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   KasparV said, 6 months ago

   I know the feeling well. I inherited my grandfathers collection and junk drawer, and it’s still true.
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   ronald rini said, 6 months ago

   do not forget you have a ton of them but you got to the hardware store to buy some because none of the ones you have work
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   FlyerTom said, 6 months ago

   Also, if you need three, you must buy a package of 10, adding to your collection. Of course, five of those seven will migrate to wherever socks go.
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   Jon Ormsbee said, 6 months ago

   I’d rate it higher, but in the top ten is satisfying.
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   TheWildSow said, 6 months ago

   Oh yeah, we have that collection!
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   Sangelia said, 6 months ago

   same here for that collection.
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   Plods with Beer ( did I mention beer? ) said, 6 months ago

   Yup. I even have a jar my dad passed on. That one has to be 75+
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   Jolly1995 said, 6 months ago

   well i definitely qualify for ‘plugger hood’ cause i have an old 1lb Chock Full o’Nuts coffee can – must be 50 yrs old at least. I still have the little scoops that came with it and use them every day! thanks for this one!!
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   battle of plattsburgh said, 6 months ago

   You should see his wife’s button collection.
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    abesnake said, 6 months ago

    In the shop I worked in, this collection was called “the million dollar can” because every so often you found just the right screw, bolt, nut or whatsis you needed and that was worth a million dollars (or so it felt).
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    abesnake said, 6 months ago

    The new coffee cans aren’t even metal anymore!
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    PipeTobacco said, 6 months ago

    I’ve inherited my dad’s and it is in an old METAL Sir Walter Raleigh Pipe Tobacco can. Of course, I also have a can of my own for the odds and ends I have, but mine is a cardboard can that had Sir Walter Raleigh in it.
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    MayKitten said, 6 months ago

    My dad left me a good drawer full of mixed wood screws, lag screws, machine bolts, plain and lock washers and nuts of various kinds from #000-120×3/32" machine screws to 3/4″×6″ lag bolts with matching anchors and radio transmitter antenna washers and nuts for up to 2-1/2" studs set into the concrete support pylons of towers as high as 600 meters (about 2,000’.) I had apprentices sort the some 40+ pound mess of hardware, it took eight of them five weeks to get through it all and pack them into 6 mil zip locks and jars. There was one box in the drawer that said that it had 10,000 #4-40×3/4", but it contained only 3,000 of the advertised content, but filled mostly every kind of #4-40 fastener imaginable. I sold a lot of the screws and stuff at a tag sale.
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    DA BEER WUZ Damn good said, 6 months ago

    @Gweedo Murray

    All my loose screws are in a Prince Albert can ?

    
    Tanks Dad for teaching me to know moot from mute and to use then fix things !
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    Redhead55 said, 6 months ago

    Sorting nuts, bolts and washers was my job as a kid at my Dad’s shop. I guess it kept me busy and he knew where I was.
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