Name something useless you have in your garage? Me--The red Craftsman Tool Box. How about you? Yes, it's useless but

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there it sits.

[Ocelot II]

1. Where do I start? Just about everything in it. The garage is where I put stuff

that I'm not using and don't know what to do with. So it just sits there for years because I'm too lazy to sort the stuff out and give it away or throw it away or whatever.

[debm55]

3. Yes, !!!!!! like the extra pieces that you have from Ikea furniture store. Love it, Thank you, Ocelot II

[anciano]

2. An old treadmill

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4. HAHAHAHAHAHA. I used to use mine for hanging clothing on hangers. Thank you anciano.

[Maninacan]

5. Extension cords

Bought a bunch of cords 15yrs. to work on a shed 100' away from the outlet. Everything now is battery.

[debm55]

6. I hear you. Been there, done that. Thank you Maninacan.

[Emile]

7. Ice fishing portable shelter, and ice fishing equipment.

[debm55]

18. Thank you very much, Emile. That sounds impressive.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. 3 large boxes of Styrofoam cake dummies ... in Costa Rica.

[debm55]

17. What are you doing with those? That is very funny, sinkingfeeling

[sinkingfeeling]

20. I did competitive cake decorating in the States.

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22. Thank you very much, sinkingfeeling. You are very talented and creative.

[madinmaryland]

24. Competitive Cake decorating?? I never heard of that. Food channel or ESPN?

[sinkingfeeling]

25. No, mainly in fairs.

[jgo]

9. Extra wood moulding ...

Too big to toss. Maybe I'll need it some time in the future? -- isn't that how we get in this predicament.

[debm55]

15. Exactly, that is how the garage is full of junk.HAHAHAHAHAH. Thank you, jgo.

[LogDog75]

10. I don't have a garage

I live in a townhouse/condo and I have a tandem parking space in a covered carport. I do have an outdoor closed in front of the parking space. In their I have a large ice cooler that I haven't used in years but for some reason I always think I'm going to need it when I think of throwing it out so I guess it stays there.

[debm55]

16. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA, That is funny. Thank you very much, LogDog75.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. My husband is a pack rat. There are too many items to mention.

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14. HAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAH. My husband saves the little wrenches and screwdrivers that come with the items.TY. Diamond_Dog

[Dear_Prudence]

12. Old paint cans

You have to fill them with kitty litter to soak up any paint and then leave them open beside your trash cans for the garbage service to take them away. But they are so old that they are rusted shut. So, they sit.

Also a pop-up tent that is too complex for me to pop-up. It is destined for garbage day.

[debm55]

13. Thank you , Dear_Prudence. We had a couple of cans like that too.

[ProfessorGAC]

19. My A-Frame Keyboard Stand

I quit using it in 1988. (Bought an Apex stand.)
I've also got a Marshall amp, but my main amp is a Boogie & since I don't perform anymore I don't need a second amp.
Not sure why I haven't gotten rid of them.

[debm55]

21. HAHAHAHA. Thank you ProfessorGAC. Maybe it is the memories associated with them?

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Probably So

I still have all my keyboard gear & I only use one for recording. But, I haven't shed those either.
I actually play most of my 15 guitars regularly & they also serve as wall art in the rec room.

[Sneederbunk]

26. A nice camera that uses film.

[debm55]

31. Great item. I would hold on to that. Thank you, Sneederbunk.

[mwmisses4289]

27. Oh, man where to start?

The first thing that comes to mind is the shell shaped punch bowl that was given to me. I think we've used it maybe all of about 4 times in the past fifteen years. Also all the stuff my dhs' folks gave us. They decided to move to NC to be closer to my sister in law and gave us a bunch of stuff really didn't want. I joke they thought we moved into a 3300sq. ft, not a 1300 sq ft house.

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32. HAHAHHHAHAH. I remember punch bowls too. Thank you very much for sharing with us. mwmisses4289

[Wolf Frankula]

28. Lots of stuff. Some of it used to be necessary

But isn't now.

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33. Thank you very much, Wolf Frankula. That is so true of most of the stuff in the garage.

[Jamesm9164]

29. Nothing in there is useless.

I know for a fact that everything in there will be needed at sometime in human history. I am simply the designated keeper

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34. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. Jamesm9164, you are great.

[mike_c]

30. two unfinished wooden sea kayaks

One is a 22 ft tandem boat, the other an 18 ft solo. They are sixty percent completed, but the remaining bits are fiddly. I really wanted to finish those boats years ago, but life intervened. I might still finish them, or at least one, but I'm 71 and, lacking these boats, have not yet wet my feet in a sea kayak. Not even once. But I can't let them go. Old photo-- they're in a real garage now:

[debm55]

35. mike_c. They are beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us.