I've built entire things out of the bucket 'o crap.

The thing about the bucket of crap is that it's usally crap.

A few years back I standardized in square drive. By comparrison the recyled
pile (oh yes I have one ) is, yes, crap. Not to sound like an advertisement
but it's true. Given the choice of a (even pre-used) Mc Feeley's
square-drive screw and a "lord knows what phillips/slotted"... I'll take the
screw from the proper inventory.

I have been riduculed by my dad for my crappy "spares" collection..... but
I got him using square-drive too :-).

I guess that I fall into the "keep a decent inventory of qaulity fasteners
and the problem becomes moot" camp.

-Steve