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Admit It: You Have a Box of Cords You’ll Never, Ever Use Again

What’s this one for? Who knows! Electronic gadgets fade away but their cables live on forever at home.

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Katherine Bindley

Jan. 9, 2020 12:15 pm ET

There’s a box that moved with Sarah Loveless and her husband from San Diego to Charleston, S.C., from Charleston to Dallas and from Dallas to Richland, Wash. The box, never unpacked, went into a closet or the garage each time. Contents: 20 to 30 electronics cords.

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Admit It: You Have a Box of Cords You’ll Never, Ever Use Again

What’s this one for? Who knows! Electronic gadgets fade away but their cables live on forever at home.

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