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The Bookless Club: What are your tales from 'lost and found'?

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Somehow the basket had migrated to the back of the cupboard. It housed a drugstore’s worth of manicure and pedicure items — files, rasps, buffers, and more. Nestled amongst all this stuff was a clever little apparatus that made a swift job of nail care. It was like a little Dremel rotary tool — battery-operated, with various heads for various functions. I wondered how I had forgotten I owned such an ingenious little device.

Opening the battery cartridge, I noted that there was a little bit of corrosion on the contact points. Using long-handled Q-tips and some hydrogen peroxide, I set about removing the coppery crust. I have no idea why I used the hydrogen peroxide, but it seemed to do the job. As a wet residue remained, I set the cartridge outside in a covered area so it could air dry.

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When I went to get the cartridge the following day, it was........

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