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.

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.