rightstuff
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Can't beat a good old brylcream container
So what did the French do?
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billskip
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She said...
Muddy32
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Father used clean, open "Kity Kat" Tins.
I "inherited" his collection of brass screws recovered from my first cadet dinghy that was burned to recover the screws. It was the 50s though and China just produced tea.
I "inherited" his collection of brass screws recovered from my first cadet dinghy that was burned to recover the screws. It was the 50s though and China just produced tea.
billskip
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Cylon I think....
Dellquay13
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I believe he meant at that time China produced only Tea, not everything on Amazon as it does today.
billskip
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I think China produced tea about 3000 yrs ago, I don't think kity kat was around then.
Cylon ( now Sri Lanka) tea seemed to be popular in uk around the 50's
billskip
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Yes I see now my foopah...
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Boathook
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What a waste of a nice sailing dinghy. I used to recycle brass screws as well. Somewhat expensive to purchase new ones on my small amount of pocket money.
wonkywinch
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My Dad had coffee jars with the lids all screwed in a line to the bottom of a wooden shelf so you had to unscrew each jar to get to the contents.
AntarcticPilot
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The tubs Body Shop use for shaving cream are excellent! And it's pretty good shaving cream too!
Poignard
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I'd bet your Dad had a copy of 'The Reader's Digest DIY Manual' which is, I think, where that idea was first published.
Leighb
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I had one of those and very useful it was too, I think my youngest son has/had it. These days you just look for videos on the internet. I much prefer printed instructions.
The real absurdity is to find the instructions to set up your new computer can only be found online, when you don't have a b*****y internet connection because your old one died.
Didn't happen to me, but to a neighbour who cam round to ask if I could find the instructions for him. It was quite a long time ago.
DanTribe
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I wanted something to store the dog's pills in today and find that I have exhausted my stock of 35mm film canisters. They were so handy.
ducked
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M+M sweettie cannister (available in Taiwan but probably also globally, since its American) is similar but a bit more inconveniently deeper. I am using one for ready-use grease working on a motorbike at the moment.
Also stool sample tubes (unused) swiped from annual medical at work. These have the + of a little spade thingie under the lid that you can use as an applicator for grease, but the - that the tops are fairly deep push-fits and air pressure tends to push them off again.
Screw tops allegedly exist but I dont have any.
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ducked
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Square section drinking water bottle, three sides cut, forth side forming a lid hinge. For storing spanners. See through.
If leaving in typhoon territory for months, tool storage should have drain holes.
Roberto
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Cuban cigar metal tubes for mini screwdrivers and their multiple tiny bits 
AntarcticPilot
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From personal experience I can assure you that screw top stool sample tubes exist!