| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Beenthere
10 Miles South of Sanity
Joined: Dec 30, 2005
Age: 41
Posts: 2030
Location: Pa.
|
 Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:39 pm Post subject: Curbside shopping |
 |
|
Post your finds!
Had to run some errands this morning...spied this sitting in a box awaiting the trash truck.
...cruddy looking MTD high-wheel mower awaiting closer inspection in the shed.
Stay tuned for part one of the the 12-step program: "How to drive past a trash can without stopping...beating the addiction." 
_________________
*Normal* is just a setting on the dryer. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Sopho
Emu Egg
Joined: Apr 04, 2007
Posts: 13905
|
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:43 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I thought curbside shopping was when you follow a girl in your car harrassing her. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Prof_Pretorius
troubled Soul
Joined: Aug 21, 2006
Age: 50
Posts: 4401
Location: Hiding in the attic of the Arkham Library
|
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:52 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Beenthere, what a find !! I see stuff curbside, but it's too knackered to drag home.
_________________
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go. ~Theodore Roethke |
|
| Back to top |
|
blessedmom
Cynically Optimistic Daydreamer
Joined: Apr 10, 2007
Posts: 4266
Location: Western Canada
|
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I thought curb-side shopping was picking up things from the garbage. It may be different for us older people. 
Here's an example of how older and younger people say things:
When I was a teen a 3-way was what 3 consenting adults did. Imagine my surprise when my 13 year old son told me he and 2 friends wanted to have a 3way. And he wanted to know if it was okay??!!  I calmed down when mt 16 year old explained it was a 3 way phone call.  They had a great laugh!!
_________________
It is what it is.......
Last edited by blessedmom on Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:29 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
poopylungstuffing
Bohemian Cave dweller
Joined: Mar 09, 2007
Age: 33
Posts: 3610
Location: not otherwise specified
|
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I didn't know there were so many different meanings for this phrase.
The other day Flakey and I found a bag of interesting beads, a wire rack for holding knickknacks....some random legos, a book on sewing with scraps.
I curbside shop ...I mean...pick through pile of junk in street curbs all the time. |
|
| Back to top |
|
wendytheweird
Deinonychus
Joined: Sep 10, 2006
Posts: 328
|
| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Hey! My husband's a grad student. I'll have to take time to photograph most our apartment for this thread. ROFL! |
|
| Back to top |
|
skahthic
Phoenix
Joined: May 11, 2007
Posts: 833
Location: Florida
|
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:00 am Post subject: Re: Curbside shopping |
|
|
| Beenthere wrote: | Post your finds!
Had to run some errands this morning...spied this sitting in a box awaiting the trash truck.
...cruddy looking MTD high-wheel mower awaiting closer inspection in the shed.
Stay tuned for part one of the the 12-step program: "How to drive past a trash can without stopping...beating the addiction." |
HAHA! I have that same clock! |
|
| Back to top |
|
calandale
Stellar's Jay
Joined: Mar 10, 2007
Posts: 15131
|
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:09 am Post subject: |
|
|
| blessedmom wrote: | | I thought curb-side shopping was picking up things from the garbage. It may be different for us older people. |
What other meaning is there?
| Quote: | Here's an example of how older and younger people say things:
When I was a teen a 3-way was what 3 consenting adults did. Imagine my surprise when my 13 year old son told me he and 2 friends wanted to have a 3way. And he wanted to know if it was okay??!! I calmed down when mt 16 year old explained it was a 3 way phone call. They had a great laugh!! |
That's fantastic!
I'm an unrepentant trash picker.
Garage sales too though. Got it
from my father. I too furnish
my home with trash (another
grad student here). It's a joy.
Not much recently, though my
coffee pot, stereo, and desk are
all finds from last year. |
|
| Back to top |
|
parts
Jack of All Trades
Joined: Sep 03, 2005
Posts: 1610
Location: New England
|
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
It's hard to drive by so much good stuff it's amazing what people throw away. I am lucky to live in a town that has curbside bulk waste pick up by the city.
I have never bought a piece of motorized lawn equipment but I have lawn mowers,a snow blower, chain saws,trimmers,and leaf blowers. I also have gotten lots of other things I fix and sell at a flea market like all kinds of tools and electronics even working computer with DVD writer in it that I use as a back up/work shop computer. I collect tube era radios and tvs two weeks ago I got a 1956 RCA 8inch portable TV for my collection. I was brought up on this every one in my family seems to have a knack for finding good stuff.
_________________
"Strange is your language and I have no decoder Why don't make your intentions clear..." Peter Gabriel |
|
| Back to top |
|
kclark
Velociraptor
Joined: May 11, 2007
Age: 26
Posts: 460
Location: NE Illinois
|
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: Re: Curbside shopping |
|
|
| skahthic wrote: |
HAHA! I have that same clock! |
Or do you? You might want to make sure it is still there.
I like garage sales, or would if there were not always people there staring at you as you look at their stuff.
I always felt a little strange walking up to some strangers house and poking around through their things. I found it hard to believe that others didn't find that intrusive. |
|
| Back to top |
|
calandale
Stellar's Jay
Joined: Mar 10, 2007
Posts: 15131
|
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: Curbside shopping |
|
|
| kclark wrote: |
I like garage sales, or would if there were not always people there staring at you as you look at their stuff.
I always felt a little strange walking up to some strangers house and poking around through their things. I found it hard to believe that others didn't find that intrusive. |
Yeah, it feels odd as heck. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Beenthere
10 Miles South of Sanity
Joined: Dec 30, 2005
Age: 41
Posts: 2030
Location: Pa.
|
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
We have curbside bulk pickup too...I'm bordered closely by 3 different boros, each with different pick up days...you drive a mile down the road and hit one, then the next day you drive a mile in the other direction.
Haven't bought a mower, trimmer or vacuum cleaner in a long time here either.
| Quote: | | HAHA! I have that same clock! |
Cool! My son loves the chimes on it...they're soft, not as loud as some I've heard.
_________________
*Normal* is just a setting on the dryer. |
|
| Back to top |
|
parts
Jack of All Trades
Joined: Sep 03, 2005
Posts: 1610
Location: New England
|
| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:41 pm Post subject: Re: Curbside shopping |
|
|
| calandale wrote: | | kclark wrote: |
I like garage sales, or would if there were not always people there staring at you as you look at their stuff.
I always felt a little strange walking up to some strangers house and poking around through their things. I found it hard to believe that others didn't find that intrusive. |
Yeah, it feels odd as heck. |
It used to bother me more than it does now. I try to ignore everybody else there and focus on the stuff. If you want a real uncomfortable feeling try going to estate sales of the recently deceased but that is where some of the best stuff is.
_________________
"Strange is your language and I have no decoder Why don't make your intentions clear..." Peter Gabriel |
|
| Back to top |
|
calandale
Stellar's Jay
Joined: Mar 10, 2007
Posts: 15131
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:59 am Post subject: |
|
|
Actually, estate sales seldom bother
me, as they are usually (but not always)
run by outside agents. I really find them
enjoyable - but, well, I'm dead. |
|
| Back to top |
|
Fogman
Econo-class Iconoclast
Joined: Jun 20, 2005
Age: 41
Posts: 1915
Location: SC, USA
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:15 am Post subject: |
|
|
I have an old early 70's Fisher stero reciever that I found this way, its about 40 watts per channel.
I also have a bunch of Circuit boards and a Point to Point wired Solid State amp from an old organ that I dumpster dived for, after seeing in a construction dimpster.
_________________
"Blessed are the Distinctly Alien, for they shall inherit the Earth." -- Genesis P. Orridge |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
