[Fern]

I'm also intrigued by the idea of what you could find, but my town is too tony for dumpster divers and besides you either have a sticker on your car that lets you go the dump with your own garbage or you pay for private curbside service, which, like ima said, requires that everything be bagged. They took all the fun out of it.

About 20 years ago i did retrieve a small old wood table and bookcase, painted them, and kept them all these years. I sold the bookcase for $10 at my tag sale recently.

Dumpster diving in reality is not too appealing, but i loved living in a certain town years ago that had Junk Day, one designated day each year where you'd put out large or bulky items at curbside and the town would pick it up. Lots of people would go cruising thru the neighborhoods to see what there wa; that could be fun!