Things with additional, unintended uses.

pably15

oreo, one of my walkin kitchen cupboards has been taken over by my O H, it's full of coffee jars with nails of different lengths screws and nuts and bolts, tools that he can't use now as he has alzheimers...

Oh that’s so sad pably15
But keep them as you may need to use some of them one day.

Calendargirl

Am I the only person who uses shower caps for their original purpose, i.e. keeping my hair dry when I shower, but don’t want to wash my hair?

I use them too, who wants to wash their hair every day?

Once when he was small and I had forgotten my key I used my son to crawl into the house through the electricity box, there was just enough room for his little frame to wriggle through and open the door for me

I love boxes of metal straws and have 3 boxes =15 straws.

My Minion yellow long-handled shoe horn snapped, I've had it for years and years, so when I tried to put my soft canvas shoes on and couldn't because the back kept folding in, I put my foot in the shoe, then onto the edge of the armchair seat and used a straw like a shoe horn!

I don’t know what a spagetti spoon is but guess it won’t reach to close my over-the-sink window. Stiff old sash window which needs pushing up at the top, hard.
Suggestions please which won’t risk breaking the glass.

A boat hook to open the loft hatch and pull the ladder down. The original had a stupid piece of plastic on the end which disintegrated.

Mu Mum used to cut up old pairs of pants for dusters - clean ones of course! I use old tea towels to dry off my motorcycle after washing it.
Apparently toothpaste is also good to clear car headlights which have gone cloudy.
I use my old dog's food dish to leave in the garden for drinking water for wildlife, (shallow and wide dish) and often see blackbirds using it as a bath, so they're good at repurposing as well!

Kate1949

Toothpaste makes chrome taps etc sparkle. Just rub some on, leave for about 10 minutes and rinse off - shiny taps.

My DH used it to polish out a scratch on my wing when some careless parker left some paint on it

Esmay

I use vinegar to clean my kettle .
I boil it up and let it dissolve the limescale .
I've also wrapped rags soaked in vinegar around taps .
And finally, I add it to my wash to soften the fabric .

I was descaling the kettle in the staff kitchen at work using the vinegar method.
When I was out of the room for a
moment, in came a member of staff, made herself a cup of tea
using the hot water in the kettle.
You can imagine her reaction.

lixy

Betony

I collect extra shower caps in packets from hotels. Perfect for putting over food in the fridge.

Me too.
They are great for going over a mixing bowl when proving bread dough as well.

I use them when I am painting a room to keep my hair off my face and prevent paint getting into my hair. I used to use an old pair of (clean) knickers or sawn off tights but disposable shower caps are better.

So do I!

Puppy pads are perfect to put under cat litter in a litter tray.

Plastic chocolate drink bottles filled randomly with pulses. Cover with something decorative, add a small ball and you have corridor skittles for Christmas games

Interesting than many ideas are about extending ones reach.

Wonderful exchange of ideas. What an inventive and innovative lot we are!!

I use vinegar to clean my kettle .
I boil it up and let it dissolve the limescale .
I've also wrapped rags soaked in vinegar around taps .
And finally, I add it to my wash to soften the fabric .

Maybe, Calendargirl

Am I the only person who uses shower caps for their original purpose, i.e. keeping my hair dry when I shower, but don’t want to wash my hair?

Brilliant idea Bettony. I must dig out all the shower caps I've collected over the years.

Betony

I collect extra shower caps in packets from hotels. Perfect for putting over food in the fridge.

Me too.
They are great for going over a mixing bowl when proving bread dough as well.

Apparently, it's vintage

I've got a plastic spoon designed specially for lifting boiled eggs from hot water.
It might have been a Tupperware freebie.
We're very posh here 😁

I also use a spaghetti spoon to close the kitchen window! Also for lifting boiled eggs out of a saucepan.

I never bother with rubber gloves for washing up, but if a jar is hard to open pop on a rubber gloves and off it comes.

Oreo

Also coffee jars when empty and washed make brill containers for all sorts of stuff, nails, screws, rubber bands, you name it.

I use Ovaltine jars , lighter in weight