Reminds me of untangling my crochet yarn when it gets tangled like that. You have to find an end first and then work it through. It takes time though, I’ll do it while watching TV.
I filled a moving box (“Large”) with cords, cables and surge protectors, when I emptied my deceased brother’s room. And he only owned a laptop and a PC.
Looks like someone had problems lookinf=g for an extension cord when needed and just went off to the local hardware store and bought a new one to have a pile that big. I’m 73 and have never had more than a half-dozen extension cords and they were all of different lengths.
So far, my ‘extension cords,’ cables and whatnot are confined to a large ziploc (which I keep thinking about tossing, but then wonder if a day might not come when I might need one of them?)
My problem isn’t extension cords (mine are neatly wrapped and stored). My problem is charging cables… even neatly wrapped, they proliferate into a mess.
We had a DJ/Karaoke business a long time ago. I had to wrap all the cords so we could use them week after week. I still do this. When we go over to the kids place and I see a tangled cord in the garage, I wrap it up. I guess I’m a cord junkie.
Or take a few at a time an test them see if they work if not trash them.My daughter collected extension cords, not as many as they have, tested on two of my electronics see if worked, not had to be trashed damaged. Not fit placed in box for later use.
Not so much the extension cords, as the old, unidentified power supplies – they must go to something (which I’ll find as soon as I throw out the power supply)!
Yakety Sax about 1 year ago
Put them all in a large box labeled “extension cords” and set by the curb. Someone will snag them!
jmworacle about 1 year ago
Or turn Wren loose on them.
sirbadger about 1 year ago
Are these extension cords interchangeable?
Ratkin Premium Member about 1 year ago
Wire you punishing yourself?
BenGMan about 1 year ago
Oof.
iggyman about 1 year ago
Reminds me of the annual Christmas lights routine!
Macushlalondra about 1 year ago
Reminds me of untangling my crochet yarn when it gets tangled like that. You have to find an end first and then work it through. It takes time though, I’ll do it while watching TV.
Carl Premium Member about 1 year ago
Its no longer the extension cords but all the power cables for the electronics.
ddl297 about 1 year ago
I filled a moving box (“Large”) with cords, cables and surge protectors, when I emptied my deceased brother’s room. And he only owned a laptop and a PC.
Ichabod Ferguson about 1 year ago
You can never have too many extension cords.
Huckleberry Hiroshima Premium Member about 1 year ago
More like a mountain.
eced52 about 1 year ago
I will wrap an extension cord around you to keep you from getting lost.
dv1093 about 1 year ago
zip ties
mourdac Premium Member about 1 year ago
Cord reels. For cords and also strands of Xmas lights.
Gameguy49 Premium Member about 1 year ago
Save up the cores from some of yesterday’s toilet paper then loop the extension cords in 12 to 18" loops and slide them into the core.
ctolson about 1 year ago
Looks like someone had problems lookinf=g for an extension cord when needed and just went off to the local hardware store and bought a new one to have a pile that big. I’m 73 and have never had more than a half-dozen extension cords and they were all of different lengths.
Ignatz Premium Member about 1 year ago
Do what I do and keep them in a huge bag that you never, never, never open. They might come in handy one day. Right?
FredBurr about 1 year ago
So far, my ‘extension cords,’ cables and whatnot are confined to a large ziploc (which I keep thinking about tossing, but then wonder if a day might not come when I might need one of them?)
6foot6 about 1 year ago
Was this left over from the Christmas cleanup? that would be the only explanation why there would be so many extension cords.
philwinn about 1 year ago
Yikes!
Munch about 1 year ago
Good grief. Who lets their extension cords get like this?
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 1 year ago
After that,all the old motor oil and de-icer containers
chromosome Premium Member about 1 year ago
My problem isn’t extension cords (mine are neatly wrapped and stored). My problem is charging cables… even neatly wrapped, they proliferate into a mess.
Drbarb71 Premium Member about 1 year ago
They breed at night when we aren’t looking. Same with boxes.
Brilliant_Birdie about 1 year ago
Go in separately in case one of you gets caught in them.
The Quiet One about 1 year ago
Why? They will only get tangled again.
Back to Big Mike about 1 year ago
We had a DJ/Karaoke business a long time ago. I had to wrap all the cords so we could use them week after week. I still do this. When we go over to the kids place and I see a tangled cord in the garage, I wrap it up. I guess I’m a cord junkie.
Mark DeMist Premium Member about 1 year ago
Bite the bullet and toss them all. Put them in a box and put it by the curb and it’ll be gone the next morning.
kab2rb about 1 year ago
Or take a few at a time an test them see if they work if not trash them.My daughter collected extension cords, not as many as they have, tested on two of my electronics see if worked, not had to be trashed damaged. Not fit placed in box for later use.
jrankin1959 about 1 year ago
Only one way to do it… one at a time.
Semolina Pilchard about 1 year ago
Not so much the extension cords, as the old, unidentified power supplies – they must go to something (which I’ll find as soon as I throw out the power supply)!
Laurie Stoker Premium Member about 1 year ago
I don’t have quite that many, but I have an athletic bag of cables and cords that I can bare zip closed.
mrz80 10 months ago
Got a big pile of mic cables like that in the sound room at church.