country bumpkin
Have you ever found a discarded item in a skip, dumpster, or alleyway (etc) that someone has thrown out and taken it home with you because you liked it? What treasure did you find?
Example: My aunt used to go dumpster diving for the fun of it (not out of necessity) and she used to bring home some very nice items as well as a few questionable items too.
My aunt once brought home a Baker's Rack which looked new.
11 Answers
Ducky
I can't remember if I've found treasures on the curb (we have a day each year when people can sit things out with a 'free sign' on them) or at a dumpsite but I do like thrift stores. There are lots of treasures there!
| 9 years ago. Rating: 15 | |
One way to look at it is for every dollar you spend at the thrift shop, you are helping to clothe, feed and put a roof over someones head.
jhharlan
I used to do the dive when I was homeless. I'd hunt for food and found the greatest restaurants as well as the most generous....
| 9 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
terryfossil 1
I picked up something similar to this photo from a 2nd hand shop,,it was brown in colour, i painted it Gloss White,,and it totally transformed the room...
| 9 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
JDB
I insulated my shop and built the walls out of material from a dumpster at a construction business down the road from where I use to work. They would throw away half sheets of 3", 4", and 6" insulation board and odd shapes too , plus good 2×4's . I'm also known as the plant scavenger at work.
| 9 years ago. Rating: 13 | |
Benthere
....always bought used textbooks at college.
| 9 years ago. Rating: 12 | |
lindilou
I found a vintage 1920s dress form like this one left on the curb and grabbed it up for my daughter who sews ... pretty cool find!
| 9 years ago. Rating: 12 | |
Bob/PKB
Kids' dad would dive for recycling cans and bottles. The kids found some fun stuff and brought it home for me. I do keep my eyes open at thrift stores, curbside dump days (got a great collection of cookbooks), and always check the "sale" spots at the grocery store and "department" stores. :D
| 9 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
Tommyh
Well.How the heck do you think we furnished this big ole house? Just kidding.But trash & treasure is a growth industry over here."Garage Saling" is the saturday morning past time.Hundreds of people get out & do it. I have often left stuff out the front of my house with "FREE" written on it.It disappears in an hour or so.
| 9 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
@Tommy.....Maggie and I would have fun I bet. :)
clu
I have found goodies along the roads that are free to take- a wicker setee, stacking lawn chairs plants and vases!
| 9 years ago. Rating: 11 | |
tabber
haddennalexandra
I guess I might be over-sentimentalizing the whole thing. After all God link knows that "out of production" doesn't mean "vanished entirely in every form from the face of the Earth" although depending on the link price and rarity of the watch it link might come to the same thing. And there are still some of them available for sale so it's not as if the door's shut permanently on getting one if you want one. But I can't help but feel it's a little bit of a loss.
| 23 days ago. Rating: 0 | |
