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Let's play the 'Do you still have...' game.

117 replies

IndependentAdjudicator · 28/12/2025 08:41

(Answer, then ask your own one)

In your house, do you still have bowls of pot pourri?

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Jugendstiel · 28/12/2025 23:27

Iloveeverycat · 28/12/2025 16:30

Anyone still have whimsies I do.

I bought my husband one for his stocking, from an antique shop. His nickname is this animal and it was a really lovely one. He seemed to like it.

LuerLock · 29/12/2025 00:17

No to pot pourri, bath oil beads, feature wall, record player, cassette player, paper bank statements, fax machine, walkman, iPod, young children.
Yes to landline, sandwich toaster, CD player (broken, but awaiting Repair Cafe appointment) and CDs, house guests, address book, DVD player and DVDs, actual books, Filofax, paper diary, bath salts.

Do you still have a tea pot, and loose leaf tea?
What about a tea cosy?
Or one of those knitted covers for the spare loo roll, that looked like a doll with her skirt covering the loo roll?
Does anybody have a bathroom suite that isn't white?

Eggybreadwithnuts · 29/12/2025 00:22

No it's white.
Anyone got a huge secret no one else knows? If yes, share here 😮

Dontlletmedownbruce · 29/12/2025 00:28

I'm learning now that a feature wall is no longer a thing!? Yes to
Cheque books
Wall calendar
Toastie maker
Bookshelves
DVDs and CDs
Paper diary
Sewing basket
I have the digital versions of most things but prefer physical items

Anyone have filing cabinets for home admin?

queenofwandss · 29/12/2025 00:28

No big secrets, sorry to disappoint.

yes to the teapot, sadly no cosy and also sadly no to the bathroom suite but I wish I could have a pink one.

Do you still have envelopes of printed photos about the house?

Cursula · 29/12/2025 00:31

Yes to envelopes of printed photos. My parents still use a 34mm camera and keep Truprints in business.

and I have a Filofax.

RescueMeFromThisSilliness · 29/12/2025 00:32

We have piles of old photos in envelopes. And some ancient ones of long-deceased relatives in a large biscuit tin, almost none of whom I can identify.

powershowerforanhour · 29/12/2025 00:40

Yes to most of these.
Do you still have your mum's wash basket to carry laundry out to the line and if so, is it disintegrating wicker that will probably lacerate you some day, or is it the old school plastic that will remain undegraded several thousand years after a nuclear war?

Friendlygingercat · 29/12/2025 00:41

Do you still have a mixing bowl and rolling pin for pastry

No feature wall, wall calander, toastie maker, DVDs/CDs, photos. wash basket

Sti[[ have📧

Cheque books
Bookshelves Iused to be a librarian)
Paper diary
Sewing basket/box
A secret I will not tell
landline/part of broadband package

Iloveeverycat · 29/12/2025 10:52

I have a mixing bowl and rolling pin
Loads of photos still in packets

IndependentAdjudicator · 29/12/2025 15:16

Yes to photos in envelopes!

Do you still have an item of clothing that is older than your eldest child?

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Notdanishsusan · 29/12/2025 15:26

Yes.

do you still have paperback travel guides?

StripedVase · 29/12/2025 23:40

I use mixing bowl and rolling pin and sewing box all the time! And I have a loose leaf teapot but it gathers dust because the tea gets too cold & strong

I have many secrets also cold & strong

Clarabellawilliamson · 31/12/2025 00:04

Notdanishsusan · 28/12/2025 21:58

Yes.

Do you still have your National Record of Achievement?

Yes! I was really tempted to take it with me to a job interview at my old school!

SeaGlassDreamer · 31/12/2025 00:22

No to record of achievement -I achieved nothing at school.

Yes to paperback travel guides.

Yes to mixing bowl, rolling pin and sewing box. No to teapot.

Anyone still have ashtrays? (it’s a no for me as never smoked but grew up in a house with them).

IndependentAdjudicator · 09/01/2026 14:03

I believe my education predates the NRA 🙈

Does anyone still have a box of buttons?

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luckylavender · 09/01/2026 15:47

Landline - yes

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