How to Keep Telephone Cords from Tangling

I loved the long cord for our wall phone until it started getting tangled up. It was at least 25 years old and I thought it was time to purchase a new one.

I found one at Walmart and tried it but it was not as long as my old one and I did not like it. After a few weeks, I replaced it with one I purchased from Best Buy thinking it would be better and it turned out to be about the same and still not as long as the old one. Plus, both of them tangled.

Thankfully, I had not disposed of the old cord mainly because I had read a post on ThriftyFun that old telephone cords can be used for tying up tomatoes. I pulled it out of the closet and put a hook on the wall to hold the cord apart so the hanging cords do not touch. I plugged it up and it has worked great. No tangling, not even once.

I'm back in business. I can talk on the phone and cook in the kitchen at the same time. Thanks to a ThriftyFun gardening tip, I did not throw that old cord away.