I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins, etc.
I probably have about 50.

Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.

What do you collect?

Andy

Andy wrote:
> I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins, etc.
> I probably have about 50.
>
> Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.
>
> What do you collect?
>
> Andy

Rubberbands. They come in handy all the time in the kitchen.

-L.

Andy wrote:

> What do you collect?


Tea towels. When the old ones wear out, we replace them with lovely,
colorful, new ones. Jim goes to a lot of trouble to buy tea towels that
suit him-- the right size, color, absorbency. Then we never throw out
the old.


--Lia

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins,
>etc.
> I probably have about 50.
>
> Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.
>
> What do you collect?


Twist Ties.

Van

In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins, etc.
> I probably have about 50.
>
> Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.
>
> What do you collect?
>
> Andy

Twist ties.

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"-L." > wrote:

> Andy wrote:
> > I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins, etc.
> > I probably have about 50.
> >
> > Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.
> >
> > What do you collect?
> >
> > Andy
>
> Rubberbands. They come in handy all the time in the kitchen.
>
> -L.

Especially those big, thick produce bands!
I have a 1 quart lightning jar I store rubber bands in.
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"-L." > wrote

> Andy wrote:
>> I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins,
>> etc.
>> I probably have about 50.
>>
>> Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.
>>
>> What do you collect?

> Rubberbands. They come in handy all the time in the kitchen.

Good one! I was thinking I didn't collect anything like that,
but I do. I keep them reasonably tangled in a drawer. They
sure do come in handy.

I keep a handful of those condiment packets that come with
chinese food, this for no apparent reason except I actually
ran out of soy sauce once and used a couple.

nancy

On May 14, 7:52�am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> "-L." > wrote
>
> > Andy wrote:
> >> I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins,
> >> etc.
> >> I probably have about 50.
>
> >> Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.
>
> >> What do you collect?
> > Rubberbands. *They come in handy all the time in the kitchen.
>
> Good one! *I was thinking I didn't collect anything like that,
> but I do. *I keep them reasonably tangled in a drawer. *They
> sure do come in handy.
>
> I keep a handful of those condiment packets that come with
> chinese food, this for no apparent reason except I actually
> ran out of soy sauce once and used a couple.
>
> nancy

I collect chickens and roosters! Have them all over the kitchen, also
a rooster rug!
Rosie

In article . com>,
rosie > wrote:

> On May 14, 7:52�am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
> > "-L." > wrote
> >
> > > Andy wrote:
> > >> I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins,
> > >> etc.
> > >> I probably have about 50.
> >
> > >> Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.
> >
> > >> What do you collect?
> > > Rubberbands. *They come in handy all the time in the kitchen.
> >
> > Good one! *I was thinking I didn't collect anything like that,
> > but I do. *I keep them reasonably tangled in a drawer. *They
> > sure do come in handy.
> >
> > I keep a handful of those condiment packets that come with
> > chinese food, this for no apparent reason except I actually
> > ran out of soy sauce once and used a couple.
> >
> > nancy
>
> I collect chickens and roosters! Have them all over the kitchen, also
> a rooster rug!
> Rosie

What do you do with all the poop and feathers?
Doesn't the crowing keep you awake???

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"rosie" > wrote

>On May 14, 7:52?am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:

>> I keep a handful of those condiment packets that come with
>> chinese food, this for no apparent reason except I actually
>> ran out of soy sauce once and used a couple.

>I collect chickens and roosters! Have them all over the kitchen, also
>a rooster rug!

Oh! Thanks for reminding me, I have a cast iron doorstop
coming ... it's a hen with chicks. I know. Too darned
precious. Heh. I'm sick of holding the door open with a chair.

I do collect salt and pepper shakers, mostly shaped like
vegetables. Yup, I even have garlic.

nancy

Nancy wrote on Mon, 14 May 2007 08:52:45 -0400:

??>> Andy wrote:
??>>> I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread,
??>>> buns, muffins, etc. I probably have about 50.
??>>>
??>>> Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it
??>>> with one.
??>>>
??>>> What do you collect?

??>> Rubberbands. They come in handy all the time in the
??>> kitchen.

NY> Good one! I was thinking I didn't collect anything like
NY> that, but I do. I keep them reasonably tangled in a
NY> drawer. They sure do come in handy.

I tend to save those seal-tabs too to replace twist ties but,
since they don't usually survive more a few re-uses, I don't
have a great accumulation.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:

> "rosie" > wrote
>
> >On May 14, 7:52?am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
> >> I keep a handful of those condiment packets that come with
> >> chinese food, this for no apparent reason except I actually
> >> ran out of soy sauce once and used a couple.
>
> >I collect chickens and roosters! Have them all over the kitchen, also
> >a rooster rug!
>
> Oh! Thanks for reminding me, I have a cast iron doorstop
> coming ... it's a hen with chicks. I know. Too darned
> precious. Heh. I'm sick of holding the door open with a chair.
>
> I do collect salt and pepper shakers, mostly shaped like
> vegetables. Yup, I even have garlic.
>
> nancy

I collect shot glasses from wherever.
I've gotten some from co-workers and always return the favor if and when
I travel. ;-)

I even have one from Jamaica.
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rosie said...

> On May 14, 7:52�am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>> "-L." > wrote
>>
>> > Andy wrote:
>> >> I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns,
muffins,
>> >> etc.
>> >> I probably have about 50.
>>
>> >> Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.
>>
>> >> What do you collect?
>> > Rubberbands. *They come in handy all the time in the kitchen.
>>
>> Good one! *I was thinking I didn't collect anything like that,
>> but I do. *I keep them reasonably tangled in a drawer. *They
>> sure do come in handy.
>>
>> I keep a handful of those condiment packets that come with
>> chinese food, this for no apparent reason except I actually
>> ran out of soy sauce once and used a couple.
>>
>> nancy
>
> I collect chickens and roosters! Have them all over the kitchen, also
> a rooster rug!
> Rosie


Funny you should mention it.

As a wedding gift, my ex and I got a set of ceramic chicken coffee mugs.
The God awfulest things I ever did see. We yard-sale'd 'em off for $10.00.

Little did we know they were something like $25.00 per cup. Ebay was a
future thought at the time.

Andy
Also collects copper

On Mon, 14 May 2007 09:09:59 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
wrote:

>
>"rosie" > wrote
>
>>On May 14, 7:52?am, "Nancy Young" > wrote:
>
>>> I keep a handful of those condiment packets that come with
>>> chinese food, this for no apparent reason except I actually
>>> ran out of soy sauce once and used a couple.
>
>>I collect chickens and roosters! Have them all over the kitchen, also
>>a rooster rug!
>
>Oh! Thanks for reminding me, I have a cast iron doorstop
>coming ... it's a hen with chicks. I know. Too darned
>precious. Heh. I'm sick of holding the door open with a chair.

LOL! A brick works for me :-) OK, OK, it's covered with a tulip
motif stitched plastic canvas my mother made for me :-)))))

>I do collect salt and pepper shakers, mostly shaped like
>vegetables. Yup, I even have garlic.

I'm in the process of decluttering from holding onto things for far
too long. It's a good feeling. Recommended. I try not to collect
ANYTHING. But extra cash, of course! And compliments and kisses for
those occasional bleak days ;-)

TammyM

On Mon, 14 May 2007 08:35:07 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

>Funny you should mention it.
>
>As a wedding gift, my ex and I got a set of ceramic chicken coffee mugs.
>The God awfulest things I ever did see. We yard-sale'd 'em off for $10.00.
>
>Little did we know they were something like $25.00 per cup. Ebay was a
>future thought at the time.

Jesus, what were they, Dresden china?

<snip>

TammyM

On Mon, 14 May 2007 04:32:44 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

>I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins, etc.
>I probably have about 50.
>
>Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.
>
>What do you collect?
>
>Andy

Cast iron. I've got over 40 pieces.

Lou

TammyM said...

> On Mon, 14 May 2007 08:35:07 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>>Funny you should mention it.
>>
>>As a wedding gift, my ex and I got a set of ceramic chicken coffee mugs.
>>The God awfulest things I ever did see. We yard-sale'd 'em off for
$10.00.
>>
>>Little did we know they were something like $25.00 per cup. Ebay was a
>>future thought at the time.
>
> Jesus, what were they, Dresden china?


Or something! I dunno!

Andy

"TammyM" > wrote

> On Mon, 14 May 2007 09:09:59 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
> wrote:

>>Oh! Thanks for reminding me, I have a cast iron doorstop
>>coming ... it's a hen with chicks. I know. Too darned
>>precious. Heh. I'm sick of holding the door open with a chair.
>
> LOL! A brick works for me :-) OK, OK, it's covered with a tulip
> motif stitched plastic canvas my mother made for me :-)))))

(laughing) I have plain bricks holding open other doors.
I should cover them or get real doorstops, it's embarrassing.

>>I do collect salt and pepper shakers, mostly shaped like
>>vegetables. Yup, I even have garlic.
>
> I'm in the process of decluttering from holding onto things for far
> too long. It's a good feeling. Recommended.

I hear you. I've done a lot of that over the past couple of
years. Second your recommendation. But I do have these
glass front cabinets in my kitchen with no other purpose but
to hold those glass and ceramic things I gravitate to.

> I try not to collect
> ANYTHING. But extra cash, of course! And compliments and kisses for
> those occasional bleak days ;-)

I happen to think you're a great person and a lot of fun, to boot.
How's that? Heh.

nancy

Omelet wrote:
> In article . com>,
> rosie > wrote:

>> I collect chickens and roosters! Have them all over the kitchen, also
>> a rooster rug!
>> Rosie
>
> What do you do with all the poop and feathers?
> Doesn't the crowing keep you awake???
>
> ;-)

I was wondering the same thing... I keep mine out in the back yard
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Nancy Young said...

> (laughing) I have plain bricks holding open other doors.
> I should cover them or get real doorstops, it's embarrassing.


Get a pair of bunny slippers from the dollar store for your doorstop bricks.
They'll look nice and soft and fluffy and cute UNTIL you stub your toe on a
rabbit.

Andy

James Silverton wrote:


> I tend to save those seal-tabs too to replace twist ties but, since
> they don't usually survive more a few re-uses, I don't have a great
> accumulation.

Ha. I'm the opposite, I save twist ties and replace the tabs.



Brian

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On May 14, 10:05�am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
> Omelet wrote:
> > In article . com>,
> > *rosie > wrote:
> >> I collect chickens and roosters! Have them all over the kitchen, also
> >> a rooster rug!
> >> Rosie
>
> > What do you do with all the poop and feathers?
> > Doesn't the crowing keep you awake???
>
> > ;-)
>
> I was wondering the same thing... I keep mine out in the back yard
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy - who knows what rosie means

Nah, all my chicks are poopless and never make a sound!
Rosie

In article .com>,
rosie > wrote:

> On May 14, 10:05�am, Chatty Cathy > wrote:
> > Omelet wrote:
> > > In article . com>,
> > > *rosie > wrote:
> > >> I collect chickens and roosters! Have them all over the kitchen, also
> > >> a rooster rug!
> > >> Rosie
> >
> > > What do you do with all the poop and feathers?
> > > Doesn't the crowing keep you awake???
> >
> > > ;-)
> >
> > I was wondering the same thing... I keep mine out in the back yard
> > --
> > Cheers
> > Chatty Cathy - who knows what rosie means
>
> Nah, all my chicks are poopless and never make a sound!
> Rosie

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"rosie" > wrote:
> I collect chickens and roosters! Have them all over the kitchen, also
> a rooster rug!
> Rosie

You must be like my one sister-in-law, but maybe you have a less serious
affliction of chicken collecting than she does. It seems every square inch of
kitchen wall and counter has some chicken theme item on it. There's more in the
dining room. But she doesn't have a chicken rug... yet! ;-)

I seem to remember this starting when they had live chickens in the yard. Four
of them at a time. They raised them for eggs, but how many eggs can you use, or
even give away. Four chickens means about 120 eggs a month! Eventually the live
chickens ended, but the ceramic ones picked up with a vengeance.

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On Mon, 14 May 2007 04:32:44 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

>I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins, etc.
>I probably have about 50.
>
>What do you collect?
>
>Andy

My MIL saved every ( food ) plastic container.
She had a closet-ful of margarine, sour cream, jello, etc containers.
AND ... she could never find the right lid for the right container.
We tried to clean 'em out one day, and she fought us tooth and nail.

( God Bless the new ZipLoc or GLAD food containers )


<rj>

Andy said...

> I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins,
> etc. I probably have about 50.


Sorry, a minor over-estimation!

Currently at 34.

http://www.tinypic.com/678oitv.jpg

Andy

In article >,
says...
> James Silverton wrote:
>
>
> > I tend to save those seal-tabs too to replace twist ties but, since
> > they don't usually survive more a few re-uses, I don't have a great
> > accumulation.
>
> Ha. I'm the opposite, I save twist ties and replace the tabs.
>
>
>
> Brian
>
>
I was going to say the same thing (save twist ties to replace plastic),
but so many others do that... I also have lots of drinking glasses
from the late 50's, early 60's. One of each pattern in the kitchen,
and a closet full of sets elsewhere in the house. Plus, my sisters
know its a cheap gift that thrills me if they find a neat-o glass at a
yard sale for 50 cents...

steve s

In article >,
"<RJ>" > wrote:

> On Mon, 14 May 2007 04:32:44 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:
>
> >I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins, etc.
> >I probably have about 50.

> My MIL saved every ( food ) plastic container.
> She had a closet-ful of margarine, sour cream, jello, etc containers.
> AND ... she could never find the right lid for the right container.
> We tried to clean 'em out one day, and she fought us tooth and nail.

Oh Lordie, that reminds me of my daughter. She's a hoarder and saves
everything imaginable--- ties, bottle caps, string, rubber bands,
plastic forks & spoons & knives, little packets of anything edible,
fortune cookies & the fortunes, empty tubes, cardboard, virtually
anything you can possibly imagine. I am constantly finding things
stuffed in drawers (especially plastic) or hidden away in the most
unlikely places. One day I threw out bags and bags of plastic
containers ... you know, like from sour cream, cottage cheese, etc---
and she cried. I think she's taken Martha Stewart and frugality much
too seriously! OTOH, she does often make very interesting things out of
her "collection". We have some really stunning Art Deco bird houses
that she made from... well.... trash. LOL She's been working on a wine
cork collection for several years, hoping to get enough to make a cork
bulletin board! Every now and then we have a little discussion.....

Those tiny plastic, 3-legged thingies that keep the cheese on your pizza
from sticking to the top of the box.

Becca

"<RJ>" > wrote

> My MIL saved every ( food ) plastic container.
> She had a closet-ful of margarine, sour cream, jello, etc containers.
> AND ... she could never find the right lid for the right container.
> We tried to clean 'em out one day, and she fought us tooth and nail.

I told my mil that was Italian Tupperware, she laughed and
laughed. Hey, those containers that wonton soup/etc comes in
are useful, but I never save them. All those containers, it's too much
to store after a while.

nancy

"Andy" <q> wrote:
> Andy said...
>
>> I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins,
>> etc. I probably have about 50.
>
>
> Sorry, a minor over-estimation!
>
> Currently at 34.
>
> http://www.tinypic.com/678oitv.jpg

Speaking of those, how many people look at the dates on them to select the
freshest item? In my supermarket, they seem to turn all the packages so that the
seal-tabs are facing in towards the shelf rather than out towards the aisle. I
wonder if that is a deliberate attempt to deter people from picking the freshest
items off the shelves. It doesn't deter me, it just slows me down. As if I
wasn't slowed down enough having to take my glasses off to read the tags.

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Nancy Young wrote:

> "<RJ>" > wrote
>
> > My MIL saved every ( food ) plastic container.
> > She had a closet-ful of margarine, sour cream, jello, etc containers.
> > AND ... she could never find the right lid for the right container.
> > We tried to clean 'em out one day, and she fought us tooth and nail.
>
> I told my mil that was Italian Tupperware, she laughed and
> laughed. Hey, those containers that wonton soup/etc comes in
> are useful, but I never save them. All those containers, it's too much
> to store after a while.


Ya know, I have a habit of saving all that stuff, too. I'm always taking
food to people, freezing odds 'n ends, etc. I have several cupboards of
motley containers, just threw out a whole bunch today for which I could not
find the lids...WHERE do those lids migrate to!? ;-)

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Greg

On May 14, 1:56 pm, "wff_ng_7" > wrote:
> "Andy" <q> wrote:
> > Andy said...
>
> >> I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins,
> >> etc. I probably have about 50.
>
> > Sorry, a minor over-estimation!
>
> > Currently at 34.
>
> >http://www.tinypic.com/678oitv.jpg
>
> Speaking of those, how many people look at the dates on them to select the
> freshest item? In my supermarket, they seem to turn all the packages so that the
> seal-tabs are facing in towards the shelf rather than out towards the aisle. I
> wonder if that is a deliberate attempt to deter people from picking the freshest
> items off the shelves. It doesn't deter me, it just slows me down. As if I
> wasn't slowed down enough having to take my glasses off to read the tags.
>
> --
> wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

I believe they are color coordinated for each day of the week that
they bake

Gregory Morrow wrote:

> Ya know, I have a habit of saving all that stuff, too. I'm always taking
> food to people, freezing odds 'n ends, etc. I have several cupboards of
> motley containers, just threw out a whole bunch today for which I could not
> find the lids...WHERE do those lids migrate to!? ;-)

Those lids are hiding out with that sock that is always missing from the
laundry.

Becca

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
>I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins, etc.
> I probably have about 50.
>
> Should something come with a twist tie, I can replace it with one.
>
> What do you collect?
>
> Andy

Well, my new thing isn't really a kitchen item by trade, but it's where I use them
the most. They're binder clips. I have a container with about 50 or so. Small, medium
and large. I use them to close everything from bread to chips to powdered sugar,
cereal, chocolate chips, bags of nuts, etc. They work great, and they're cheap, and
reusable.

I also collect whisks (I have 17 currently), teapots (42 of those), knives (oh, about
45 or so, including steak knives), and that's about it, I think

kimberly


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"Nexis" > wrote

> Well, my new thing isn't really a kitchen item by trade, but it's where I
> use them the most. They're binder clips. I have a container with about 50
> or so. Small, medium and large. I use them to close everything from bread
> to chips to powdered sugar, cereal, chocolate chips, bags of nuts, etc.
> They work great, and they're cheap, and reusable.

So funny you say that, I almost mentioned them with the rubber bands,
they reside next to each other in a drawer. I left them out because I
don't actually collect them, once you have a box of the large and small,
you're pretty well set for life, and they don't come with my newspaper
like rubber bands do.

I have one of those clippers holding the 'glass' in my birdfeeder,
keeps the little bast..., uh, squirrels from lifting it up to steal the
seed.

nancy

"merryb" > wrote:
> On May 14, 1:56 pm, "wff_ng_7" > wrote:
>> Speaking of those, how many people look at the dates on them to select the
>> freshest item? In my supermarket, they seem to turn all the packages so that
>> the
>> seal-tabs are facing in towards the shelf rather than out towards the aisle.
>> I
>> wonder if that is a deliberate attempt to deter people from picking the
>> freshest
>> items off the shelves. It doesn't deter me, it just slows me down. As if I
>> wasn't slowed down enough having to take my glasses off to read the tags.
>
> I believe they are color coordinated for each day of the week that
> they bake

I have noticed the colors, but don't buy baked goods often enough to have
figured out the pattern. So I have to actually read the date.

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"Becca" > wrote in message
...
> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
>> Ya know, I have a habit of saving all that stuff, too. I'm always taking
>> food to people, freezing odds 'n ends, etc. I have several cupboards of
>> motley containers, just threw out a whole bunch today for which I could
>> not
>> find the lids...WHERE do those lids migrate to!? ;-)
>
> Those lids are hiding out with that sock that is always missing from the
> laundry.

Hmm not just Scottish laundries that eat socks then!

In article >,
"<RJ>" > wrote:

> ( God Bless the new ZipLoc or GLAD food containers )
>
>
> <rj>

Except we tend to lose the damned lids for those too a lot of the
time... :-(
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In article >, Andy <q> wrote:

> Andy said...
>
> > I collect the plastic seal-tabs that seal bags of bread, buns, muffins,
> > etc. I probably have about 50.
>
>
> Sorry, a minor over-estimation!
>
> Currently at 34.
>
> http://www.tinypic.com/678oitv.jpg
>
> Andy

You gotta try harder dude! ;-)
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