I'm doing a small renovation today in my home that required me to pull the dishwasher out. I want to redo the drywall between the wall that adjoins the kitchen and bathroom. I tore it out last year to replace the old (leaky) iron water pipe with copper pipe and it's been 'way too long' to finish the project.
While scraping and cleaning between the studs I noticed a pile of rusty pieces of metal... right below the medicine cabinet.
If you remember, older medicine cabinets had a slot where you could dispose those old injector razor blades. I remember using them for a few years before disposable blades hit the market, but my dad (and my brother) probably used them for 30+ years!
It just another memory of how things were done back in the good ole' days!
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6:35pm update... I reconsidered the quantity of razor blades. The pile was enough to fill a one gallon bucket!
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iam7545
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Dec 30 @ 4:53PM
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YUP - Now you know where they went!
They had that slot on Airplanes too! We wont see that one again!
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enigmasrook
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Dec 30 @ 5:00PM
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lol....interesting....did you happen to find any missing socks back there? You may have uncovered the portal to the other side.
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MisterMatt
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Dec 30 @ 5:34PM
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One never knows what they might find inside a wall. I'd say you got pretty lucky. I've seen far worse. Oh, and far better as well.
After 17years as a carpenter, nothing would rattle me.
Hope you wore a respirator and rubber gloves, that dust can carry some nasty bugs. Trust me, you don't want them.
MM
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Cynbaby
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Dec 30 @ 6:07PM
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Don't ever peek underneath my makeup vanity, I keep a garbage to toss all the q-tips in when I'm doing my makeup, I' don't think I've ever landed one in the actual garbage pail yet. 
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chatillion
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Dec 30 @ 6:40PM
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Matt... yes, the carbon filter/respirator is essential when using the torch to sweat the pipes. I needed to move one pipe for the sheetrock to fit. Also I was wearing it when sweeping the area clean.
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ttomtarr
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Dec 30 @ 8:38PM
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Respirator ? No Way !
My house has no cellar, but a crawl space, sI make the best of it and age my champagne in the crawl space. My plumbing and low wiring jobs always end happily as I crawl through the cat sh _ t and old leaves to the stash of bottles. Respirator ? How could you drink with one of them on?
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MisterMatt
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Dec 30 @ 11:13PM
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LOL
Good luck with that.
I'll be a pansy and wear my mask.
I got four kids to live for. 
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chatillion
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Dec 30 @ 11:31PM
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Agreed.. the carbon filter mask is the only way to go.
Earlier this year, I repainted a bathtub with enamel paint from spray cans.
I had 2 fans going.. that wasn't enough... for 3 weeks I couldn't get rid of asthma.
My doctor prescribed steroids and inhalers... not fun and not cheap.
A $40 mask would have prevented all that.
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