My toolbox exploded last Tuesday and I actually found my 10mm socket

I dropped a big breaker bar on my metal toolbox lid and it popped open, scattering 40 pounds of wrenches and sockets all over the driveway. After 45 minutes of picking everything up and reorganizing, I found not one but TWO 10mm sockets I thought I lost months ago (which is basically a miracle in this community, am I right?). The downside is I also found three random spark plugs from a 1998 Civic I sold in 2019. Has anyone else had a garage cleaning day turn up something embarrassing like old parts from a car you don't even own anymore?

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the_stella11d agoMost Upvoted

oh man, I feel your pain. I had a similar thing happen when I was cleaning out my dad's old shed. I found a distributor cap from a 94 Cavalier I junked in 2016. The weird part was I also found a random control arm bushing from a car I never even owned, still in its plastic wrap. My tip is to label a bin for "mystery parts" and toss anything you can't identify within two minutes. It's saved me from keeping a bunch of junk I'll never use again. Did you end up keeping those spark plugs or just toss 'em?

hannahm3911d ago

Keep those mystery parts in a labeled bin like @the_stella said, but give yourself a deadline. Six months max. If you haven't used it by then, toss it. I did that with a box of old ignition coils and ended up chucking all but two. Felt great. Spark plugs are usually cheap enough to just buy new when you need them. No reason to hoard em.

johnson.faith11d ago

@the_stella's two minute rule is honestly just a speedrun of regret, lol.