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SCantiGOP

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23. very useful

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2016, 01:08 PM

Dec 2016

for picking up cat puke. We have an old cat who sometimes gorges on his food and then spits it up. Pick it up with the old sock, pull if off your hand so it turns inside out and it is a slightly less obnoxious task.

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What can you use old socks for? I mean, some that don't have holes, [View all] raccoon Dec 2016 OP

Dusting furniture...? nt MADem Dec 2016 #1

puppets! BuddyCa Dec 2016 #2

Cat or dog toys! csziggy Dec 2016 #3

Yes shenmue Dec 2016 #16

Another thought - since they have no holes, dye them black csziggy Dec 2016 #4

Door stops and paper weights sarge43 Dec 2016 #5

Throw them in the microwave for a bit and they make good heating pads. n/t demmiblue Dec 2016 #15

Dipsticks. femmocrat Dec 2016 #6

Stuff them in republican family members' mouths. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #7

Haaaaaaaaaa shenmue Dec 2016 #17

The Red Hot Chili Peppers had a novel use for them. Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #8

Heh! demmiblue Dec 2016 #14

I throw what's left of them out in the spring Brother Buzz Dec 2016 #9

I live in a cold climate, Mendocino Dec 2016 #10

Some don't have holes? True Dough Dec 2016 #11

For the ones that don't have holes zanana1 Dec 2016 #12

Roll them up into a ball. madamesilverspurs Dec 2016 #13

I put a couple with my chain saw tools for cleaning. panader0 Dec 2016 #18

I send them to H&M crazycatlady Dec 2016 #19

What is H & M? nt raccoon Dec 2016 #20

clothes store crazycatlady Dec 2016 #21

Give them to Goodwill (or another thrift store). mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #22

very useful SCantiGOP Dec 2016 #23