Household scavenger hunt

[Timewalker]

I used to have one in the bathroom, but the moisture or something seemed to keep killing them, so I gave up.

Bathrooms have higher humidity due to moisture, and that will cause the mechanism to corrode. The bathroom is the last place in your home that you should keep a clock.

Perhaps a silly question, but what do you use to mash potatoes, then?

Forks work. It takes more effort than mashers, though.

Me too! (Also still in the box!) I don't know which emoji is most appropriate here, so take your pick ->

I don't see why any of us need be embarrassed to admit owning Star Trek Barbies. I own numerous other versions of Star Trek characters (movie and TV action figures in several sizes), and I collect stuffed animals - mostly penguins, but I also have a Star Trek teddy bear (cream-colored, wearing a TOS science tunic). I know someone who makes customized SF/fantasy dolls for collectors (actually, she's the one who does the artwork for the fanfic website linked in my sig). Her dolls are amazing.

Oh, and back when ThinkGeek was still around, they sold Star Trek wall clocks (the shape of a TOS badge, with the science division logo in the middle). The quality was crap, though, since the hands were so fragile that they would easily break or bend and the clock wouldn't work.

 

[Velocity]

No wall clock and and no electric blanket. I have clocks, but none are hanging on a wall. I have dolls for the granddaughters to play with when they visit and vinyl records left over from my younger days before the turntable died at the hands of my kids.

 

[StarCruiser]

1) No mice to trap (cats MIGHT fix that anyway)
2) Lots, for modeling as well as utility
3) Tejas - 'nuf said there
4) Yep - I do like 'em mashed (or baked, or fried...)
5) Two of 'em
6) Not unless you count a few 'action figures'
7) A few of mine, and a pile of 33 1/3 and old 78rpm types from my family
8) One on the wall in the kitchen
9) Several - no flowers currently
10) Several
11) Nope
12) Kinda - just not that brand

 

[John Clark]

For Mantle clocks, we've got four (though some were gifts.). We've got four wall clocks (Two silent, one with chimes and one Cuckoo).

The potato masher has never been used.

(If we're including room thermometers, we've got two of those two, though one is included in one of the silent clocks).

 

[Non Sync]

It has been a while since I did a scavenger hunt on Trekbbs so here goes

Which of the following 12 objects would you be able ro find in your home

1) mousetrap
2) sandpaper
3) electric blanket or an electric throw rug
4) potato masher
5) wall clock
6) doll
7) vinyl records
8) wall calendar
9) vase
10) step ladder
11) watering can
12) thermos

Don't have a mousetrap (I think). Everything else, yes.

 

[Mrs. Silvercrest]

items in my home.
1. Mouse trap No
2 Sand paper. Not in the house but in the shop outside
3. Electric blanket Yes
4. Masher Yes
5. Wall clock No
6. Doll Yes several
7. Records Yes
8. Wall Calendar Yes
9. Vase Yes too many
10. Step ladder Yes
11. Watering Can Yes
12. Thermos Yes
All Done these are fun to do! thanks...

 

[Malicia]

In my flat I have none of those things but at my parents place they have all of those things with the possible exception of a mouse trap. I would have to check under their sink and in the garage.

I've never been in to action men or dolls or anything like that so it was a surprise one Christmas when I was about 11 and got a Cabbage Patch Kid. It was the most confusing present I've ever received. I had no interest in dolls so actually hated it although the head had a nice smell. Not sure what happened to it I think it might have been sold at a car boot sale.