Don’t knock dumpster diving. When I was “between husbands” my girls would always check the dumpster. We got a vacuum cleaner with a broken switch – you had to plug it in and unplug it – that we used for years. An alarm clock with an inoperative snooze button and an aluminum saucepan were also their finds. I still use that saucepan; it’s the only one on the kitchen with the measurements marked on the inside.
I don’t “Dumpster Dive”, but one day, throwing my trash into a big dumpster for two apartment buildings, I saw a “solar” calculator just laying on top of the pile. It worked fine and I still have it.
As a city kid, the boy next door and I would alter our route home from school, to cut through the alley, on trash day. We would go more for the shiny treasures. Somewhere I still have a couple of unusual ashtrays.
Susan00100 almost 4 years ago
Not everything will be junk. Some things will be valuable antiques. But what Agnes has found definitely fits the description of “junk”.
dwane.scoty1 almost 4 years ago
The Ol’ " One persons junk….etc," might apply here! A dead Snowthrower! The possibilities are endless!
Doctor Toon almost 4 years ago
You’re extremely poor, some people would look at everything you own and declare it junk
I AM CARTOON LADY! almost 4 years ago
Maybe it’s so old it’s worth something and you can replace Grandma’s robot…er washing machine!
Dani Rice almost 4 years ago
Don’t knock dumpster diving. When I was “between husbands” my girls would always check the dumpster. We got a vacuum cleaner with a broken switch – you had to plug it in and unplug it – that we used for years. An alarm clock with an inoperative snooze button and an aluminum saucepan were also their finds. I still use that saucepan; it’s the only one on the kitchen with the measurements marked on the inside.
ChessPirate almost 4 years ago
I don’t “Dumpster Dive”, but one day, throwing my trash into a big dumpster for two apartment buildings, I saw a “solar” calculator just laying on top of the pile. It worked fine and I still have it.
christelisbetty almost 4 years ago
As a city kid, the boy next door and I would alter our route home from school, to cut through the alley, on trash day. We would go more for the shiny treasures. Somewhere I still have a couple of unusual ashtrays.
raybarb44 almost 4 years ago
Right attitude. Someday, everything we own will be junk and we won’t be owning it……
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace almost 4 years ago
Yep.
We need to develop regenerative materials.
Imagine laying out the floor plan and maybe a few poles to stretch from and then planting a house seed, or even a skyscraper seed.
Let it grow its walls.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 4 years ago
I’ve gotten a few useful items near dumpsters.