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31. July 2006 @ 06:23 |
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LMAF!! I would actually get pissed off. My buddy needed a DVD player so I found one in the trash but it didn't work. Who the hell do people think they are throwing away stuff that doesn't work lol!
Even here at the office, I have a bankers lamp that I pulled out of that dumpster and a sony walkman.
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31. July 2006 @ 16:58 |
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gerry1- YUP recycling at it's best !
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31. July 2006 @ 16:58 |
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Sorry - Almost posted twice ! internets wonky again!!!!! pardon me!
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Went to the back of the cinema and got myself a chair/ seat :P...Well, not really- my dad did it.
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3. August 2006 @ 21:12 |
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Well !
My fellow Dumpsterians & Dumpsteroids ! Good news and bad! Good news went Dumspter Surfing last Saturday Found 8 cases at my 1st. dumpster ( the main one I check ) Found A Box full at the Second - (the one that rarely even has one case most of the time - Did'nt count'em up yet but was a good haul & especially from this location ! will Post counts later ! and Found about 6 @ my third stop ! So as IceCube would say " Damn right it was a good day !" Sunday morning Went to get gas and a paper @ 7.30am 2 towns away -gas cheaper there ! and decided to check the VideoUsa Dumpster ! Never had much luck with them Unless you like Vhs Library cases ! But was in the area ! They had the dumpster with the side sliding doggy door ! and it had a whole lotta Dvd Cases in it . Black ones ,red ones , Translucent/Cloudy white? ones . Well I got the ones I could get with my Reacher/Grabber & then went RootHog Or Die into the dumpter through the side doggy door and loaded 'em all up ! Had'nt counted theese Either but will and will post asap ! The plot thickens ! went today as well . Hit my 1st dumpster and Whammo /Blammo Bingo ! Baddah Boom ,Baddah Bing ! It was Dvd Cases heaven Chock full of cases & not to smelly I managed to get Two Medium/large BOXES+ a garbage bag that had some in it.well 1 of the Blockbuster was watching me - on his ciggy break ! he did 'nt say nothing & I kept a digging ! " Can You dig it " - Loaded up and went to wallyworld - washed me hands and had a late lunch ! So today was a Good day as well ! 08/03/2006 - The bad news is My Internet is still somewhat wonky - Slower than it should be & having Vonage Voip for phone service well you know ! anyhow Guess I'll have to call the cable Company & go through the automated menu .why do they call it a menu if they don't serve food ? I can surf most sites okay just dowloads super slow - Mpegs , Mp3's ect... Well enough of my problems did'nt mean to bring you down ! Will try to get the counts posted soon & Hope all your dives as succesfull one's & safe Ciao 4 now!
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4. August 2006 @ 04:50 |
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@BIGTOXY69...I am truly happy for your good fortune LOL! To each is own, as they say, but I couldn't be bothered looking for DVD or VHS cases. I burn a lot but keep mine in binders ... although you may other uses for them.
I get my love for it from my Dad who was the very practical sort ... my mom was too but she thought is was degrading to dig and take someone's trash so she'd send Dad after dark like he was somesort of trashdigging vampire. Dad would go after dark if he didn't want it hoping that someone would get the prize before him. If he was walking with mom and saw something he liked, he'd dig in right then and there for fear of losing his mark and Mom would run away in total embarrassment pretending she didn't know him.
I think the longest I ever spent in the dumpster was when I found the silver I spoke of earlier. It takes some diligence to find forks, knives and spoons for twelve in a dumpster but I found most of it! (At the time, I had hoped to make a complete set and then sell it). While I got most of it, I had a change of heart and gave it to my sister...I'm such a softie.
Mind you now, I have a bit of a disability from an old accident and frequently have to walk with a cane ... how's that for a committed dumpsteroid?? LOL! Cane come in handy for polking about, turning things over etc.
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4. August 2006 @ 05:47 |
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I had a decent dive this morning. First in awhile.........
I got 34 original cases, 4 original double cases (needed them), 24 BB regular locking cases, 2 BB double locking cases, and 18 game cases. All were black. I give the game cases to a pawn shop. So, 82 cases total, ain't too bad. :o)
Good luck y'all!
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6. August 2006 @ 11:23 |
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Yeah !!!
Was in the Area where I found the cases @ the Video Usa last time so made a Quick peek ! nothing but Carboard and rainwater !!! well can't strike gold evrytime . Good luck & safe diving everyone CiaO!
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6. August 2006 @ 11:30 |
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i have yet to strike anything but trash :( lol
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6. August 2006 @ 13:03 |
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I hear you but keep trying !
I have my dry spells where I don't even see trash ! only freshly dumped dumpster's So Keep on trying and be consoled That " POP Will Eat Itself !""" Good luck and keep looking ! later Auslander
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8. August 2006 @ 15:46 |
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Wives !!!!!!
What would we do without them ? Live like batchelor cave men probably! Mine is worth my weight in gold and more ! Priceless even ! Like everyone's I'd venture ! We were out & about in town today . Dr.'s Apointments , Shopping , Indian Food , & Movie day !!! We did our appointments & Shopping and did lunch @ a Indian resturaunt!!! Then we hit Blockbuster to check out the new flicks ! As we pull up Wifey says " Look at them !! I see two bags of dvd Cases Right on Top !!! Sure enough she was right ! Two of the Semi-Mythical Clear Garbage bags Full of Nothing But DVD cases ***** !!! And intact enough to lift out without tearing apart or Disintergrating on contact with Human - or nearly so in my case Hands! Yes I have heard of the " Semi-Mythical Clear Garbage bags - as I choose to call them because although my local BB uses them they usually are loaded with Paper residue & fast food trash as well as Dvd cases ,more trash then cases most times and more often then not busted open with the cases scattered Willy Nilly & hither & yon all about the dumpster not prepackaged and ready for departure like today !It was almost like they new I was coming & decided to make it easy for me ????!!! And being my usually lethargic and Sloth like self - Hey - Sasquatch / sloth whats the difference right! I have'nt gotten around to the counts yet but I will ! Have to box'em up so may as well count them too ! I may have to treat the wife to piccadilly cafeteria for this one ! - That's what she want's so fine bye me ! besides I have another Dr./podiatrist appointment next Teusday - Bigfoot also sore foot !!! so as Larry The Cable Guy says" Get'R Done !!!!" we can make another day of it ! Movies , Dr's & Dinner & maybe shopping on the side With atleast just a peek at the nearest Blockbuster Dumpster - To quote a famous Clint Eastwood movie " I got's to Know !" Hopfully I can get the counts done and posted by then ! Been hitting it pretty good lately so am enjoying it while I can . It's been Chinese pepper Hot here lately and raining so you kinda have to pick your diving days when you can ! Caught between the Scylla & Carbidis as Sting would say ! Well A hearty Good day & happy diving to all My little Dumpsterkateers - Dive safe , Dive often & Remember the famous words of our Holy C = Jvc " Free Is Free " Peace ' Love & strong Wasabi Y'all ! Later !!!
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8. August 2006 @ 16:10 |
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Heads up for anyone heading out tonight,
BB on JWClay Blvd in Charlotte has two bags full sitting on the back counter just waiting to go out in the trash tonight.
1.JW Clay/Carley
8726 J.W. Clay Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262
(704) 549-0903
Store Hours:
Mon - Sun: 10:00AM - Midnight
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8. August 2006 @ 16:33 |
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blivetNC - Thanx !!!
That's rather Noble of you !!!!... Have a Good one - If your near the area check it out sportsfans - Me wrong state ( of Confusion) But Let's thank blivetNC anyways ! Thanks again !
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8. August 2006 @ 17:04 |
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Hi All. Haven't been out since the last dive of 399. HOWEVER, my husband and I cleaned out the garage on Sunday. We needed to find a spot for the 3 big boxes and trash bag full of cases. Soooooooooo, I have more cases than I'll ever use in this life time. I found boxes, bags and storage filled with all colors of cases. We made room on a high shelf and I promised my husband that I would not bring any cases home. I did not however promise not to dive. I am now going to dive for actual movies. I'll keep reading and posting. Good Luck all and remember free is free. Oh and Big..........wives are the best!!! Take it from one.
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9. August 2006 @ 05:48 |
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nailedny-
I know I liked her so much I bought the company LOL!! I hear you on the storage - My wifes Fondest desire ! ( Other Then Me Of cousre !!) is a Large metal shed ! Jewelery , Furs , fancy cars ! Nope ! She wants a shed So we'll be shed shopping soon ! Say that three times fast sports fans ! Anyway you must have some willpower !! passing up all those Cases ?!!! I suppose that today will be boxing day ( no not the day after Xmas in Canada ) I'm going outside to box up all my DVd cases that are'nt boxed up ! will give me a chance to catch up on my counts and look for stray dvd's it could happen ! It's a wonderfull life after all ! or is it a Small world after all ? I always get those two confused ! ( recently Re-Elected Govenor = ( State of Confusion? ***) Anyways maybe we'll have to start a new thread for you ? we can call it what's in nailedny's Dumpsters ? (You can do a Movie review of the Dvd's you find each week . And instead of Jalapeno's or Thumbs up You can give them Dumpsters = 3 dumpsters = great movie , 2 dumpster's =not bad , 1 dumpster = really bad =coaster material , O dumpsters = leave it there not worth retreival ever !!!! Well Good luck Movie Diving Diva ! Formely our Delightfull Distaff Denizen of Dumpster Diving Daring Do ! ( and no I'm not even going to try to say that 3 times fast or slow !) Dive safe , Dive free , Dive often -" Free is free " Ciao!
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19. August 2006 @ 10:11 |
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Well !
My quiescent Horde of daring dumpster Diver's It's off yo the races - well dumpster's actually for another look but you know what I meant! Wish me luck Spots fans! And to you all Too ! later!!!!
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20. August 2006 @ 06:47 |
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no great shakes to report this time only found 2 cases but free is free right?
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20. August 2006 @ 21:49 |
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i once picked up a trash can in the trash and found a hookah inside of it. all parts completely working. how lucky.
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
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21. August 2006 @ 04:56 |
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While I haven't been able to do any diving myself, I'm glad its going well for most of you :) Maybe I'll not be stupid crazy busy this weekend and I'll be able to give it a shot again!
Courage is not the absence of fear; it is the presence of fear, yet, the will to go on.
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Everytime you use bad media, God kills a kitten with old Princo disks. Please, think of the kittens...
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21. August 2006 @ 08:10 |
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the other day my and a friends check at al house that just moved, and for an old pentium computers with a voodoo3 3000 in perfect condition. i plan to voltmod it soon for a friend with a sub-par pc that needs to game.
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
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22. August 2006 @ 13:02 |
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hey that's great everybody ! went today but just found trash ! people actually putting trash in a dumpster ! imagine that ! How novel . I guess it's often true that one mans trash is anothers Treasure ArGH!!!!!!!!!!!! Me I' happy if I find Cases & or movies . On a brighter note ! Finally got the cable guy to come check out my installation !!! He was supposed to show up last thursday 1;30-3;00 pm and naturally he was a no show ! at 5;00pm I called customer service and asked why ? The lady replied that they called my house but no one was home - and got a number not active message - I told her that was BS in a nice way becuase we were home all day and got one call & it was'nt them ! I rescheduled my service call for yesterday ! Thursday evening We lost electricity due to tree branches falling into Power, Cable ,& phone lines on the highway ! So we went to the city for dinner and a movie ! When we returned the internet was working like it should ! And monday the cable guy came on time finally pulled up a modem check site and pronounced it working properly Duh! anyways I pulled the same site up but it was all chinese to me , I did find a speed check site though that showed me what I knew already so I guess I'm happy for now ? Sorry to digress guy's & gal's Good luck & happy Hunting ! Free is FRee!!!!!
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23. August 2006 @ 03:26 |
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Here I thought this thread may be of interest to some of you.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/384379
My dad's a electrician and programmer so any broken electronics he can usually fix.The fixes are easy too.You know you can fix it and flip it on ebay for profit too!!!!
I don't dive but the rich people down the road throw away some great stuff it's just sitting there outside the trash can by the road! You can also go to big corporations and find all types of sh*t that the big wigs throw out.
@anubis nice hookah lol.I hope they weren't smoking crack lol man like I said on the thread in that link, my mom found a half oz. of primo just sitting on the side of the road when she was strolling.
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23. August 2006 @ 10:18 |
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Hello fellow dumpster diver's I'm here to report that I have found apple computers, I was driving and out of the corner of my eye I saw a computer. So I went to take take a look and it turned out there wasn't one BUT TWO APPLE COMPUTERS a G4 and G3 powermac they were in good condition so I adopted them. The G3 didn't have an HD so I gave to my friend.
Well after looking there for a while awaiting another computer to show up it did, It was an apple IMac, so I have adopted him too.
Well so far, I have not found any problem with the computers, the IMac has a small scratch at the top but that's it. I'm replacing the HD's as they are only 10gb. Some 80gb from ebay and a family pack or two of mac osx 10.4.6 and I can have my own Mac computer lab by the end of the year. I'll report back when another survivor is found.
FREE IS FREE
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23. August 2006 @ 11:57 |
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21Q- I found onr once but did'nt get it ( Big Dummy # 1 Here!) but that's great for you though ! Next time though I'll grab it ! I'm happy if I find dvd cases , Dvd's and the occasional cd ! But hey ! Free Is free - be it DVD cases Apple computers or whatever ! Think of it as the ultimate form of recycling ! Now if I could only find a near mint Laptop that works in the dumpster ! that would rock ! well good luck & happy hunting 21Q Ciao!
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23. August 2006 @ 14:11 |
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the ibook g3 was a durable computer for its time, but its old and sucky now.
@tycobb
no crack, but awesome flavored tobacco. other things will be smoked from it in time..heh heh :)
But they all do sort of the same thing, and that is rearrange what you thought was real, and they remind you of the beauty of very simple things. You forget, because youre so busy going from a to z, that theres 24 letters in between... You turn on... tune in... and you drop out...
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