Where can I find bags of various sizes that: are spherical or ball-shaped when full of stuff are made of durable outdoor-hardy material and close with velcro or a drawstring or some other kid-safe closure mechanism Bonus: Bags of other useful shapes like kid furniture, that can be filled and closed You see, I want to make balls out of trash... [more inside]
posted by cross_impact on Nov 19, 2009 - 3 answers

I've peeled five apples for an apple pie, and now I'm wondering if there's anything I can use these apple skins for. [more inside]
posted by pazazygeek on Sep 7, 2009 - 16 answers

I've had a lot of clothes over the years that I've hung on to, for no reason other than that I can't bear to throw them away. What do you do with your favorite clothes once they are too worn out to continue to function as clothing?
posted by seagull.apollo on Feb 12, 2009 - 23 answers

Can I reuse my old car stereo - out of the car - with limited a)electrical knowledge and b)money? [more inside]
posted by smelvis on Jan 25, 2009 - 6 answers

GlassJarFilter: Is a "single-service" container really only able to be used once? [more inside]
posted by fructose on Jan 6, 2009 - 13 answers

Any organizations that need donations of hundreds of gently used, non-children's books. Not for resale at thrift stores. [more inside]
posted by Skwirl on Dec 30, 2008 - 13 answers

With some products, the off-brand is as good as any other brand, sometimes even coming off the same production lines in the same factories. With other products, there is a quality difference between brands. How about for replacement HEPA filters for a Kenmore air cleaner? (And, as a bonus, should I believe the warning against washing and reusing the charcoal pre-filters?) [more inside]
posted by daisyace on Oct 30, 2008 - 4 answers

Compost & painted wood walls, is it a good mix? [more inside]
posted by pokeedog on Sep 30, 2008 - 10 answers

What should I do with several dozen old National Geographic magazines? [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Sep 6, 2008 - 17 answers

We've got a fair number of cans of house paint left over from various projects. Is there some agency or organization that will take the paint and use it (as opposed to disposing of it in a landfill)? [more inside]
posted by richg on Jul 24, 2008 - 15 answers

I've got an old 486 laptop, 75MHz, a whopping 8Mb of RAM, Windows 95 installed, floppy drive (no CD), no USB ports (but does have PC card slot). Charities won't take it. Is there anything useful I could conceivably do with it, other than using at as a doorstop?
posted by hatmandu on May 30, 2008 - 20 answers

What can I make with 2 7'x5' sheets of rubber? [more inside]
posted by crazy finger on Mar 4, 2008 - 11 answers

Can I get a pair of prescription glasses converted to prescription sunglasses, without buying new lenses? [more inside]
posted by subbes on Jan 31, 2008 - 7 answers

Can I somehow reuse elements in an XML doc (e.g. - like the way you can use a ref tag to resuse elements in an XML Schema)? [more inside]
posted by badstone on Jan 17, 2008 - 3 answers

Three mysterious power adapters. How to get rid of them? [more inside]
posted by amtho on Jan 17, 2008 - 13 answers

What do you do with your old CF cards? [more inside]
posted by seawallrunner on Oct 11, 2007 - 15 answers

My wife has come to the conclusion that it's more environmentally friendly to use a paint roller once (and then let it dry out and throw it away) as opposed to wasting upteen gallons of water cleaning all the paint out in order to reuse the roller. This seems crazy and a waste of money to me. What say you AskMetafilterians?
posted by ssmith on Sep 17, 2007 - 21 answers

What to do with a damaged stereo receiver? [more inside]
posted by ObscureReferenceMan on Sep 17, 2006 - 10 answers

What's in the way of re-using, instead of recycling? [more inside]
posted by andifsohow on Aug 15, 2006 - 13 answers

Cleaning out the basement... What do I do with all these useless wires? [more inside]
posted by danblaker on Dec 14, 2005 - 11 answers

My google-fu is failing me on this. I'm getting a new computer and my dad wants my old beast of a Dell. I don't need to clean my hard drive to DOD-specs, but it does seem reasonable to do more than just delete my files. It's not busted, the Windows 98 is pretty beat up, but it's still usable. What's the sane minimum of clean-up before it leaves my house?
posted by desuetude on Mar 14, 2005 - 9 answers