchen alone. We also have a wardrobe, a cupboard and a drawer in my office, a cupboard under the stairs and two sheds to sort out. Then there is most of the loft - when I last looked the junk in there included what I think is a whole motorbike (in bits). I wouldn't mind, but one of the sheds also contains a motorbike in bits - and it does not even belong to us Strangely enough, the garage has a motorbike currently in bits too, although the rest of it is tidy. And we have only been here three years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 No one has mentioned Lego yet. Why do I find Lego in the back corners of drawers, when my youngest child is 19? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 I always seem to have a half ball of string too, all wrapped around everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmommasally Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 ......and I still want to know why women are claiming these drawers as 'theirs' - it sounds like everyone in the family dumps stuff in them Get your other halfs the Michael Macintyre DVD - it's brilliant and he has a very funny bit about the "Man Drawer" on it. We watched it at christmas and hubbie found himself agreeing with everything about the "Man Drawer" and amazingly just a couple of days later took it upon himself to give one of our drawers a good clear out!!! He has even said he'll sort through the others - I LOVE MICHAEL MACINTYRE!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 No one has mentioned Lego yet. Why do I find Lego in the back corners of drawers, when my youngest child is 19? It may come in useful some day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I'll have to get that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 No one has mentioned Lego yet. Why do I find Lego in the back corners of drawers, when my youngest child is 19? Lego rocks. You can never tire of Lego. You have it because you need it. Everyone needs Lego. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Get your other halfs the Michael Macintyre DVD - it's brilliant and he has a very funny bit about the "Man Drawer" on it. We watched it at christmas and hubbie found himself agreeing with everything about the "Man Drawer" and amazingly just a couple of days later took it upon himself to give one of our drawers a good clear out!!! He has even said he'll sort through the others - I LOVE MICHAEL MACINTYRE!!!!! lol I have just watched this on You Tube. He is so funny! I love watching him on Mock the Week. The only thing is, the man drawer he was referring too, is my drawer . Hubbys man drawer (aka corner of the kitchen which is his office) is full of computer bits and bobs and paperwork to be sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Everyone DOES need Lego, I need Lego and don't have kids. Pin me down and I couldn't tell you why - I just need it. Also I believe it is law that you must have some of those sweetcorn jobbies in a drawer somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 When I clear out my "that drawer", why do I end up putting everything back in again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 ......and I still want to know why women are claiming these drawers as 'theirs' - it sounds like everyone in the family dumps stuff in them DH doesn't put things in drawers he just dumps them on top of whatever heap is nearest:shock: !!!! Then hollers about the dump we live in occasionally, usually because the heap has collapsed or he can't find something which is 2 inches from where I told him it was.....errr am I the only one who is capable of putting stuff away.....I don't but that's another story altogether ! Yet another of my NR resolutions is to get organised, declutter and stay that way...tried it last year...and the year before Now the drawer...that is singular....I have more than one...or 2...or 3! Must get round to going through them...one day!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Lego rocks. You can never tire of Lego. You have it because you need it. Everyone needs Lego. Until you stand on a small piece in the dark with bare feet. Then it becomes a tool of the devil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 my whole house is like this I blame OH who hoards everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
