One man's trash...I can remember as a kid when I would go with my dad to walk our dog (every night at 11PM), if it was trash night
we always looked at what was set out on the curb and sometimes we'd drag home a table or chair or something
that needed minor repair. Sometimes we even went back with the car, if something was too heavy or there was
more than one thing that was worth saving. My dad would always refinish, repair or rewire whatever it was and
it became useful again for many more years. I suppose it was the original recycling movement. We never actually
dug through the trash cans themselves - but might pick up some books or magazines that were on the top. :
And many years later a friend of mine drug me with her to Vanderbilt U. the day after the students left for the
summer. OMG! If you live near a university - it's worth a look in the dumpsters as soon as school is out.
We found TVs (working TVs) tons of books and clothes, microwaves, little refrigerators, jewelery, pots & pans,
dishes, mugs - just all kinds of things the kids couldn't be bothered with, especially since mommy or daddy would
buy them new ones next fall.
Like my gran used to say,
"Waste not, want not."Anybody else found any treasures in the trash?
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