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Well Fed Games:
People throw away good stuff all the time around me. Recently a bike for my daughter was a good find. People also buy big TVs and put the boxes by the road, I can always find uses for big pieces of cardboard. Other than that, I have grabbed (working) PCs, kids toys, books, etc. The big modern bins just came in around here, too, and it did cut down on find-able treasures.

Nephasth:
I've pulled some good items out of the junk pile at work too (one even went to drventure). Here's the latest. First was a fluorescent light fixture. It flickered when turned on. Two caps for $2 shipped from China and it's good as new!



At our old house I had our Kinect wall mounted. In our new house the TV is in a corner. I made a bracket out of some scrap metal from the junk pile to mount the wall mount to the TV stand. Used the left over paint from my coin doors to make it purdy... (ignore the hideous moose and bear wall paper border).





SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: thefearsomefearful on May 10, 2012, 02:21:05 pm ---The big modern bins just came in around here, too, and it did cut down on find-able treasures.

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What bins are you talking about? They're locked or something?

Well Fed Games:

--- Quote from: SavannahLion on May 11, 2012, 12:46:26 am ---
--- Quote from: thefearsomefearful on May 10, 2012, 02:21:05 pm ---The big modern bins just came in around here, too, and it did cut down on find-able treasures.

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What bins are you talking about? They're locked or something?

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No, the waste companies provide the trash cans now, they are bigger with hinged lids and designed to be grabbed by an arm on the truck. When everyone had their own can they were a little smaller, so more things ended up "around" the can, and often you could see things sticking out the top. Also, I think there is a fear that if it isn't in the can, the waste management folks won't take it, where before if someone didn't grab it before trash day it would get picked up with the rest of the trash regardless.

jmike:
Not sure if anyone else has these but in NJ we have bulk day about 3 times a year. You can leave just about anything on the side walk for sanitation to haul away. Last time I came across a MS Pacman arcade (the side art was almost faded away). Saw the owner of the house outside and he said the screen had a blown a fuse or something, there was sound but no picture. I couldn't get anyone with a truck to help me pick it up  :angry: :angry:. I've since scored an XBOX 360 steering wheel with pedals (fully working) and one of those AK Rocker Gaming chair. future project for a racing cab  ;) 

I still think about that Ms Pacman arcade from time to time... :'(

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