Anyone else keep a baggie of random screws they find around the house?

  • Dafuqs@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Yes. Any yet you will never use a single of those screws in your life. But just in case…

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      Well, I’ve thrown some of those screws out and THEN discovered where they fell out of. And I bet if I hadn’t thrown them out then I would have never discovered their origin.

  • nocturne213@lemm.ee
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    I have an empty Costco container from those peanut butter filled pretzels full of loose screws. I had one for marbles too, but I lost all of those.

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    On the other side of that there’s dropping a screw and not seeing where it went. Especially with the pointy ones.

    • MayIPetYourDog@lemmy.caOP
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      1 year ago

      And that’s when you look in the bag of screws hoping to find a twin but all you find is disappointment

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    I mean… if your room have a lot of stuff then it might take a while to find the source, if you aren’t being pranked. But random screws on your desk will never be as horrifying as random maggots on your desk.

  • Mudface@lemmy.world
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    I usually keep one handy at all times, just so I can hold it up whenever the time is right and proclaim loudly:

    “Anyone wanna screw?!”

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      I like to keep a few mixed in with my pocket sand. Increased effectiveness if you gotta throw sand plus you can randomly drop them on people’s desks and whatnot.

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    Or you take something apart and when you put it back together you have a screw leftover. Then it becomes a game of “find the screw hole”.

  • Steeve@lemmy.ca
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    I keep the good looking screws if I’m pulling something apart as well, filled a whole bucket of old screws, bolts, and nuts and it comes in handy often!

  • TwanHE@lemmy.world
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    I got a jar on my desk. Its filled with random bolts and nut from various projects. If I just need a one of I’ll search the jar instead of reaching for the sorted bags.