daughter help: I don’t like to throw things away if they still might be useful.

Mariam*

I don’t like to throw things away if they still might be useful.

My mom bought a crib (cot for British folks) for my baby daughter, and one piece was cracked at one corner so I called the company and they sent a replacement part. Can anyone think of a way to use the cracked rail so I don’t have to just trash it? The crack is at a corner near where the predrilled hole for a bolt is, but the rest of the wood appears sturdy and smooth.

I despise waste for environmental and economic reasons. As a society, we waste too much so I’m trying to do my part to reduce my contribution.

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beatricegalant 12 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (11 minutes after post)

When that happened to me, I used it for a toddler’s bedrail, so my daughter would not fall off her toddler’s bed. After that I used the rail parts for growing beans and tomatoes in my garden.

Mariam* 5 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (15 minutes after post)

beatricegalant wrote:
When that happened to me, I used it for a toddler’s bedrail, so my daughter would not fall off her toddler’s bed. After that I used the rail parts for growing beans and tomatoes in my garden.

I don’t have any toddlers right now, but I like the garden trellis idea. :) Thanks.

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beatricegalant 12 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (17 minutes after post)

You are welcome.

Tymbus 4 #
An Unknown Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (1 hour, 26 minutes after post)

hmmm, there’s a thin line between conservation and hording. How many old newspapers do you have in your home? Do you have a rusty spoon to dig your way out of trouble if an earthquake buries you alive? A battery that only fits 1950s toy robots, incase a child up the road has one given to her by an elderly relative? :)

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Anonymous #
3 months, 1 week ago (1 hour, 52 minutes after post)

Tymbus wrote:
hmmm, there’s a thin line between conservation and hording. How many old newspapers do you have in your home? Do you have a rusty spoon to dig your way out of trouble if an earthquake buries you alive? A battery that only fits 1950s toy robots, incase a child up the road has one given to her by an elderly relative? :)

I’m with Tymbus on this. Mariam, this could be you….

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic…

My motto: If you can’t use it, lose it!

☠DaNi**YoU☠ 30 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (2 hours, 28 minutes after post)

Honestly my first thought was hoarding, but, I can’t really say that because I don’t know exactly how much stuff you keep lol.

If it is wood, toss it in the woods, what my dad does he calls it recycling, you really don’t need to keep a cracked crib rail.

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Mariam* 5 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (2 hours, 37 minutes after post)

Tymbus wrote:
hmmm, there’s a thin line between conservation and hording. How many old newspapers do you have in your home? Do you have a rusty spoon to dig your way out of trouble if an earthquake buries you alive? A battery that only fits 1950s toy robots, incase a child up the road has one given to her by an elderly relative? :)

LOL, I have a slight hoarding tendency, but not too bad. I keep every book I ever own, toys, and my children’s projects. I don’t have any rusty spoons, newspapers, or ancient batteries, but I did keep a broken alarm clock for ten years for in case I decided to fix it. (I did eventually throw it away when I moved.)

My attic is full, but not of pieces of wood.

Oh, and fish tanks. I have been gradually selling them, but I still have a hoard of them right now, and only one small fish.

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Anonymous #
3 months, 1 week ago (3 hours, 15 minutes after post)

Clearing out the clutter is highly therapeutic. And the space you create….

☠DaNi**YoU☠ 30 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (3 hours, 16 minutes after post)

oooooo fish tanks and gardening are nifty, or grow flowers in them.

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Mariam* 5 #
An Undisclosed Location | 3 months, 1 week ago (5 hours, 22 minutes after post)

The stupid single piece was wrapped in three boxes! I guess they don’t want to risk a broken replacement part, but so much for trying to be eco-conscious. The hardest part was getting the thing out of its boxes!

☠DaNi**YoU☠ wrote:
oooooo fish tanks and gardening are nifty, or grow flowers in them.

I used to have a freshwater fish hobby - 7 gorgeous community tanks of mostly South American tropicals, and some Asian. But when I moved to an apartment, they didn’t allow more than one 10-gallon tank so I stored the rest of the tanks and gave away the fish to fellow hobbyists. I’ve sold a couple tanks, I guess I have four or five now. Maybe I’ll take up fish keeping again someday. :S

Anonymous wrote:
Clearing out the clutter is highly therapeutic. And the space you create….

I don’t buy anything without giving away twice as many, but I still somehow have too much stuff.

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Anonymous #
3 months ago (1 day, 11 hours after post)

Okay, I throw things away thinking, I’ll never need them again and then sometimes wish I didn’t and have to buy them again but it’s usually cheap things.

You can’t win can you?

the_tree_has_withere 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 months, 3 weeks ago (1 week, 6 days after post)

This is so funny :’)
I love it when people think of ways to re-use things! Very sensible!
I’m currently taking half of what I own to charity shops. The rest is going into recycling >.

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