I am making a Museum of unwanted gadgets/junk from any room in your home including garage. You know the "what the hell

[debm55]

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buy it for 'why am I saving the stuff that stays in the back of cupboards, in junk drawers. in the basement or attic. all those spaces in the garage. Any room in the house . Items like my son" s first birthday candle or 4 pairs of nail clippers. They need to be on display. Maybe someone does need them . Do you really need every eyeglass you ever owned??? These items will be for sale at the Museum. They need a home were they will be used or simply for display purposes.

[debm55]

1. I will start by giving away one box of the dozens of blue masks that we bought for Covid.

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[Ocelot II]

2. I could fill MOMA with art installations made with my unwanted/unused stuff.

Maybe I should start making arty sculptures.

[Jrose]

3. The many empty Pringles chips cans that I thought would be reused

as containers, now sitting in a box that's on top of another box, etc....
Could be a tribute exhibit next to Warhol's wing of soup cans.

[debm55]

4. Very artistc Jose, Mine when I was teaching was garbage bags full of empty toilet rolls, for the kids to use.

[Jrose]

5. Ha! Those bathroll tubes could be used like LEGO building blocks...

.. and be painted!

[RoadRunner]

12. Ha, you too?

When I was growing up we used empty toilet rolls to make crystal set radios so we could listen to Inner Sanctum. Better hang on to those, might come in handy. Or not.

[debm55]

19. We would go to the cafeteria and Start from the ceiling to make marble runs. The kids were very creative. They were

allowed to alter the shapes so the marble did loops. One group had a bell at the bottom. When marble came out it rang the bell and landed in a bucket. The kids worked in groups of five and had a ten foot section of the wall. I really miss those days.

[debm55]

15. Yes, You could make a some art sculpture, My Neighbor down the street makes lamps from clarinets. I'll tell You they are

ugly as heck, but he sales them like candy. He has a shop on Ebay. Going price===$100 a lamp

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. As an old AV and IT guy, I've had tons of things that looked useful when I bought them but...

...but almost immediately became outmoded or superseded.
For instance, I had a doc scanner handheld rod that scanned a whole page in one sweep and did it well. But in the blink of an eye every cheap printer was 3-in-1 with a feeder scan and there were document stand scanners that could scan open books while adjusting for curves in the paper.
I recently went through boxes of this kind of stuff and tried to ruthlessly dump a bunch of it but I know there's more lurking about.

[DBoon]

8. I once had a Zip drive

That would fit in this category, along with my ISDN modem

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Sure, I've had all that stuff.

That Zip drive was a big deal for awhile, the biggest portable storage medium out there. They had their day, "Click of Death" notwithstanding.

[debm55]

20. I remember them. Yes, they would make a great addition to the Age of computers room.TY

[debm55]

16. Well, Gidney the items sound unique, When you are done finding the lurkers , bring them to the museum

[EverHopeful]

27. Actually I could use one of those ;-)

My newish computer won't talk to the scanner function of my very old multifunction printer so I have to boot up my old computer to scan anything.

Refuse to throw out that huge lump of plastic/metal/e-waste when it still does most of what I use it for. Only used the fax function once and don't care if that no longer works

[Mr.Bill]

7. I have every driver's license I have ever been issued.

I also have my first Social Security card I was issued when I was 16 and got my first job. I also still have my Draft Card from 1971.

[debm55]

17. Mr. Bill, why exactly do you have that Stuff. Bring ir to the museum and let others share in your unique collection of

Historical items

[NotASurfer]

9. I can put my hands on a brake tool

I think it was for a mid-70s Dodge back when I had actual time to spend Saturday afternoon changing my own brakes. It's a very minimalist gadget so far as artistic design, like a double-ended flat-blade screwdriver with a couple of bends in it, and no ornamentation. Somebody out there probably has an appreciation for a utilitarian piece like this

[debm55]

18. I am sure they and tha gadget is just the thing they have been looking for. Bring it down to the museum at your time of

convivence.

[sanatanadharma]

11. I surrender my leaky bucket and the list within

It starts with a desire that becomes an accumulation.
Perhaps a prize possession placed on a prominent shelf until it is retired to the back hall followed by the closet, the garage, and the garage sale.
There one's no longer desired becomes the accumulation of another.

At times I think the fall from paradise began with the first woven basket-bag for carrying 'stuff'.

[debm55]

21. But them in the Musuem , so all can appreciate your collection not accumulation. Visitors will be in awe of the

collection. You need to share it. and in many occasions buy.

[Niagara]

13. My "What the Hell" items are:

1. I still have my pink Motorola RAZR V3 MP4 from the year 2006? 2007?
(This phone is not the same RAZR 50 Ultra phones that people are currently seeing advertised on T.V. in the year 2024)


2. My home state license plate. The license plate is the last year that I lived there.


3. I still have the lug nut covers to my previous vehicle. I'm still hoping that someone might need these one day. These are the only items I might be willing to sell. Hahaha!


4. My Kathie Lee purse. I purchased this colossal sized purse at a Goodwill back in 2010. It's actually falling apart after the 14 years that I've had it. I purchased a new purse for myself for Christmas of 2022 and I just now placed all my purse items into my new purse during this last weekend. My old Kathie Lee purse is still hanging around even though it belongs in the trash can.

[debm55]

22. First of all my friend down the street makes bird houses from license plate. That's a winner for crafty visitors. Kathie

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Lee---is she still alive? Let me tell you this Niagara. , star's items, no matter what the condition SELL. The phone can be placed in the history of the phone room. Lug nut covers will go in the Vehicle Room. Don't delay, Brind to the Musuem of Modern Stuff.

[Niagara]

28. That's creative to make bird houses from license plates. I love upcycling, Debbie.

I believe Kathie Lee is still alive.


It's good to know that I'm sitting on a mountain of cash! Lol!

[enid602]

14. Repellent

I have several rather large bags of rattlesnake repellent in the basement. Don’t know why I bought so many. Rattler poison is against the law of course, but the repellent is handy.

[debm55]

23. I can see maybe keeping a bag especially if you live in rattler country. But think to yourself, do you need bags and

bags of that stuff? Bring it down to the Museum of Modern stuff and we will put in the ROOM of Deadly Snakes. You don't have any specimens of dead rattlesnakes. do you?

[enid602]

25. Critters

I live just six miles NE of downtown Phoenix, in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Several homes were built prior to the area’s becoming a park. We’re 600 feet above dowtown! Like being on the 60th floor. But lots of critters, including rattlers. And javelinas, bobcats, coyotes, rabbits, raccoons, scorpions, tarantulas and these big lizards that inflate their lungs and do pushups when they feel threatened. Can’t remember what they’re called right now.

[debm55]

29. I would be afaid to live there

[CTyankee]

24. I found an old teeny sized flip phone.

When were flip phones in use?

[debm55]

30. early 80s. But I am not sure.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. 15 working desktop, mid- and mini-tower computers, vintage 1988 to 2010

A blob of multi-color twisted pair telephone cable with many ends where I've snipped pieces off for various uses.

Various and sundry owner's manuals for things that no longer exist, from chainsaws to kids' toys.

A black & white portable analog tv that runs on a pile of D cell batteries.

A slide rule.

[debm55]

31. Oh yes the manual for things that no longer exist, Slide rules they are valuable. You have a virtual treasure trove of

stuff, Weather permiting, please bring to the Museum of mudern stuff

[ProfessorGAC]

32. Had A Couple Of Good Slide Rules

I had a circular one that was really good. Super accurate, but easy to screw up the angles, so maybe not so accurate after all.
They were probably both at my parents' house and after they died, became part of the ether.
At least not cluttering in my house.

[LudwigPastorius]

33. Hang on to them.

They'll come in handy after the Butlerian Jihad.