Ever rescued anything from the Curbside?

[Ima saver]

Looks like no body is calling the law on me!!

[Amorphous02]

Personally , I love Aplacas. They scare me because : man can Llamas and 'Pacas spit..
Good for you. Your husband is a very lucky man for having a thrifty wife like you.
Did you ever go to a produce shop called McGruder's in MD? They have 1 qt/lb strawberries for as little as $1.49 some times.
Keep up the good work with curbside recycling!!

[Amorphous02]

Originally Posted by Ima saver

Looks like no body is calling the law on me!!

We should call the law on people who DONT recycle, Ima. They cause toxins to be released cause landfills and so on.

[The Budget Man]

We were shifting and the old couch didn't suit the new house.

We offered the couch to the neighbour across the road who happily took it.

About an hour later we saw another neighbour from up the street struggling to move our old couch to his place and then returning with their old couch.

It turned out that the person we had given the couch to had done a swap.

The end result was that everyone was happy!

Enjoy Your Money
The Budget Man

www.PersonalityBudgeting.com
A budget too good to swap!

[LuxLiving]

Good question!! We got a great 1940ish black & white enamel top table (SOOOO CHIC!!) out of the dumpster at the storage unit place -- no, don't worry - it was only a temporary storage as we moved LOTS of junk there before a move to make our tee-tiny house look bigger during the sales period. That was all B.F. - (before Flylady! see Flylady.net)!! Anyway that table is in the basement waiting on soon to be launched youthful son to have for his first apartment.

Last year, we got a nice little pile of fireplace wood that we passed on to my parents!


Love, Love, Love the dumpster diving!!

~~LuxLivingFrugalis

[Amorphous02]

Now for the question I have been dying to see discussed here: how many of you have rescued sunday coupon inserts ( in sunday newspapers) by dumpster diving?
I found thread in hotcouponworld that discusses exactly this.

[rickatheslicka]

In my town, once a year, we have "Big Trash Day" where you can put out furniture, appliances, whatever and the garbage men will take it without any complaints. Well, people usually start piling the stuff on their curbs a few days in advance so people can peruse it. Everyone gets their pickup truck and canvases the neighborhood! My fiancee and I have gotten furniture for our house this way, and my fiancee is great about seeing the potential in someone else's garbage. There is no shame in it.

I recently decluttered our house (thanks to FLYlady, too!), and some stuff we didn't have room for anymore, we were able to sell! So it went from being garbage to being used by us, to making us money, instead of ending up in the landfill.

Imasaver - Good for you for rescuing that puppy! I "stole" a cat from my neighbor! Long story short, they have 5 cats that are poorly cared for, and the sweetest little kitty decided we were much nicer. I got her shots and dewormer (cuz ewww did she need it) and a collar and tag with OUR phone number on it! The neighbors haven't said a word, they're probably thinking, "Good, one less cat to feed!" But we love her so much.

[Amorphous02]

Lux, Rick: you stories are so great!
I love it that something discarded be used in so many ways.
I feel that recyling is good karma and promoting landfills should be punished/fined/culpable.
I am all for people who rescue animals. My brother was the Gerald Durrel of our street.
I grew up with stories like:
Born free, Catch me a Colobus, Rosie is my relative, All things bright and beautiful and more. Any one who rescue animals has got to be a very nice person.
Lux, I like the billfold Icon so much.

[The Budget Man]

Stopped at a garage sale today. The people had renovated and updated the house. The most beautiful furniture was all there at almost give away prices.

It was so hard to walk away but none of it would have fitted our decor.

I love garage sales and have been able to get great bargains. The stuff might not be free but it sure is useful.

Enjoy Your Money
The Budget Man

www.PersonalityBudgeting.com
Budgets that work

[Amorphous02]

Please visit this link.
Thanks in advance, you anti-landfill activists.
http://www.dumpsterworld.com/index.php?topic=1864.105

[crazyBMB]

My neighborhood has "The Great Garage Sale" once a year. Every one puts out stuff to sell and tons of people show up, some of them who don't live in this area. We make quite a bit of money, not to mention cleaning out the garage. I think the Sanitation folks get upset with us, but people go around picking through the leftovers.

[LuxLiving]

Originally Posted by Amorphous02

Please visit this link.
Thanks in advance, you anti-landfill activists.
http://www.dumpsterworld.com/index.php?topic=1864.105

Amorphous02, thanks for posting this link - I was just wondering this morning if there was a site like this!

While driving around this a.m. I spotted 1 very large roll of Christmas wrapping paper and what appears to be a very nice fan AND an upscale looking high-chair, very fancy! As I didn't need any of these things I left them for others, but they were good finds!

[Amorphous02]

Thank you Lux, for sharing.
Tracking savings before and after learning from Flash
I am hoping that this link and
www.grocerycouponguide.com will also save money on groceries.

[Amorphous02]

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http://www.suburbanscavenger.com/ind...inds-and-more/
Speaking of dumpster diving...

[The Budget Man]

Had a visit this weekend from the world's best collector. (No1 Son) He has furnished his house and the rooms for several student borders from the side of the road.

He has the system off pat! When he finds something better than what he currently has he "updates it" and puts the older piece out for others. Some of the rooms are now getting to the excellent stage where you would have thought the furniture was new.

He lives in an area with lots of students so there is always a huge turnover of gear!

If I hadn't seen the system in action I would not have believed it possible.

Enjoy Your Money
The Budget Man


www.PersonalityBudgeting.com
Budgets that work

[Amorphous02]

I know exactly what you mean BudgetMan! Rich kid from NYU dumped his shelving system wort$150.00 My friend now uses it in her home-office, earning more money because of a good filing system made possible due to these easy access shelves!

[geojen]

Originally Posted by Ima saver

No, but I stole a dog once. It was at a house next to an old house we had converted into an office. The people kept the puppy tied up all day on shoelaces tied together. It had no food and water and it cried all day.
The 2nd day, I stole that puppy, took it home, and washed 4,813 fleas off of it, it was eaten up! Then I found a good home for it!

That is so sweet Ima! I rescued my doggy from the shelter, she had been abandoned 3 times in 9 months! I don't know why, she is just the sweetest thing. I watch that animal cops on animal planet and it breaks my heart the way people treat their animals!

[The Budget Man]

I had to laugh on Saturday!

I took the boys on a sailing weekend. We camped at the side of a huge lake and about 20 dads and their sons had a great time. (I just wish we could get away like this more often)

So here we are sailing these catamarans and paddling kayaks. I notice that no1 son has been out a long time and wonder if they've been tipping over on purpose.

Then in comes the Catamaran with a surf ski (like a sit on kayak) tied across the front.

The boys were so excited. They'd been right up the far end of the lake and had rescued this surf ski caught washed up on a deserted beach.

Well come Sunday afternoon and loading oll the boats, sure enough the ols surfski is being tied on. One of the fathers is going to fix it for one of the boys.

Enjoy Your Money
The Budget Man
www.PersonalityBudgeting.com
How to enjoy your money

[LuxLiving]

I sure hope Pete makes it off that deserted beach!

[Bookie]

Originally Posted by LuxLiving

I sure hope Pete makes it off that deserted beach!

Good one.