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Across the Fence:  curb junkin  |
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 09:40:05 AM
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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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mando pickin,uke strummin,dulcimer playin & fiddle sawin' Farmgirl #702 |
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mountain mama
True Blue Farmgirl
168 Posts
Marilyn
Divide
Co
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Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 09:50:42 AM
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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
Sunshine hugs
Farmgirl #408 |
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 11:01:53 AM
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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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http://www.gigulele-bag.net (Zibbet Store)
@MandolinChick on Twitter
mando pickin,uke strummin,dulcimer playin & fiddle sawin' Farmgirl #702 |
Edited by - knitnpickinatune on Jun 19 2011 11:02:41 AM |
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FarmDream
True Blue Farmgirl
1085 Posts
Julie
TX
USA
1085 Posts |
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13641 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13641 Posts |
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 4:41:04 PM
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Way to go, Sherrie! I'm with you and Ceejay! I've found lots of cool stuff in alleys when I walk my dogs.
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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embchicken
True Blue Farmgirl
1487 Posts
Elaine
Ocean
NJ
USA
1487 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 5:41:27 PM
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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
Farmgirl sister #2822
"Find yourself a cup of tea; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things." ~Saki
http://embchicken.blogspot.com
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Turtlemoon
Farmgirl Legend Schoolmarm
378 Posts
Tanya
Port Orchard
Washington
USA
378 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 7:45:09 PM
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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.
Raggedy Ann stuck in a Barbie Doll World
FarmGirl#1737
http://www.etsy.com/shop/moonhonu |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 9:09:14 PM
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Sounds like that was fun! Send us a picture.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Aunt B
True Blue Farmgirl
108 Posts
Terri
Chillicothe
OH
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 10:12:56 PM
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2011 : 11:02:33 PM
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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!
>^..^<
Happiness is being a katmom.
"Is it time for my Dirt Manicure yet!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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ChickieMama
True Blue Farmgirl
303 Posts
Angela
Banks
Oregon
USA
303 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 12:05:42 AM
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It is so late here but now I am giggling so hard at this! Way to go!
Farmgirl Sister#2808
"Happy Hens make Happy Eggs"
http://lazyjoranch.blogspot.com
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 12:10:44 AM
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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.
www.broken908.blogspot.com
http://forums.familyfriendpoems.com/broken908
"The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values."-Dean William Ralph Inge |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
4562 Posts
Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
4562 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 04:57:43 AM
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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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farmgirl sister #922
I ask not for a larger garden, but for finer seeds.
I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
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owwlady
True Blue Farmgirl
899 Posts
Jan
Tomahawk
WI
USA
899 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 08:52:44 AM
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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 |
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 09:49:03 AM
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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 |
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Tea Lady
True Blue Farmgirl
645 Posts
Lorraine
Morris
IL
USA
645 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 2:11:19 PM
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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)
Farmgirl #1819
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knitnpickinatune
True Blue Farmgirl
1140 Posts
Sherrie
Gardena
California
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 4:43:04 PM
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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")
http://www.mandolinbabe.net
http://www.fiddlebelle.com
http://www.gigulele-bag.net (Zibbet Store)
@MandolinChick on Twitter
mando pickin,uke strummin,dulcimer playin & fiddle sawin' Farmgirl #702 |
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Heartbroken farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
604 Posts
Annette
rio vista
Ca
USA
604 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2011 : 7:44:15 PM
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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.
www.broken908.blogspot.com
http://forums.familyfriendpoems.com/broken908
"The aim of education is the knowledge not of facts but of values."-Dean William Ralph Inge |
Edited by - Heartbroken farmgirl on Jun 20 2011 7:48:24 PM |
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
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