Riiiiight. You were just driving by.
Friday OT #2 - Dumpster Diving
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Get your wife to put some straws in her purse if it’s not some useless little high fashion purse
Unlike most women I only have three purses.
One that just holds phone and cards such as license and debit.
One that is fairly small for fancy places and weddings.
One big old ugly one that contains just about everything. I have straws in it.
My wife carries the first and second but not the third anymore. Daughter has one of those across the shoulder Fanny pack things that is in style now.
In college, I dumpster dived at the McDonald's after they closed and found the "unsold food items". They were exclusively in one bag and I knew how to find it in the dumpster. I would get loads of hamburgers, quarter pounders with cheese, Big Macs, etc. Warmed them up in the microwave after a good night of drinking before passing out. It was awesome. Only did this in the winter months so the food would freeze in the dumpster and avoid food borne illnesses.
I have the cross shoulder Fanny pack for walking the dog. Have to have something to haul my EpiPen and rescue inhaler. Straw would fit in mine but I wasn’t thinking of it as a purse.
My wife and I make good money, drive nice cars, and have a nice house in the suburbs. But I will grab things on the side of the road. 
I had just bought my new (to me) truck a number of years back and someone had a Weber Performer on the side of the road. Basicalyl a weber kettle with a side table, cart, and nice ash catcher. All it needed was new grates. Got ash and dirt in the truck, but got a ~$400 grill for free.
I had just bought my new (to me) truck a number of years back and someone had a Weber Performer on the side of the road. Basicalyl a weber kettle with a side table, cart, and nice ash catcher. All it needed was new grates. Got ash and dirt in the truck, but got a ~$400 grill for free.
My current snowblower was a curb find. Just had a sign on it that said "free, and works" I took it home and it fired right up. Only thing I had to do is replace a shear bolt.
Make sure they aren’t cops first.My wife and I make good money, drive nice cars, and have a nice house in the suburbs. But I will grab things on the side of the road.
I had just bought my new (to me) truck a number of years back and someone had a Weber Performer on the side of the road. Basicalyl a weber kettle with a side table, cart, and nice ash catcher. All it needed was new grates. Got ash and dirt in the truck, but got a ~$400 grill for free.
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When I was a kid, I had a friend whose uncle had a trash collection business. They found all kinds of pretty decent stuff, but it also mostly smelled pretty funky 
Had a friend around second grade who was laughing that he and a buddy found a rubber penis laying on top of the neighbor’s garbage can. A few years later, it was still funny but because of different understanding.When I was a kid, I had a friend whose uncle had a trash collection business. They found all kinds of pretty decent stuff, but it also mostly smelled pretty funky
When I was a kid, I had a friend whose uncle had a trash collection business. They found all kinds of pretty decent stuff, but it also mostly smelled pretty funky
My first job in high school was for the Parks Department in a city where every vehicle had a radio and was on the same frequency. The municipal trash collection people used the radio more frequently than anyone. So driving from park to park to do our work we got to listen and hear about all the great things garbage found. 90% of it was porn magazines.
Still using a multilevel book shelf that I got from a friend for free right after my divorce. My reloading bench is a repurposed kitchen table top with 2x4 legs and bracing to stiffen it up for reloading. Pretty sure my 1st couch after the ex was a curb find do not have that anymore. Yeah I'm not proud if it fits my needs and is functional and the price is right. I'm not a 1% like most of CF.
Read the state restaurant inspection reports...you will never eat out again. There are a lot of really bad places.
Formerly being in the "Antiques and Collectibles" game (flea market) I've shamelessly picked up lots of thing along the road. Found a floor lamp with moon and stars pattern glass shades on the way to a show once. Sold it for $60 at the show so never even had to take it home.
A neighbor down the street had put out a very old (1930s/40s) baby buggy and I grabbed that and sold it right away next outing.
For myself, I saw a box of books along the road with a "free" sign. Grabbed a cool coffee table book with pictures and write-up about 1950s automobiles
A neighbor down the street had put out a very old (1930s/40s) baby buggy and I grabbed that and sold it right away next outing.
For myself, I saw a box of books along the road with a "free" sign. Grabbed a cool coffee table book with pictures and write-up about 1950s automobiles
Ugh, no kidding. I read one here in CR, that had 17 violations noted 2 days before I ate there. Thankfully I didn't get sick, but I'm never going back.
When our daughter was really young we were looking for a cheap soccer net or small basketball hoop, so we decided to drive around a nearby neighborhood the day after their garage sale. We found a small standalone plastic basketball hoop in a pile of free stuff at the end of the driveway and grabbed it.
She maybe used it 3 times in a year before we slapped a "free" sign on it and continued the hoop's journey.
She maybe used it 3 times in a year before we slapped a "free" sign on it and continued the hoop's journey.
