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Jennifer Pickett
Citizen
Username: Jpickett
Post Number: 196
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2006 - 9:02 pm: | 
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I love bulk pickup day. This year, I got to watch people pick up the following from my curb to live a second life:
a dresser
an old frying pan with flaking Teflon (?)
a carpet
stainless steel sink with faucet (they even pulled it out of the countertop)
a chandelier
Effortless freecycle! Better than the toothfairy! I love it!
Anyone else have junk reincarnation to share? |
Tom N
Citizen
Username: Tjn
Post Number: 100
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2006 - 10:20 pm: |
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Somebody ripped the top half off the base from an old gas BBQ grill that we put out. It was left by the previous owners when we moved in and was in such bad shape that I couldn't imagine what they wanted it for. |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 7189
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2006 - 10:23 pm: |
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A chiminea that needs to be scraped and painted. A 20" tv (it didn't have any green color anymore; everything showed up red). Four cushioned folding lawn chairs. A John Deere gas trimmer/edget/blower set. Window screens to our old kitchen door. Decorative wall brackets.
The irony is that I'd posted some of these items "free to a good home" here last year and no one wanted them. |
ess
Citizen
Username: Ess
Post Number: 1677
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2006 - 10:29 pm: |
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Last time around, someone made off with an old guitar case. This year, I hope to unload a broken printer. |
Lucy
Supporter
Username: Lucy
Post Number: 3398
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2006 - 11:18 pm: |
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One man's garbage is another man's treasures |
jersey Boy
Citizen
Username: Jersey_boy
Post Number: 454
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, April 9, 2006 - 11:23 pm: |
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Did you ever hear the one about the person who put stuff out with a sign that said, "Free," and no one took it. The sign was changed to say, "$25, inquire within," and it was immediately stolen.
J.B. |
SoOrLady
Citizen
Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 3223
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 6:47 am: |
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I miss bulk pick-up days. We'd put things out and by morning, nearly all of it would be in a new home. But, South Orange deemed them too costly, so now we have the opportunity to sit in a long line and attempt to just toss our stuff into a dumpster a few times a year. Environmentally short-sighted - no freecycle here. |
akb
Citizen
Username: Akb
Post Number: 405
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 10:28 am: |
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freecycle.com works pretty well for SO! |
Darren Say Grrrrrrrr
Citizen
Username: Darrensager
Post Number: 368
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 10:47 am: |
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Wouldn't it be funny to see some of the items you got rid of at curbside pickup on Ebay?
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Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 13547
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 11:34 am: |
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I've been tempted to pick up some marginally useful things from the curb and list them on ebay, but I decided against it.
Last week, we beckoned to a woman who was searching on our block. We told her we had just put out an L-shaped table. She said her husband could use it. It was disassembled, so she wouldn't have noticed it if we hadn't shown her. We helped her put it in her car. She said she lives in Maplewood. Of course, she thanked us very nicely.
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Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2822
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 11:58 am: |
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akb, I hope you mean www.freecycle.org |
Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 3249
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 1:12 pm: |
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For many years we were net gainers on bulk nights--no matter how much I put out, somehow we managed to scavange even more from our neighbors. Got some really solid oak side tables one year--stripped and refinished, they were perfect for the play room. |
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