Okay, so you are driving along and pass a great pile of junk in an area. Are you a
1. Quick grab it before anyone sees!
2. Drive by and check again next week, to see if it really is "junk"
3. Knock on the door at the nearest house and inquire
4. other, please explain
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mollybee
Member
I usually go to the door and knock...but some times no one answers...lol...so if it is at the roadside with a trash can or garbage can I take it ...we live on a rural road...anytine I want to get rid of something...we put it out front...gone in a few minutes...lol.
gigi
Member
most times when i see something, i'm not really sure it is what i think it is, so i do the "drive-by" if time allows with noone behind me, i may slam on the brakes and go for it but most times, i usually grab and get as fast as possible before i'm noticed or before my husband and kids start ducking down in the seat to hide for embarrassment!!! lol ;}
we just pick it......my 'picking' freind and i would take turns being the driver or the picker and the driver would have to yell "time" if the picker was taking too long !!!! such fun !!!
nothing is off limits....our motto was pick and run....we can always look through it at home later.......
oh...and by the way...never, never, never knock on the door....they might say NO.....lol...
Dave & I use the "500 feet rule" --- 500 feet from the road, must be for the taking! Now, I must add -- often we JUST use this rule in our conversation......no, we aren't grabbing cool mailboxes, fun planters filled with plants at the edge of the driveway --- but we may kid about it.
In reality -- if it is at the edge of the road/driveway with no logical reason for being there -- off it goes with us.
Kari
huggybear38
Member
We had an old freezer and it was not frostfree and oh my it was a job to defrost so we chose to get rid of it.. ice and all.. we took it outside and we put bungy cords all around the doors and stuff.. Son and I went off to work and he came home to pick up something he forgot to take with him and someone was already there and asked him if they could have the freezer and son told him heck yea.. give me my bungy cords and it is yours.. so off the freezer went.. after a football game and my son and all his friends were down back watching the game on tv.. they clean up their mess and put all beer cans in clear plastic bags.. son once again set them out front in front of the house.. I was on my way out the door to go to work and this lady pulled up in a pick up truck and asked if she could have the cans.. I told her sure.. so off they went.. usually grandson will collect them for extra cash.. but this time son chose to put out for others to have. he is good that way..
my daughter always finds great items when she is picking.. Here is a cabinet that she found and her and grandfather refinished it and added a found piece of marble and I think it turned out beautifully
lORI_S_TRASH_TO_TREASURE.jpg (64.1 KB, 2 downloads) 11 months old 
Chelcass
Member
Love your cabinet, Daughter and grandpa did a wonderful job restoring it.
I am a grab and go person. If it's by the curb it is fair game. I use freecycle a lot, what treasures I have found. I also had a very large chest freezer and I put it on A local radio station's swap shop.........geezzzzzzzzzzzzz people were fighting over it! The only thing I have found nobody wants is the CRT monitors. Mine has been on my porch for two weeks now..............sign!! I hate to toss it as it works perfectly, just wanted a flat screen.
huggybear38
Member
I think the CRT monitors are now a dime a dozen.. and the flat screen are not that expensive..at least not for some folks..me I am still using a regular monitor at my house and I have about three of them..LOL most folks now days do not care what they just toss in the land fill.. we do have a business here that will at least once a year take all old computers , you can just drop them off at their place of business on a certain date.. some are worked on and made useable and given to shelters, some to schools and some to kids that need them and have none. so that is where I will take mine when I am ready to let go and get the flat screen.. always make sure you have your pc cleaned of any information on it before you give it away
mcnaughton
Member
I grab if I'm in the car. When I find something as I walk the door, I get home ASAP and drive for the pick-up. I am not above carrying items in full view as I walk the dog. I must be a sight: headphones on, big travel mug with coffee, a dog, a plastic bag hanging out of my pocket and my junk. Ha ha.
A couple weeks ago a friend said to me, "Hey, you want to go curb shopping with me?" She had just seen a pile of junk on the side of the street, so off we went to check it out. Turns out it was mostly trash, but just as we were getting ready to leave I noticed an old red screen door underneath some old lumber. I just had to have it, so we moved all the nasty lumber. The door had ants and other creepy-crawlies all over it. I brushed it off as good as I could before putting it in her van. It is a great door! A few trim pieces are missing and the actual screen is bad, but otherwise the door is intact. I'm not even going to paint it. It is a great red color, so I will just seal it to keep it from chipping. I haven't taken pictures yet. Will try to do that soon.
Okay, I ran out and took some pictures. Sorry they are blurry. We haven't had much sun here lately, so it has been a bit difficult to get good pictures.
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Okay Vanessa - fess up....which side of town did you hit for this great find! I love it. Jan
Cool door!!
gigi
Member
oh man...vanessakae....i want that door....awesome!!!!!
rowdy
Member
I love the door, it has character! Hubby and I have such a "bad" reputation for collecting junk, (hubby's taste in junk collecting is just that, junk, whereas mine are treasures) anyways, we live in a small rural area, everybody knows, if you want to get rid of it, take it here. I'm not complaining tho, I mean how great is it to have the junk come to YOU?
Leveta
Member
Love the door. I bet it's old. It has character...
Great door!!
Thanks for the compliments on the door. If you go to my blog you can read a little bit more about it and about another treasure I acquired today.
http://vanessacovington.blogspot.com/2009/09/come-on-in.html
Sorry. I don't know how to make that a link, so you may have to copy and paste.
Jan, the door was on the street right behind my church. Can't think of the name of the street right now. It was across the street from those big houses.
S. Washington...across from the Lewis houses where they had that big estate sale? Fun door and color too! Glad you snagged it! Jan
paintwife
Member
Great door, i would have snagged it too! Love the color.
Linda
Blossom Lane
Member
My Rules for curbside Junking: Throw away all rules!
I acquired eight outdoor lounge chair cushions (two different patterns)under a heavy cloak of darkness the other night. I have neighbors who are Realtors. They are also renovators and pretty constant re-decorators! Garbage night at their house is always exciting;as most of their throw-aways are in great condition!
Do I need eight cushions? No.
Can I use them somehow? Yes.
Sell them? Why not!
Blossom Lane
Member
Amendment: Don't get caught by selfish neighbors.
Same night as the above post, I happened along a bead-board backed shelf of some sort at a DIFFERENT neighbor's house. Should have swiped it on the first drive-by, but my car was laden down with eight cushions and two accomplices...my two teens (great kids). The second time we drove back for the shelf...the neighbor came out of his front door and gruffly asked if he could HELP me.
Does that fella even realize the full ramifications of that question?
Possible answers:
1) "No, not unless you are a licensed healthcare professional."
2) "Sure, brawny fella! Could ya' lift this shelf into my trunk?"
3) "In fact, you can. Are there any more shelves where this little
beauty came from?"
4) "Indeed! You can go back inside while I rifle through your trash."
The answer I gave? "Okay, I am leaving now."
Thanks for the laugh Greta!!!
tricia
Member
That is funny!
Our ranch encompasses several old farmsteads(the buildings are mostly gone, but one can see cement steps or a piece of sidewalk). On one place, visible from a little used road but probably a quarter a mile in, WAS the brick work uncovered from a storm shelter or root cellar. Over the years when we have gone to check pastures I have picked up some loose bricks for garden borders. This spring we took the road to town and to our surprise, it was gone! hundreds of bricks, that had been cemented in and some covered yet with earth!
Blossom Lane
Member
Tricia,
It wasn't me! I promise. Now, if Nebraska was somewhat closer to Kentucky............???? LOL
Leveta
Member
Oh tricia that's ashame. I love the old brick...
Breznlin
Member
Love the red door - can picture it hanging from the ceiling in my kitchen! Awesome find -lucky you!
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