Here's the key: Never throw anything away! We went to an auction last weekend and bought a new dining room table and chairs for $180. Took our old one (that we bought at Jordans in 2007 that we got for free when the Sox won the series) to the attic to replace the plastic folding table. That's now my board room table.
So when I'm cleaning off the old table I almost get done and there's a 1.25" screw sitting there. I'm like "you know, that looks like the screw that's missing from the screen door I put in 3 years ago." Sure enough.