Keys and cords may take over the world one day
By Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
Midland, Michigan
March 19, 2020 1:19pm CST
Does anyone else have family members that can't get rid of keys or cords? These cords were in a junk drawer and have been bothering me for awhile until I finally pulled them out. Most are the same. I'm keeping two just in case but if I don't find what they're for within six months those may go to the garbage pile too.
Some years ago I threw out the extra keys that weren't touched or used for a long time. Some may have been for my father-in-law's property. After he died the property was sold and the buildings demolished making the keys redundant.
I'm sure I'll find more cords stirred in other drawers but those will be thrown away once found too.
In current news I've made progress with my paperwork which is related to getting insurance money to help pay for costs for what my husband's still owes for his surgeries last oct. If it all gets approved it will pay about half of what is owed and be a relief.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
21 Mar 20
@MarshaMusselman you can drop them off at Best Buy for free they recycle them
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
26 Mar 20
@shaggin I wish I knew that years ago. The best but near here closed a few years ago and I don't plan on going to the nearest one anytime soon and especially now with the ban on non-essential traveling.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Mar 20
I have more cords in the basement too and maybe I'll get rid of those one day when I'm ready to get rid of junk down there.
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Mar 20
I have a huge tote in my storage closet that is filled with nothing but cords. I'm not even sure what they are all for, and I haven't seemed to be missing any cords or haven't found a need to pull any cords out of the tote in like three years. So, obviously, they aren't cords I need. Yet I seem to be very hesitant to throw them away. And I'm not even a hoarder! lol
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Apr 20
@MarshaMusselman I think another big reason we keep all those cords is because of availability of replacements. Have you ever had to replace a missing cord, and then shopped around everywhere and couldn't find what you need? It's much harder than you think to find replacement cords, so it's easier just to hold on to whatever you have in case you need them as a spare or backup someday.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Apr 20
@moffittjc have you ever had to go through all your stockpile of cords in different drawers? Sometimes it maybe other times looking in stores might be easier, lol.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Apr 20
That's what I mean. We're afraid that once we get rid of them well needed one of them pronto. It's not even like they are expensive.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
20 Mar 20
I don't have family who o that because i'm the one who does - and to be fare I often find something that needs and matches some of the cords I have kept hold of
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Mar 20
Of the ones we had stored away were multiples. There ones that look like tv connectors I'm keeping just in case they're needed in the near future but otherwise most new items come with their own cords.
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Apr 20
I finally threw out the extra keys done years ago and the cords are in the box but not at the road for pick up yet. But closer than they were before anyway.
I got some info worked out from one hospital from hubby's surgery not I needed to find my policy and send that one in. Two more to go after that.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Apr 20
@just4him I'm taking the claim into work today to mail it insured or registered with a receipt.
While looking through the info from the hospital last night I realized in it I have the info needed to put his daw info for each rx. Maybe I can work on one each day. I have to send them in individually rather than a large clump.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
3 Apr 20
@MarshaMusselman That's good they're closer to getting to the curb.
I'm glad things are going in the right direction for the insurance.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Mar 20
No, it is unmatched socks that will take over the world!
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Mar 20
Well that too of course. I just got rid of a bunch of mine so forgot about them.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Mar 20
I doubt it. These are pretty common and possibly even useless.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Mar 20
Thanks, it's a lot of work and I hope it pans out or else I'm eating my time for nothing.
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