FabSwingers.com forum: "junk drawer"

By *edstockings2 OP Couple
over a year ago

Ilfracombe

What is something every "junk drawer" must have in order to be considered a proper "junk drawer"?

Fast food menu’s

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Old, odd batteries.

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By *ackbydemandMan
over a year ago

Leicester

3 pens, that don't work

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By *izzy.miss.lizzyCouple
over a year ago

Pembrokeshire

odd bits of string

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Random ball of string.

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire

Set of Allan keys with all the most popular sizes missing.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A left handed screwdriver

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A broken charger cable

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By *ig_eric_tionMan
over a year ago

IPSWICH

A broken torch and a pair of odd gloves.

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By *unRunFun7965Man
over a year ago

Pittsburgh

Scotch tape, scissors, old lottery tickets

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Stamps which havent been franked cut off envelopes to reuse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Old keys that you don't remember where they are for

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Torch with no batteries

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Instructions for appliances which you replaced years ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Foreign coins

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

A plug which has a blown fuse

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A needle, some junk and tourniquet

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By *unRunFun7965Man
over a year ago

Pittsburgh

And lots and lots of pens!

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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago

Near Wells

Chargers from old Phones and Tablets you no longer have.

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By *amhorniestMan
over a year ago

Surrey

A comb that nobody uses

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By *eyond PurityCouple
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

Happy birthday candles that never ever get used.

Envelopes…some all bent and creased

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By *ornynorfolkguyMan
over a year ago

North Norfolk

A 10mm spanner, drill bits, painkiller, pens (100’s of), batteries, baler twine, tweezers, scissors, needle and thread, chargers, manuals.

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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago

Near Wells

Foreign money, usually loads of notes worth about £1 in GBP.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Flea treatment for cats

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By *edstockings2 OP Couple
over a year ago

Ilfracombe

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By *ocopops1962Man
over a year ago

Glasgow / Lindon

Things that you were looking for 2 days ago

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Matches

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By *istyPeaksCouple
over a year ago

braintree

Birthday cake candles

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Trinkets from Christmas crackers

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

Really old piece of pizza

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Truro

Disposable cigarette lighter

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By *rtyIanMan
over a year ago

Gateway to the Beacons

Drawing pins, sewing kit, half a peg, penkife, Stanley blades, superglue(seized)

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"A broken charger cable "

A breeding couple, glue sticks, paper clips, sim cards, a rusty drill bit, broken nail clippers, to name a few.

No cuddly toy though.

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

Pack of playing cards probably with one missing

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Truro

Just actually looked in mine - found a puncture repair kit - not had a bike for 20 years!

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By *ultured Gent16Man
over a year ago

close.

Loose change and a multi tool that you never use.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sellotape +fuses

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By *edstockings2 OP Couple
over a year ago

Ilfracombe

I have cigarette papers in mine, I have never smocked. X

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

Hair grip and an elastic band

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

An odd shaped metal fixing bracket that you can't remember what it belongs to but you know it might be useful one day.

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By *enor y Senora TetasCouple
over a year ago

Sussex

Radiator bleeding key when you have underfloor heating and no rads.

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By *enor y Senora TetasCouple
over a year ago

Sussex

Victoria, aren't you the bike?

"Just actually looked in mine - found a puncture repair kit - not had a bike for 20 years!

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By *weet and SpiceCouple
over a year ago

Around the Midlands

Lots of keys, some in bunches and not having a clue what most are even for!

Rubber bands

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By *ooking4othersMan
over a year ago

Here ...

A locked padlock ... but no key to open it.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Blue tack.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cables for old electronics you don’t have any more

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By *8ddCouple
over a year ago

xxxxx

Television remote for a tv you had 10 years ago

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By *onda Coxor2Woman
over a year ago

nosey cunt.

A bundle of reusable supermarket bags that never get reused

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex

Elastic bands that break as soon as you use them because they're so old.

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By *ixie BeanMan
over a year ago

Wallasey

Miniature screw driver set from a Christmas cracker.

Batteries . Rubber bands . Assortment of felt tip pens and a grinder.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

A couple of old cat collars.

Spare spotlight bulbs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ours currently contains stocks of different tablets and children’s medicines, odd batteries, big packs of unused huge batteries, charger wires, my old work name badges and a pack of playing cards haha! It would contain take away menus but we only have two that deliver to our village so know the menus off by heart anyway haha

Mrs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Allen keys

Of the furniture assembling type, not Allen’s keys

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By *asterR and slut mayaMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Old selotape. That you can find the start of it .

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By *igertigerCouple (MM)
over a year ago

cc hotel

kitchen scales

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By *ooking4othersMan
over a year ago

Here ...

Sticky fluff removing thingy ... with random things stuck to it including a washer, buttons and some staples.

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By *ose-tinted GlassesMan
over a year ago

Glasgow / London

"Allen keys

Of the furniture assembling type, not Allen’s keys

Also, Allan’s keys. No, you can’t remember who Allan is either.

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

"Foreign coins "

Bonus points if they're not accepted anywhere anymore.

LvM

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By *edstockings2 OP Couple
over a year ago

Ilfracombe

Curtain hooks that seems to multiply every time you look in the drawer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Allen keys

Of the furniture assembling type, not Allen’s keys

Also, Allan’s keys. No, you can’t remember who Allan is either."

Who the f is Allen?

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By *edstockings2 OP Couple
over a year ago

Ilfracombe

Old scratch cards

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By *orphia2003Woman
over a year ago

Tonypandy.

Fast food menus, old cables, dried up pens, bits of tin foil, plastic cutlery, Stanley knife blades, Sharpie markers, melted sweets covered in fluff, out of date medication.

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

Fuses, safety pins, drawing pins, biros that have leaked and carrier bags

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By *hantasmagoriaWoman
over a year ago

Newport

Doilies

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

No one has mentioned condoms yet?

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By *entleman of FortuneMan
over a year ago

Hull

Cable ties and what looks like bondage tape, erm dunno cable ties fair enough, but the tape ??

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By *eralt80Man
over a year ago

cork

User manuals for appliances that you no longer have

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By *altyMouthsCouple
over a year ago

Aberdeen

A Tanita Tikaram album on cassette

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By *itty9899Man
over a year ago

Craggy Island

Tape measure, odd assortment of screws and nails.

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By *kcouple1973Couple
over a year ago

colchester

Paper clips, a bic pen with no insides and odd size rawl plugs

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By *othlovetopleaseCouple
over a year ago

cumbria

Just in the middle of wiping the kitchen units down. Came across, broken pegs, Ice cube tray and a jelly mould and a very old manual tin opener and a broken candle.

I think we might be spending too much time on fab!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wires and cables!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A set of festive pate knifes that have tarnished

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By *ornucopiaMan
over a year ago

Bexley

If only the term could be confined to a single drawer. My entire property (notice I don't limit it to 'house') is full of junk.

People with a junk drawer are mere beginners!

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

Odd socks

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
over a year ago

Leeds

Pens that don't work, random screws and wires I've no idea what there for, probably some sellotape, broken crap and maybe the odd penny.

Mrs

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