Originally Posted by dreamer2009
This is where my brain injury brings up such hate !!
I was working on cutting table and have 2 different containers with hundreds !! of straight pins. These containes both have lids that I don't remember to put back on when not using.
Needless to say I'm sure you can all see where I am going with this. I was so into what I was doing and both containers were sitting on a pile of crap and I pushed something and they both went flying all over into all the crap on the floor and will have to carefully be weeded out now !!!
I'm going to go and have a good cry now.
Don't hate yourself for being human....just get better tools...I dump pins and what ever all the time. I found this magnetic tray at Harbor Freight...I love that place... and as you can see from the photo it is upright on one of the shelves where I keep my stash. Yes it is that strong. You could turn it upside down and not loose much. It is meant to hold nuts and bolts for mechanics so you know it is strong. It comes in several sizes and there is a round one that only has one magnet. One caution is don't attach it to any computerized machine or whoosh all gets scrambled. I use it mostly to hold my basting pins which I used to knock off the table regularly, I still find pins hiding under things from time to time. Also the advise to get the magnet wand is good. Carpet installers use them to find lost nails so you know it is good....try it on the sofa, you might find some change.....