Trying to collect some stuff that I'm considering selling (valve train parts, etc.) and am getting bit in the a$$ by what happened when we had a flood in the house a few months ago due to our washing machine overflowing big-time. Long story short is a lot of the stuff that was in various rooms in our house, including my basement / shop area, were simply shoved into contractor bags for the purpose of getting everything out of the house ASAP so the dry-out and repairs could begin.

Today, after finally finding certain parts I believe someone can use, I was unable to locate all the matching hardware that goes with 'em. Between the stacks of stuffed contractor bags and misc boxes which were jammed w/ everything possible in the effort to deal w/ the water issue, my stuff has been "thrown to the wind". Not saying anything was lost or stolen, but I have no idea how long it's gonna take me to find things now that I have a reason to.



PS - It's not like I didn't misplace stuff before the flood... but this is simply adding to the frustration level