How long do you hold on to a mystery item?

[paris2lmp]

I have a 'mystery item'.  It looks like a part of something, but neither my husband or I know what it goes to or what its function would be.  We have kept it around because we don't want to toss it and then discover it was a vital piece of ___________.  On the other hand its floated around my house for a couple years now with still no known purpose or home, just randomly being put with things we think it could fit with.  We have even moved houses with it a couple times! 

So, do I toss it and figure if I haven't needed it yet it probably isn't that important? Or do I continue to keep it and hope I eventually discover its purpose?  How long do you hold on to a mystery item?

[poshkat]

Picture please!! We have a "stuff" drawer, everything that maybe connected to something useful, tiny screws, rubber bands etc. Go in and when we find out a use for it we use it

[WandaSue]

 we basically have the same thing...I'm always afraid to throw them away but i try to go through it every 6 months or so..if its been there that long and i haven't needed it or used it...i toss it

Quoting poshkat:

Picture please!! We have a "stuff" drawer, everything that maybe connected to something useful, tiny screws, rubber bands etc. Go in and when we find out a use for it we use it

 

[Janet]

If it's been that long it must not be important. That is my opinion.

[Clubpenguin]

I toss everything like that

[DixieFlower]

I typically get rid of it after a year.

[kksmomma1019]

Yup!

Quoting Janet:

If it's been that long it must not be important. That is my opinion.

[goddess99]

I'm impressed that you still remember it. I find mystery stuff and just throw it in the junk drawer and by the time the drawer closes I've forgotten about it lol.

[delanna6two]

We've got a toss it drawer....and little odds and ends like that are kept there...

[Pammi86]

I would throw it in a drawer lol!

[la_bella_vita]

 It would go in the junk drawer and next time I cleaned it out, I would toss it.