A Screw Loose

A friend of mine recently moved into a new house. Not brand new, just new to them. As you can imagine, over the years you acquire quite a bit of extra baggage. So if you're moving to a new location, there's probably a certain amount of  "stuff" you probably don't want to drag across the country with you. At the time you bought the "stuff", you reasoned in your mind that you needed aforementioned "stuff" to go with your "things". So now is the time to scale back and get rid of the "things" you don't want or need, and decide whether or not to have a garage sale to sell your "stuff" to people who need "things" to go with their "stuff". So back to my friends. He had 4 buckets he referred to as his "magic buckets". One contained pluming parts and connections. A second contained leftover electrical wire, wire nuts, and any small piece you would need for electrical work. The third contained small mechanical parts for automobiles, lawnmowers, and anything motorized. The last one was just a bucket of nuts, bolts, washers, anchors, screws, etc. etc. Really, no household should be without at least bucket #4. Well, his wife said they had to scale back and he had to get rid of his "magic bucket" system. First of all, I can't tell you how many times I have gone to my nuts and bolts coffee can in the garage to find something, and hit the jackpot! My coffee can has produced many times over the years, and each time I dip into the can and find exactly what I need, I make sure everyone in the house knows I saved 15 cents and a trip to the hardware store, because the coffee can once again came thru in a pinch. It's too late now, but I told my friend he could have brought the "magic buckets" to my house and assimilated them back into his house over time. Now he has to start over by purchasing "stuff" for his new "things", and when he has extra  screws, the "magic bucket" system will be back!