Last night as I was getting ready for bed, I looked over my husband’s shoulder before turning out the light and found him on the free page on Craigslist Maine. This is what was up on the screen.
Sooooo many questions.
- Who has the time to take 4 photographs of screws, upload them to the internet, write a description and then wait for someone to contact them and then, then wait for that person to show up at their house to claim their free box?
- Do you think anyone is specifically searching for a free box of brass and/or zinc screws?
- How old do you think these screws are?
- And why now, after all these years has this person finally decided to part with these? I mean, the packaging looks pretty old, don’t you think?
- How excited would YOU be to find this freebie?
- Doesn’t my husband have anything better to do than look up free stuff on the internet?
Today marks 26 years of wedded bliss. And I still have no clue how his brain works.
Husbands. They should come with instruction manuals. đ
Wishing you all the best on this beautiful August day,
~Mavis
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Tracey Johns says
Happy Anniversary! If you find the manual – let me know. We also celebrated 26 years this July. I see lots of stuff posted online for sale (Facebook) for $1 or $2. I wonder is it worth the EFFORT to post it and who wants to put the effort in to go and get it? Stuff like that – I donate or give away.
Deb K says
Hahahaha! Don’t forget, you’re in ‘yankee country….nothing gets thrown out! Someone, somewhere has been looking for exactly that…Happy anniversary!
Kaye Byerly says
Exactly!! Keep it out of the landfill, etc, etc
Sandra says
I don’t think brass or zinc screws rust, which might be why your husband was looking at them. And I don’t think there’s a manual for husbands-I’m on my 2nd and he continues to confuse me daily (good thing he’s cute!).
Mrs. C. says
They don’t rust. People who value these items don’t just want to dump them. We got a bunch of free bricks that way! Confession: I’d definitely take those screws!
Jennifer Jo says
Happy Anniversary, you two!!
Marie says
Tell him they were in a pocket of a person who has passed. Like he does you on your thrift finds.
Brianna says
Thanks for the laugh today! I needed it.
My kids started back at school full time yesterday and it wasnât a good day for them being stuck entirely in their classroom with a mask on all day. No Air conditioning at the school either. I had one chew a hole in his mask and his hair was wet with sweat and another one got off the bus and heaved and vomited the whole walk home. Anxiety I guess and we have been practice mask wearing. I feel awful as a parent, like I am sending them to 8 hours of torture. I am questioning the decision, especially since we have to isolate from grandma and grandpa again now they are back in a Petri dish. Oh yeah, the 8 containers of disinfecting wipes on the school supply lists, they can forget about them. Impossible to find and if you do the price is almost $10/container!
Mrs. C. says
Not anxiety. Wearing a mask for hours causes blood oxygen to drop, which can lead to nausea, fainting, and elevated blood pressure.
Nikki says
Sorry but these symptoms cannot be directly linked to mask wearing in general-specifically if the mask was a non-medical mask. I am wearing an N95, plus a level 3 mask, as well as a full shield for 9+ hours daily. I had an adjustment period for sure, but absolutely none of the symptoms reported here or online. More likely that these symptoms are a combination of no air conditioning, excess heat, and some anxiety, that many kids are facing at school. I write this with concern and respect for what Brianna’s kids experienced at school today and have so much compassion for the difficulty kids are facing with wearing masks at school. Facing the same learning curve and challenges with my own kids.
Nikki says
I would have replied and picked up the free screws myself. My hubby would have as well !
Naomi says
Nikki, I agree. I am a nurse, and wearing a mask does NOT cause a decrease in oxygen levels, nausea, fainting, etc. However, I will add that it is a lot easier wearing a mask for many hours in air conditioning. Just yesterday I had to go to our voter registration and had to walk some distance from the parking lot to the building and put my mask on before I got out of the car. It was about 90 degrees and wearing that mask was almost stifling and I am used to wearing a mask. Brianna, I feel for your children having to wear a mask inside with no air conditioning. No wonder they had such a hard time. My heart goes out to all children going through this. The first day of school should be an exciting, fun day.
Amanda says
Oh! Hugs to you Brianna! This is all so hard. My mama heart breaks for yours. Hang in there.
Anne Wiebe says
This is all so hard. I can’t imagine being a teacher or a parent of a school age kid right now. The teachers I know are just losing their minds and in TORMENT about all this. They love their kids and love teaching but just don’t want to be in the classroom right now. Here in Texas, in one school district I know, their only choice is to either do it or leave the job and lose their teaching certification.
The disinfecting wipes, yeah, that’s pretty big. Who can buy these? Certainly not the teachers but they’re under the gun about it.
PD says
Lol. Love it!!
Mavis Butterfield says
Hilarious!
Lana says
Happy 26th! Forty two years and I am still not privy to the man brain info either. But, about a month ago my husband needed screws for a project and none were to be found. We went store to store all over town and could not find them. Amazon wanted $60 for said screws. They were finally restocked somewhere he had looked and we got them for $8 which was still highway robbery. Blame it n the virus is all I can say.
Lisa says
We have a local buy nothing group on facebook. Stuff may not be worth selling, but other folks may need the stuff you don’t need anymore. Not that weird. People can also ask if they need something. I had a piece of fleece I was able to give to someone needing to fix a hole in a glove.
Carol @ Lake Tapps says
I love our local Buy Nothing facebook group too – it’s great to donate stuff to community members who need it instead of donating to Goodwill and such. I’ve even done several ‘bathroom cleanouts’ – a box of hair products, lotions, soaps, makeup, etc. All that stuff accumulates….most is half full or only used a few times. So many people wanted them each time I posted one. Kinda crazy.
Happy 26th anniversary, Mavis! We celebrated our #28 a few months ago. Cheers!
Randi says
Craigs List is to Husbands as seed catalogs and garden blogs are to me.
My husband goes down some real rabbit holes on Craigs List. Everything from RV’s to boats to who knows what. I have to say that I have not seen him looking at screws yet however. LOL.
Linda Practical Parsimony says
I can see posting those or picking them up. I needed a screw. The price was exorbitant. Besides, those are good screws. Old things are often better quality.
Debi says
Happy anniversary.
Isn’t it said “one man’s junk, is another’s treasure”.
Debby T says
It has been 49 years for me. My husband is always bringing home other people’s cast offs. I just wish we had more room for his finds. On the other hand, I spent an hour looking through our screw supply for the same size in your pic. I needed 2. Luckily as I was about to give up after finding only 1, and finally found the 2nd one. I would have been pleased to have had that bit of screws you show. He is a keeper. Happy Anniversary..!!
DebbieB says
My late husband loved that kind of stuff. He used to drag me to this old hardware store in our town (you know the kind with wooden floors) just to go to the screw aisle. He could spend hours in there. Of course, I was happy when he built me something! Oh, the things you miss.
Happy Anniversary!
Patti Vanderbloemen says
Happy Anniversary! Think how boring life would be if there was no guessing how the Other halfâs brain works! Hereâs to 26 more years of trying to figure each other out!
Suzanne says
At least it wasn’t another green houseplant!
Happy anniversary!
Bernice says
A man’s mind and world are so different than a woman’s…sometimes it just helps to remember that….we are almost to our 49th anniversary…and my hubby still amazes me…
Heather says
Happy Anniversary.
If I thought I could use the screws and I saw the ad I would get them. I’m guessing the person will leave them by the door. Definitely would want to keep them out of the landfill.
I definitely have picked up items from the free lists and we have left items at the end of our driveway for others.
Victoria M Fetui says
Happy Twenty Sixth! Wishing you many more!
Tracy says
Hey, didn’t you used to be one of those women who clipped coupons and drive all over town to save fifteen cents on deodorant or some highly processed food item? Looks like your husband is just engaging in the man-version of the identical behavior. Wifes…they should come with an instruction manual!
Nancy Sadewater says
Happy anniversary Mavis and HH!
Mrs. Hillbilly says
You have imprinted on him !
Kippy says
A man in our neighborhood bought all of the screws and nails that a local hardware hadnât sold at their going out of business sale. It was a lot of boxes stacked in his basement with no particular organization. He ended up going to HD to get screws and nails that he needed, because he could not find the right ones in the basement. Apparently he got rid of his âcollectionâ at a huge yard sale that I missed.He wasnât married.
Emily says
The big question is, did he go pick up the screws? Happy Anniversary!
Marlena says
Happy Anniversary!!
Thanks for the laugh. Those screws could have easily been on my husbands screen too. If you find a manual, please let us know!!
Elle says
40 years here. And Happy đ Husbands are not creatures to be understood!
This summer, mine asked me to help him organize his woodshop. (I’m a quilter and a highly organized person). Well, at the end of the weekend we were done and it looks magnificent. He can find anything he wants quickly. But there were moments I had to remind him that he requested my help. We loaded up the garbage can 4 times before all the discarded crap had left our property. (It is a required 55 gallon thing that the hydraulic truck arm can pick up).
To link this to your query: he has dozens and dozens of screw and nail sizes. Dozens of medication bottles to house the bits (he takes a BP med). This is the one collection in the shop not diminished in the organizing weekend.
Gotta love ’em đ
Bonnie says
I have always heard that most men have the desire to fix things, problems, home repairs, etc….. what a better way to be prepared than free screws. Lol. Happy Annivesary!!!
Sandy Cirello says
Wishing You Both A Very Happy AnniversaryâĄâĄâĄNever Lose Your Sense Of Humor!! You are the Perfect Couple!!