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Kali

(56,235 posts) Sun Apr 6, 2025, 10:49 PM Apr 6

what happened to safety pins? [View all]

like all mundane products, safety pins are now complete pieces of shit. but where did the good ones go? I still have good clothespins even though most you can find now are just junk, clothes hangers- I have lots of older ones that are much heavier duty than the crap you get now.

but I can't find ANY old safety pins. did the entire planetary supply self destruct? were decent sturdy safety pins just a false memory? an illusion?

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what happened to safety pins? [View all] Kali Apr 6 OP

I was always able to find good ones at fabric stores like Joanns radical noodle Apr 6 #1

I will have to check them out Kali Apr 6 #6

Probably still in Grandma's sewing box radical noodle Apr 6 #10

My new thing are those black metal clips. multigraincracker Apr 6 #2

binder clips? Kali Apr 6 #5

They went away with the rubber bands. Twoflower Apr 6 #3

I get my rubber bands from broccoli and asparagus Kali Apr 6 #4

You can still get rubber bands at stores like Target and walmart. Also Amazon. Fla Dem Apr 7 #17

I'd like the basic measuring spoons, not these clunky Tadpole Raisin Apr 6 #7

oh yeah Kali Apr 6 #8

Yes! And the crme de la crme? REAL copper bottom Tadpole Raisin Apr 6 #9

Revere Ware! Morbius Apr 6 #14

A couple of years ago at a yard sale they had a multigraincracker Apr 6 #11

I'll try that. There were a few things of my mom's I wanted... Tadpole Raisin Apr 6 #12

I wish I still had my old manual typewriter from college..... lastlib Apr 6 #13

I have a perfectly good safety pin holding up my pants GenThePerservering Apr 7 #15

all the new ones bend like they are made of soft lead or aluminum Kali Apr 7 #16

I have a jarful Marthe48 Apr 7 #18