At what point do you just throw out stored items in your garage??
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can you store chlorine jugs in your garage
Comments (3)Do you mean bleach? I'm not aware of any codes or covenants about storing bleach, as long as it's in a sealed container it should be fine. Hopefully you'll use it all before too long though as bleach loses it's chlorine content pretty quickly even when kept in a sealed container. In 90 days it's half as effective as when new....See MoreDo you display or store irreplaceable items?
Comments (23)The only truly irreplaceable item I have is sitting next to me on the couch eating supper. Well, and the fourfooted one shedding on the rug, too. Everything else is just "stuff", to be used or displayed, not hidden away "to keep it safe", at which time it simply becomes closet- or attic-filler. Most of my accessories (antique copperware, some old molded glass birds and fruit my grandmother gave me, etc.) are packed away simply for lack of anywhere to put it out - I am thinking about maybe putting a shelf up about a foot below the ceiling all the way around the living room - but I'll probably get rid of a great deal of it because if it's been out of sight and out of mind for 2.5+ years and I haven't missed it, I don't need it. I have some antique furniture, but it's all used rather than coddled and fussed-over - none of it's valuable, and it's all pretty beaten-up to start with. :-) Maybe I would have a different attitude if I had expensive, rare items that had some kind of historical or monetary value, but I don't and I highly doubt I ever will! My family is mighty short on heirlooms, but to be honest as a general rule we're just not terribly sentimental people. The only things I even wanted to have from my late father was his Masonic regalia, but the stepmonster would not turn any of his possessions over to me after his death even though I was the legal heir per his will. It's not truly heartbreaking that I don't have them, and not worth hiring a lawyer and hunting down the stepmonster (who has moved away to goodness-knows-where), but my DH has expressed interest in joining a Lodge someday and it would have been nice for him to have those things as a legacy since Dad would have sponsored him to his Lodge in a split second. I probably would have made a shadowbox for displaying them until they were needed for use. I have no children to pass anything on to, not that I would burden them with things they would think they had to keep just because I owned something, especially if they didn't like it on its own merits. I'd rather my things went to a charity sale, an estate auction, etc. so that people who actually wanted the things could obtain and enjoy them....See Morei just wanted to throw a uniform criticism out there...
Comments (15)perhaps the international spect is more relaxed toward subjects, unfortunately the us tends to blow them out of proportion the thing is though that sure youll have to buy something new from time to time, and when it becomes possible leave it to the kids and their own funds to buy new clothes(no skin off your back), and if they tell you theyll die without a new 100$ shirt, well then obviously its a play you dont have to have a fashion orgie everytime someone in your family wants to buy something, so the extra cost is little to negligient besides id rather spend the 1000 extra dollars a year (with my money of course) than wear something that makes me look incompotent and pathetic.....its not a matter of money , its a matter of how little im going to do for the admin who think theyre better than me(who are sadly mistaken by the way) the chief parental concern is money, but that concern can be rendered irrelevant by a simple premise, and then it boils down to the real problem "why have this ineffective system that offers no value toward school at all in my face all the time-the answer, some people(administrators) went to school and got a degree in "making adolescent children feel like a waste-ology) and if thats the only reason i have to dress like an idiot, to appease someones dejected taste in clothes and superiority, then i think maybe theyre the one with the problem and that the system that the crazy dude made up isnt in my best interest...See MoreWhat do you store in your pedestals?
Comments (17)I wondered if anyone else had this issue i can store full size clorox bottles and detergent pod containers….but sometimes bottles are too tall and it is annoying For example Downy . i even purchased the smaller bottle, still too tall I do store all types of other cleaners, endust, wax, polish, clorox wipes, air fresheners, swiffer refills, spare parts to the vacuum cleaner. I still find the drawers very useful i have started using detergent sheets instead of buying those big plastic containers i am 65, i can reach taller cabinets like the one over my front loader, but i do not mind reaching for things in a drawer instead of under a cabinet. I don’t think i will ever buy another front loader the door has to be left open, takes up a lot of space i am constantly cleaning inside the rim. Needed repairs after 5 years....See MoreElizabeth
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