Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for May 19, 2023

I used a pipe wrench (successfully) last night to open a jar of salsa. That’s the first time in about 10 years I’ve touched that.

In other words the junk drawer. Good luck finding it.

We call it the 100 yr drawer. That’s how often you clean it out

Aw, shucks, he shoulda thought of that!

I love an organized junk drawer! Thank you!

Shucking knife! Oh, I thought you said something else ……

We have one of those drawers.

I take an archaeological view of the various layers, or strata, of “stuff”. If what I need hasn’t been used in 5 years and I’m down only 2 years deep in the current deposit, I clearly have more excavation in store.

It’s one thing when you live twenty miles out in the country. I collected a lot of “just in case” tools in that situation. Recently, I “cleaned house” of all tools I have not used in two years. I now live four blocks from a hardware store. :)

Speaking of oysters…

https://www.gocomics.com/ripleysbelieveitornot/2023/05/19

And yet, as soon as you clean out the drawer of the ‘junk’, you’ll need whatever it was that you’ve tossed!

It isn’t the tightness of the lid on the har, it’s the vacuum the factory takes out before shipping. Just crack the lid a little with a church key, and the vacuum goes away!

Mama always knows where every paperclip and kitchen match resides. Never fails.

In her place, I would be asking, “And what are you going to use it for?” (And prepare to grab the first aid kit for the ensuing injury.)