Pet peeve: stores that don’t categorize the books, specifically cookbooks.
I really tire these days of reading the spines of hundreds of books to find the cookbooks. Our Goodwills used to put books in sections but now just throw them on the shelves randomly.
Rant over 
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I had that happen once. Much, much later I was spreading mulch on my garden and there was my peeler. It was still in perfect condition.
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Lol! I’m still steaming over a can-opener which disappeared from my solo studio apartment about 30 years ago. Me-thinks I must have chucked it in an empty pizza box. I’ll never know.
At least you found yours!
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It accidentally went into the compost?
Apparently, I’m guessing it got scooped up with a pile of peelings.
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Like the time I threw out my keys with the recycle. 
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I was missing my favorite spatula for quite awhile. This was my favorite ‘tool’ for getting paint on the wall where the wall and wall to wall carpet met. It was flexible and easily cleaned. This spatula was very handy in shoveling the ‘snow’ out of the old stand up freezer. Flipping pancakes was its regular job. I hunted and hunted and could not find it anywhere or a replacement in a thrift store. Then, when the snow outside finally melted, there it was. It was tossed out into the outdoors snow with the last of the indoor freezer snow purge. Good as new, it was from the 50’s. Now if I could locate the lid to my favorite super sized Tupperware cup. Cammo colored and I lost it somewhere near the compost bins.
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Oh dear!
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I recently lost a pair of mildly vintage kitchen shears and very reluctantly replaced them with new (but inferior) ones. I subsequently found the original pair in the back-back basement on top of a discarded, dusty suitcase.
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