Arri London wrote:
> wrote:
> >
> > Arri London wrote:
> > > Omelet wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thought this was fun enough to pass on. :-) I'm not personally into
> > > > scavenging much, (except for paying attention to sales), but have been
> > > > passing stuff on as I have the stuff from 3 dead people to share at the
> > > > moment, once my sister decides what she wants to keep. <g>
> > > >
> > > > It's amazing how, once we are gone, our lives all boil down to a bunch
> > > > of boxes of left over possessions...
> > > >
> > > > The Scavenger's Manifesto: Why Dumpster Diving Can Save You from Going
> > > > Off the Deep End
> > > > By Anneli Rufus, AlterNet
> > > > Posted on March 21, 2009, Printed on March 22, 2009
> > >
> > >
> > > There used to be a Usenet group dumpster diving. Don't know if
> > > that's still active.
> >
> > Used to be called alt.dumpster.diving I believe, now it's
> > alt.dumpster. Not much traffic these days though.
>
> Must have a look and see. It was informative.
That group and sci.electronics and .frugal.living are good related
semi-related groups.
> >
> > > While I won't climb into a dumpster to get something, have found
> > > perfectly usable stuff on trash days. Mostly for home use, but we have
> > > cleaned up the occasional item to sell.
> >
> > Gettin into Dumpsters there would have to be something pretty much
> > wanted for me to hop in like I've done many times.
>
>
> Too short to safely dive, although see above for my one episode. Easier
> to get things off the streets, beaches etc.
I've accidentally threw away stuff, or my associates threw stuff away.
That had just enough value to decide to
struggle to get into a dumpster to retrieve the stuff and, urrggg, get
back out. With or without the prize.
Or look through what are or would be fairly accessible bags of trash
And possibly, probably, come across whatever marked and unmarked
hazards that may come with that.
not fun,
lets say we threw out an hundred dollar bill, hmmm, even ten bucks
The movie parenthood, with steve martin, they went to the chuck e
cheeses like pizza play place for the kids and their kid lost his
dental retainer, and steve, no maybe his wife, was digging through the
trash in the back looking
for it. Naw if was his wife.
She said, if you lost 300$ wouldn't you look for it in the trash for
it?
likable movie anyway