I like things to have "their own place"; stuff left on my worksurfaces
tends to quickly become clutter (and require periodic clean-up).
The "Dollar Store" (generic handle, not endorsing any particular vendor)
is an excellent place for inexpensive "containers".
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Tea light holders (set of 4) are just large enough to hold the "little parts" >from whatever I've recently disassembled (no fun hunting for small parts
on a desktop covered with kit!).
Old Fashioned has enough heft to sit still as it serves up a collection
of USB cables (mini, micro, USB3, etc.).
[We also keep one on the kitchen counter, adjacent to the stove, to hold
the polish and other bits required to keep the stovetop clean.]
And, a cobalt tumbler is a lot classier than some shitty plastic or
cardboard "pencil cup"!
Sadly, as (seemingly) with everything *else*, SWMBO lays claim to many
of my finds -- and, by that time, the store's "limited supply" has
often been exhausted! So, buy multiples of whatever you choose! :>
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 11:19:33 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
[...]
Sadly, as (seemingly) with everything *else*, SWMBO lays claim to many
of my finds -- and, by that time, the store's "limited supply" has
often been exhausted! So, buy multiples of whatever you choose! :>
I use Danish Butter Cookie cans for small parts and keys and such. The problem is that they come with stuff inside so you have to empty them.
On 2024-01-28, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 11:19:33 -0700, Don Y
<blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
[...]
Sadly, as (seemingly) with everything *else*, SWMBO lays claim to many
of my finds -- and, by that time, the store's "limited supply" has
often been exhausted! So, buy multiples of whatever you choose! :>
I use Danish Butter Cookie cans for small parts and keys and such. The
problem is that they come with stuff inside so you have to empty them.
Sewing kits? :)
Sewing kits? :)
On 1/29/2024 4:32 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
Sewing kits? :)
The "Dollar Store" is a great place to find "containers" and
other objects that can be repurposed as such.
On 2024-01-29, Don Y wrote:
On 1/29/2024 4:32 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
Sewing kits? :)
The "Dollar Store" is a great place to find "containers" and
other objects that can be repurposed as such.
I think you missed the joke that those butter-cookie tins are quite
often re-purposed as a sewing kit ...
On 1/31/2024 8:13 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
On 2024-01-29, Don Y wrote:
On 1/29/2024 4:32 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
Sewing kits? :)
The "Dollar Store" is a great place to find "containers" and
other objects that can be repurposed as such.
I think you missed the joke that those butter-cookie tins are quite
often re-purposed as a sewing kit ...
No. *Ours* is a sewing kit (SWMBO had it before we met; I've never
purchased "cookies in a tin", preferring to bake, instead).
*My* sewing kit harkens back to my days as a Boy Scout -- small
and compact with tiny bobbins of thread.
[I use one of our machines for any sewing, nowadays. I have
NO patience for "needle and thread" (I have to make a storage
case -- padded fabric -- for my MIDI keyboard... way too much
"seam" to do otherwise!)]
On 2024-01-31, Don Y wrote:
On 1/31/2024 8:13 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
On 2024-01-29, Don Y wrote:
On 1/29/2024 4:32 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
Sewing kits? :)
The "Dollar Store" is a great place to find "containers" and
other objects that can be repurposed as such.
I think you missed the joke that those butter-cookie tins are quite
often re-purposed as a sewing kit ...
No. *Ours* is a sewing kit (SWMBO had it before we met; I've never
purchased "cookies in a tin", preferring to bake, instead).
*My* sewing kit harkens back to my days as a Boy Scout -- small
and compact with tiny bobbins of thread.
[I use one of our machines for any sewing, nowadays. I have
NO patience for "needle and thread" (I have to make a storage
case -- padded fabric -- for my MIDI keyboard... way too much
"seam" to do otherwise!)]
Quite a long winded way to say "oh." ;)
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