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Do you have . . . . In your house ? Part two .

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ScottBakula · 28/06/2024 22:32

Following on from the last thread but I have put this in chat to make it a bit easier to find .

A fake coal fireplace?

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Afternoonteavirgin · 18/07/2024 18:57

I have one pair that I don't care if gets mucky, for muddy runs, one pair for the gym that are comfy but I keep clean, and a ridiculously expensive pair that I seldom wear but are handy for 'clean' walks sometimes 🤣 what a time to be alive.

No dream catcher.

Old style boiler?

slavetothekittens · 18/07/2024 19:02

Yes to old style boiler.

Loads of DVDs?

BellaBobbins · 18/07/2024 19:07

Hundreds of DVD's

A shisha pipe?

Afternoonteavirgin · 18/07/2024 19:17

No shisha pipe.
Standard lamp?

Bignanna · 18/07/2024 20:42

No
Carved walking stick?

Gottoloveatakeaway · 18/07/2024 23:23

Nope

A set of walking poles?

Frith2013 · 18/07/2024 23:38

No walking poles.

A yoghurt maker?

owenjonescleanerreturns · 19/07/2024 06:11

A yoghurt maker yes

A flan case made of milk glass ?

EffinMagicFairy · 19/07/2024 08:06

No flan case

A weighted hula hoop?

CeffylCoch · 19/07/2024 09:56

No but have a windchime (small wooden one very quiet!)

A cactus?

CeffylCoch · 19/07/2024 09:57

oops! no to weighted hula hoop, I have a ketlebell

A cactus?

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 19/07/2024 10:10

Yes.
A bookcase with double-stacked books, but still a pile on top waiting to go to the charity shop?

Tarkan · 19/07/2024 11:21

Not just one but two tall bookcases like that. They're in my book nook at the end of our hallway with a Poang chair and footstool. We have other bookcases but they're not stuffed like these two.

Giant garden games?

Afternoonteavirgin · 19/07/2024 11:41

Nope.

A load of seedlings you're too scared to plant properly because slugs?

AnneKipankitoo · 19/07/2024 13:18

No

A swimming pool

Legendofthelostkeys · 19/07/2024 13:55

No.

A window that won't open but you can't be arsed getting it fixed?

IMakeCrapCakes · 19/07/2024 17:32

Guilty! Along with a lot of other things along the same lines as such!

Any item that is far too big for the space it is in?

I have a microscopic kitchen which is fine for the most time, I live by myself however I have a pair of HUGE kitchen scales-old fashioned ones and they take up half the worktop.

Tarkan · 19/07/2024 19:10

We have two dog beds for one of our three boys that take up way too much room in both the living room and our bedroom, considering he prefers to lie on the floor.

1920s style coupe champagne glasses? (Something I wish my house had, I have flat ones and many flutes but not the coupe style).

Afternoonteavirgin · 19/07/2024 19:54

No. They're lovely but I'd be too afraid of breaking them!

A surplus to requirement chair? I've got one that nobody ever sits on due to it being in two awkward a place!

mathanxiety · 19/07/2024 20:27

Yes, my surplus to requirements chair is lumpy and ugly. It's where odd socks wait until their OH turns up.

How about an old and rather rusty vegetable peeler that still works far better than any others bought to replace it over the years?

AstonMartha · 19/07/2024 21:55

No old and rusty potato peeler.

How about some copper slug tape?

lurkingfromhome · 19/07/2024 22:10

No, but I very much need some copper slug tape.

Something you've owned since you were a teenager?

ScottBakula · 19/07/2024 22:28

Loads of stuff that I have had since a teenager,

Dinning table , teddies , paintings , and other stuff.

Jewellery that belongs to your parents ( bonus points if you wear it regularly)

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Gottoloveatakeaway · 19/07/2024 22:59

Yes and yes. Wore my mums gold earrings today.

A hurricane lamp?

HelloDaisy · 20/07/2024 00:13

Yes, I think there’s one in the loft.

Matching curtains and duvet cover?

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