Ever pick through someone's weekly trash?

[LD48750]

Programs like the Civilian Conservation Corps would never work in today America because of the over-bloated bureaucracy etc...but if a trades and technical training program could be incorporated into a program like the CCC...and taken under the wing of capable contractors...it would be a great way to address a lot of the civil infrastructure issues...and reduce the cost of contracts by supplying a lot of the (newly) skilled labor force...

At inflated UNION wages.

 

[/pine]

At inflated UNION wages.

I did not use the "U" word...

 

[mcfarmall]

One Sunday morning on the way to church I spotted an artificial Christmas tree at the road in front of my neighbors house 2 doors down. My wife wanted me to buy a Christmas tree to have lit up on our front porch, so I told my son we'd grab it if it was still there on the way home. It was there and we grabbed it. It was owned by an attorney and a couple of branches were loose because the cheap plastic hinge pins broke at the trunk. I fixed it with some 10-32 machine screws and nuts. We used that tree on the front porch for a couple years and brought it indoors and have been using it each year ever since. It is one of the nicest, heaviest artificial trees I've ever seen and was likely very expensive.

Grabbed a brand new True Temper wheel barrow on the way home from church last spring. It was missing the wheel and I had a good run-flat wheel on mine at home but the tray was full of holes so I switched my old wheel on to the new one and I'm in business.

Got 2 Worksman industrial trikes from work because one was missing the chain and the other had 2 flat tires. Those bad boys are $800 and up.

 

[jaxs]

One Sunday morning on the way to church I spotted an artificial Christmas tree at the road in front of my neighbors house 2 doors down.

Grabbed a brand new True Temper wheel barrow on the way home from church last spring. .

One more reason I should get out and go to church more often.:laughing:

 

[two_bit_score]

As a youngster I recall adults talking about the great depression and the American New Deal and Civilian Construction Corps that allowed recovery.
As welfare picked up momentum in the sixtys old timers suggested it might be better to bring back WPA and CCC than hand out money to those unable to find work. Both sound like something we need today.

Something like that would be good.

 

[two_bit_score]

I have observed the life cycle of the treadmill and exercise bike, a couple of weeks in the house, a few more months in the garage, a couple of weeks advertised in community newspapers, a week advertised on ebay then off to the final resting place after a few days on the curb (we call them nature strips).

That’s pretty accurate from my observations.

 

[two_bit_score]

On trash day in Boston neighborhoods, insanely heavily loaded pickups start circulating the neighborhood at dawn, looking for scrap metal. And people go through recycling bins looking for cans, which bring a 5 cent credit.

If something looks too good, you have to put a �ree sign on it or people won稚 take it. Left an old Tecumseh motor out and it sat for several days until we put 擢ree on it.

We work with three of them so I can give you the exact number. Zero.

The kids have to work on their bikes to earn them: nobody hands out free bikes that Im aware of, at least not in Boston.

When we want inexpensive Bikes we go to suburban neighborhood yard sales. Bought a brand new Raleigh mountain bike in a 礎urb that 哲eeds new tires for $25. The tires needed air. Sold it to a teacher for $25.

Sounds like your group may be exceptional!

 

[goeduck]

I have observed the life cycle of the treadmill and exercise bike, a couple of weeks in the house, a few more months in the garage, a couple of weeks advertised in community newspapers, a week advertised on ebay then off to the final resting place after a few days on the curb (we call them nature strips).

I can vouch for this, I have seen this happen personally about 5 times. Wife buys one every few years to keep the pattern fresh. Except mine end up at Goodwill.

 

[Brimfield]

I used to work for a guy cleaning out foreclosed houses, I saw some bad stuff like ground turkey wrapped in the Styrofoam full of maggots:shocked:. But I found lots good stuff there like antique mixing bowl set , a full set of china a couple of coolers and more. My wife was fine with it all so long as I cleaned it up first.

 

[PILOON]

Friend operates a storage facility.
Folks rent lockers and after a short while suddenly discover that monthly rent exceeds the value of the stored goods.

Every few months he does inventory and clears them out.
\Usual contents are: Xmas decorations, old toys, repairable furniture, treadmills, exercise bikes, outgrown clothing etc.

LOL, he has one locker that has a Jaguar stored going on 10 years now, seems that the owner had a weird will that mandated the heirs keep his Jaguar but nobody wants it. The estate pays the rent every month on time!
PS, not a collectible version either, possibly one of the most troublesome examples to drive.