Right now
Something I wish I could find is the box of screws for the now discontinued IKEA shelf unit that I had to dismantle when building work was being carried out in our place. The ones that I put in 'a safe place' so that I wouldn't bloody lose them.

I swear that there's a mini Bermuda Triangle in our house that swallows screws, pens, socks and remote controls when your not looking and then spews them back out in the most unlikely place imaginable - like under the dog's bed.

Hmmph.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:50, 14 replies)

Is
your dog *called* Bermuda Triangle?
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:52, closed)

No
Unfortunately.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:53, closed)

Cool
I may steal that for when I get a dog...
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:55, closed)

Have you looked
under the dog's bed?

Just in case.

You'd feel silly if you didn't look there now, only to find eventually that's where they were all along.
( Moey, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 13:57, closed)

have you looked
in the dog?
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 14:00, closed)

Now
You're getting silly.

They're definitely not in the dog, or under her bed.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 6 Nov 2008, 14:06, closed)

they'd be with all the biros...
(tweebianmonkey Should be known as Widget, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 14:28, closed)

'Scuse the language, but fucking hell!
I've got one too!

I call it The Safe Place as I can only ever find things when I've just dumped them. When I hide them away safely they're lost for ever...

To me it's a black hole, not a bermuda triangle though. It's taken a mighty load of my possessions.
( vix0r was not Matthew on, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 14:35, closed)

unfunny but possibly useful...
have you tried their online help instant messenger thing on their website?
a bit tedious, but 'anna' kindly sent me a whole bag of screws and dowel thingys for a discontinued chest of drawers after i lost them in a move. they were free and arrived within a week.
( kitsune-tsuki tankeløst hode får lettest sove, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 19:43, closed)

My theory is wormholes
You know when you sometimes find something odd in a drawer? You have no idea what it is? You've never seen it before?

That's because it's someone elses widget that they're currently desperately hunting for.

Nothing ever gets lost - it just gets shifted round a bit...
( MatJ LOOK, Thu 6 Nov 2008, 20:04, closed)

Kitchen drawers
nearly every time...
well it was worth a look, they might have been there!

Anna isn't very helpful if you don't have a part number...if anyone knows what the part number is for a plastic bottle that was part of a washing up liquid dispenser they sold 7 years ago I'd be very happy.
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Fri 7 Nov 2008, 8:31, closed)

have you tried
behind the fridge?
(One_Winged_Angel Ich Dien, Fri 7 Nov 2008, 8:55, closed)

try this ..... it makes sense

alright Darvo,

here's a top tip for furtniture dismantling that works - Stick all the screws and nuts and tools provided into a plastic bag and then sellotape securely the motherfuckers onto a main section of the furnishing object, hey presto ! no more lost screws apart from the ones the pricks in IKEA left you short to begin with.

let me know how this goes for you..
(The Cats Twat, Fri 7 Nov 2008, 17:14, closed)

Cheers all
I took a trip down to Ikea on the off chance they would have spares - they didn't. So I've found some normal screws that seem to have done the job - it hasn't fallen over yet, so....

I'll also try the putting in a bag and taping them to a surface trick next time as well.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 10 Nov 2008, 14:59, closed)