I tend to need them about 2 weeks after saying "its been 10 years man im never going to need this" and chucking it away
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2026
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I had an extra draw in my desk for a while; Decided I'd keep a few steands of string in there; Partner laughed and called it ridiculous; lo and behold couple months go by and who comes along looking for string.
My box of wall warts and power supplies thanks you for this post.
I love my box of AC adapters. It has come to my rescue many times.
And nothing worse than not being able to find the thing that you stashed away years ago for exactly this situation!
I have packages of cable ties everywhere, in every size and color. I stumble across a pack of them weekly. Yet, when I actually need one, I can never find a pack, and end up buying an entire new pack from Dollar Tree.
The other day, I needed one, and after I was angry and frustrated over not finding any, when I know there are THOUSANDS in this house somewhere, I decided to drive to Dollar Tree and buy ANOTHER pack, so I could use one, and lose the rest, again. I was about to pull out of the garage, and looked at a shelf, and there was a pack of cable ties sitting right there! Dollar Tree trip averted.
I put those with my tool box, but I know there are a lot more around this house somewhere.
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But it also enforces the "keep everything just in case" mentality/habit. This situation feels good precisely because it beat the odds. 🙂
It's cheaper than gambling.
Nor a more rare thing
I recently had use for a piece from my cable collection. ╰(*°▽°*)╯
You're a hero.
Only thing better is not keeping things for 10 years without using them.
Exactly, like my box of condoms! Knew they'd come in handy one day 😎
"condoms" "come in" "handy" I feel like there's a joke here, but I can't get it out! I'm so close...
don't eat the crab dip!
There are 10s of thousands of things more satisfying than that…
"99% of hoarders throw away the stuff they thought they would need later a week before it was needed."