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| knitnpickinatune |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 09:40:05 AM
The neighbors I'm on "no speaking terms" with threw away a wonderful 3 level wrought iron plant rack & some metal folding chairs-they were on the curb so I nabbed 2 chairs & the rack. (the woman there has to have everything looking brand new-one it gets rustic,out it goes) I nabbed em while their sprinklers were on! My jeans are soakedbut well worth it!
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| naturemaiden |
Posted - Jul 02 2011 : 05:49:03 AM
Sherrie thats awesome!
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| Heartbroken farmgirl |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 7:44:15 PM
quote:
Originally posted by owwlady
Is there a Sisterhood badge for that?? I think you earned a level.
"He treads the soil, with earth-love in his heart;" Ardon Antony
I agree whole heartedly!!
And the texting/facebooking about someone stealing garbage...priceless. you gals are funny.
The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.
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| knitnpickinatune |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 4:43:04 PM
A Sisterhood badge for junkin,eh? Now that's a thought!
I tweeted about the find,callin it curb pickin. One fellow mandolinist who follows me thought I meant that was playing mandolin on the sidewalk for the neighbors.  That gave me a good chuckle! If she was on the phone,she has a beyond huge problem with my mystical beliefs,and willing to bet she's telling about "the witch" (not meant in a good way) who has more stuff in her yard now. (She's spread the word to the point another neighbor who doesn't know me was overheard saying to her "everybody has their own beliefs,you know")
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| Tea Lady |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 2:11:19 PM
What a great deal Sherrie - good job! I love the idea about the bumper sticker and MFJ badge! Great ideas!
I have found some great stuff on the curb. I found an old iron daybed - its beautiful. A little spray paint and it looks amazing.
You're right Jen - I bet Sherrie's neighbor has a great tale to tell her friends.
Lorraine
(aka Tea Lady)
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| Dusky Beauty |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 09:49:03 AM
This is what kills me:
Sherrie came to a sympathetic crowd (of reasonable people) and we're proud of her for being thrifty and scoring some nice goods,
while her neighbor is probably phoning, texting and facebooking all her friends mortified over the fact that her neighbor "stole her trash". ROFL!!
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
| owwlady |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 08:52:44 AM
Is there a Sisterhood badge for that?? I think you earned a level.
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| Fiddlehead Farm |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 04:57:43 AM
Sherrie,
So glad it did not end up in a landfill! Now you can do some farmgirl magic on them. I have been known to "brake for junk". I should get a bumper sticker that says that!
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| Heartbroken farmgirl |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 12:10:44 AM
This is a great post!! We have a spring and fall clean up here. I thought is run around the town the first time we had one after the move. I waited for my DH to come home...my mistake. The entire town comes out in droves, and everyone shops in everyone else's junk pile!! By the time my DH got home, lots of things had been picked over. The next time the clean up was scheduled, we made four trips around town! LOL. I got so much wonderful things. I love curb dumps, its like shopping w/o my checkbook!!
The tears I shed then, watered the flowers I harvest now.
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| ChickieMama |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 12:05:42 AM
It is so late here but now I am giggling so hard at this! Way to go!
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| katmom |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 11:02:33 PM
Sherrie, you crack me up! and I hear ya,,,, why toss something when a can of spray paint can make it look better then new! lol!
Look at it this way, you are 'saving the chairs & rack's little lives & giving them a new home"... lol!
"if it moves...salute it.... if it don't..paint it! lol!
>^..^<
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| Aunt B |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 10:12:56 PM
I love it - some people's junk is other people's treasure :) |
| Bear5 |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 9:09:14 PM
Sounds like that was fun! Send us a picture.
Marly
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| Turtlemoon |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 7:45:09 PM
love it! I find things set over on our side of the fence all the time from the neighbors. If i don't want things i simply set them back across and they drop them at goodwill, lol.
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| embchicken |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 5:41:27 PM
When I know "bulk" trash day is coming I take a ride around town in my hatchback. (my DD is mortified). There are many people around here who have the "everything needs to be new and matching" attitude. Doesn't matter to me. Their loss is my gain! I'm with you girls!
~ Elaine
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| Miss Bee Haven |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 4:41:04 PM
Way to go, Sherrie! I'm with you and Ceejay! I've found lots of cool stuff in alleys when I walk my dogs.
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 3:38:46 PM
A girl after my own heart . . .do that kind of stuff all the time!!!!!
Repurposing, I call it!
CJ
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| knitnpickinatune |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 2:07:41 PM
If she finds out (she will-the plant rack is now on my front porch) she'll be mad as an old wet hen-she feels dad has too much "junk" as it is!
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| FarmDream |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 1:55:45 PM
And it's always good for a laugh if the neighbor finds out.
Good job. Sounds like nice quality stuff.
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| knitnpickinatune |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 11:01:53 AM
I couldn't resist the 3rd & final chair. Tried to leave it but now have all 3 in the backyard. Hopin for some future backyard jammin!
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| mountain mama |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 09:50:42 AM
You go girl. You now have a great story all they have is new stuff which it sounds like they will probably throw out also in the future. Jeans will dry frugal is forever.
Marilyn
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