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Vacuum. My wonderful husband bought me a Dyson last Valentine’s Day (and I didn’t divorce him – imagine that! 
) I’ve used it maybe twice. We have all hardwood floors on the main level, and it’s just easier to sweep with a broom.
I also don’t iron. I have an iron somewhere, but I haven’t seen it for several years. I haven’t owned an ironing board since college. If it’s wrinkled, I hang it in the bathroom while I shower, and it unwrinkles.
That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s from Canada. French was the world language immediately before English was, to the extent that kings and presidents of countries that spoke other languages gave important speeches in French. A lot of American products still have French on them as an acknowledgement of that, making the assumption that if somebody doesn’t know English the safest bet is French, even if they’re not French. Of course, it’s generally turned to Spanish now, but a lot of household necessities made by American companies still have English and French (or sometimes all three).
Oh. Nevermind. Heh.
I, like tremorviolet, rarely use salt. I never got much of an inclination to salt my food anyway, and I also hardly ever cook, plus I have high blood pressure so added sodium is a no-no. (I even use Kikkoman’s “Less Sodium” soy sauce, which BTW seriously tastes just as good–just not as salty–and I know this because I switched only about a month ago.)
I’ll probably not use a landline when I move out, as I don’t use it much now anyway and I’d rather not get phone calls every hour on the hour from the rents.
I don’t use the iron either, or the blender.
I don’t have a dishwasher. I’d totally use one if I had one, but this is a rental and there’s really not room for it anyway. My landlord would probably put one in if I baked or begged, but I can’t give up the storage space in the kitchen.
I don’t own one anymore. Jaade asked me why I still had a home phone now that everyone in my family owns a cell. It was just taking up money. She was right, I was paying about $150/month for cells and home phone. It took everyone a while to get used to the idea of calling whoever they wanted to talk with directly, but it’s cheaper and easier. The only people calling that number anymore were telemarketers, anyway.
How on earth do you make your chocolate milk shakes?? 
Our blender finally burned out last month (I think I got it as a wedding present at my FIRST wedding 26 years ago). I was on Amazon pronto ordering another. We can’t even contemplate not being able to whip up homemade chocolate milkshakes or daquiri’s when the mood strikes.
My contribution to this thread: salt and peppers shakers. We’ve had several sets over the years and still find ourselves reaching for the original containers, especially when we cook.
You use the salt and pepper but not the shakers? Interesting. I’m the other way around; if I ever use salt or pepper for cooking something (very rarely, again), I’m more than happy to use the shaker as I can more easily control how much I put in (I’m very neurotic about that kind of stuff).
I finally broke the wife of her love of slushy drinks, so if it can’t be made in the food processor or a cocktail shaker instead, it doesn’t get made.
Thank goodness this isn’t a goal of Mr. AdoptaMom. He’s the one who makes the delicious milkshakes
About 8 years ago, my then-boss got it into his head that, even though I was an Office Geek (“Internal Support Professional, please!”) and no one who saw me expected very much from my personal appearance, I was “scruffy*” and “had to buy an iron.”
So I did. I broke down that night and bought an iron. Never once used it. The issue died quietly in the corner.
I just checked, and it’s still in the hall closet, unopened, the box still taped shut.
Funny thing is, even though I have an iron, I have no ironing board.
*Who’s scruffy lookin’?
I find this the most impressive. I don’t salt my food either but I put in while cooking. Doesn’t your food taste BLAND? :eek:
My ice cream sucked, by the way. I didn’t agitate enough and it turned into a block of ice.
I can match most of the entire thread thus far, and then some.
No over-the-counter medicines or remedies whatsoever, not even aspirin. Never want them or need them.
No newspapers. I disagree with their definition of ‘news’.
Have a tin-opener (‘can-opener’). Never use it.
Have a hair dryer. Never use it.
No salt. Don’t know if I have any, but if I have it will be years old and still full.
No tea or coffee. Same as for salt - probably a full packet/jar lurking somewhere.
Have a blender. Rarely if ever use it.
Washcloths? Not here. I’m in Athena’s ‘hands are enough’ club.
No dishwasher. Never have had. Don’t want.
I do have an iron and use it a lot. I’d love to learn more from Lissa and the Ironing Not Done Here brigade about how to avoid having to iron stuff.
Bandaids. The box sitting in my medicine cabinet is a box of Harry Potter bandaids I got in my Christmas stocking three or four years ago (I’m 25, by the way) and I think we’ve used two out of it.
Same here, and while I’ve ironed clothes exactly once in the eight years I’ve been with Mr. Armadillo, I do sew and quilt, so I use the iron extensively then.
Should you ever need to emergency-iron some article of clothing or, you know, make a grilled cheese sandwich, a bath towel on the dining room table works just fine as an ironing board. You just don’t have the little pointy bit for sleeves.
I believe it’s actually so that they don’t have to make two versions of the packaging: one for the US, in English and maybe Spanish; and one for Canada, in the required English and French. They wouldn’t put the French on there if they didn’t have to; that costs money.
As for the OP:
Medicines: I only rarely take any drug of any sort, and tend to buy a single dose pack while I’m out and not feeling well. If I’m at home, I’ll usually just try to sleep it off.
Iron: Don’t have one, don’t want one. Buy no-wrinkle stuff and pull it out of the dryer ASAP and you’ll never have to iron either.
Specialized cleaners: Simple Green and water covers pretty much everything you’ll ever need any sort of surface cleaner for.
Band Aids: I don’t remember the last time I cut myself badly enough to need one.
Coffee / Tea: Bleh.
Salt / pepper shakers: Like the poster above, I just use the containers. I have a little screwtop grinder that fits the standard size spice containers, so I use just a jar of peppercorns with the grinder attached to it. As far as the salt, I put it into my hand from the container and sprinkle it on that way. Better control with my hand.
A broom: I don’t think we have one around anywhere. I do know I haven’t used one in a long time. My vacuum’s good on hard floors.
I’m sure there are others, but I can’t think of them off-hand.
We rarely use band-aids either, but we have since purchased gauze pads and tape “just-in-case” because the one time you need them…well, you need them! My husband had a bad roadbike accident 3 years ago, and the only thing we had in the house was a box of Rugrats bandaids. Needless to say, it wasn’t enough for ANY of his wounds, even on a temporary basis (the accident did require a visit to the ER…stitches…x-rays of both arms…then 2 specialists…then wrist surgery…then 6 months of physiotherapy…). So we have First Aid supplies, as well as a kit in the car.
We never use our iron either. I used to, when I was a waitress and the uniform wrinkled when you looked at it, but in the past 5 years, I’ve probably used it twice. We’ll see if it gets used again if either one of us ends up with a job that requires us to look freshly ironed!
Another vote for band-aids and medicine, since I rarely need either aside from Motrin once a month. My medicine ‘cabinet’ has two bottles in it–Motrin and Tylenol. Covers 99.9% of my needs.
Microwave–I rarely touch one unless I’m making popcorn. I don’t use it for cooking and rarely for reheating or defrosting.
I suppose I could toss in the mini composter that goes with the big one outside (which every house in the province has). We buy brown paper bags for our compost and put those into the big bin instead of using the little one.
I can’t even imagine the re-education techniques necessary to accomplish such a thing you… you… monster. 
Aside from band-aids, I can’t really think of anything in my house that I never use. I tend to have the opposite problem! I reach for a cotton ball, and we’re out, and I find myself thinking “Who the hell runs out of cotton balls? I had no idea such a thing was even possible!”
Coffee maker. I always have at least one, but I make NASTY coffee, so it just sits around taking up space.
That, and the thing that looks kinda like a metal flower with holes in it. No idea what it is nor from whence it came.
I’d trade my coffee maker for a real popcorn popper.
Fire extinguisher. I should throw the dang thing out. I mean, what are the chances?