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dumpster diving !
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14. October 2006 @ 08:04 |
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If only my I.T. guys didn't ship everything that's broken back to the manufacturer.
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14. October 2006 @ 23:07 |
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No @ being stickied
All other topics forum has half of the first page full of stickied threads & I dont believe dumpster diving/trash trawling to be of particular relevance to the general populous of aD .. at all !:Þ
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14. October 2006 @ 23:09 |
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think maybe it's time to do some sticky housecleaning?
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14. October 2006 @ 23:40 |
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I did unsticky one before I even replied actually .. and in answer to your question Aus ... N0 !
Can I ask you a question now , isn't it about time you got back to your studies (there at college) you funky gibbon ? ;-)
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15. October 2006 @ 07:21 |
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Or To quote JVC " FREE IS FREE !!!!!!!"
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georgeluv
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15. October 2006 @ 07:28 |
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dumpster diving rules, but i have an even better hobby... abandoned factory diving! any time i need metal of any kind i take a trip to this massive paper factory that is no more. when it first closed down it was like a mad dash, peopel everywhere taking expensive equipment and selling it on ebay. legitamite people that had purchased the biggest machines in auction were always there with big ol trucks hauling away stuff. we have found some realy cool stuff. old lawnmowers, piles of still-pagaged hypodermic needles, entire labs still full of chemical samples and all that crap, to this day we still find full propain bottles, still functioning computers, huge tvs, old lockers, spave heaters, radios, hell when it first closed down we were just going to hop in some fork lifts in the middle of the night and drive them down the road to our houses. they had this huge warehouse full of multi-ton rolls of defective paper they didnt ever ship, i was going to take a few rolls and use them to make promotion posters for various endevers. thats a huge chunk of a marketing budget GONE! and i live an hour outside new york city, i could have plasterd all of downtown for free!!! huge sheets of paper are expensive! but alas, when i went to take some the entire warehosue was empty.
cool thing is i know for a fact that several people have died in this factory, and even in the middle of the day its pretty dark in there, it feels like freddies boiler room from nightmare on elm street.
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15. October 2006 @ 13:54 |
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oh well for the sticky,, but with the projector, it needs a new lamp, which is $300 or more, so I either juck it, destroy it, take good parts, or sell it, its also missing the focus lens.
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15. October 2006 @ 16:46 |
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LOL, I just went and got like 20 singles, and 17 doubles!!
Wow, this is sweet!!
Try BestBuy, they do this too.
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17. October 2006 @ 12:33 |
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you guys are managing to keep this thread alive anyway, which achieves the same purpose as a sticky.
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18. October 2006 @ 05:28 |
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creaky- We try old friend !, we try! - hopefully we'll have more sucessful dives to report soon - weather and dumpster coditions permiting of course ! lately it's been a dry spell in my area dvd case wise & rainy weather does'nt help much either . The call it dumpster diving not swimming right ?LOL! anyway creaky nice to hear you around again . Good luck to you & all the gang of friends ! Old , New & those yet to be made ! "FREE iS FREE !" Ciao!
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18. October 2006 @ 12:26 |
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indeed, i'm still tuned in for further instalments in dumpster diving land
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18. October 2006 @ 16:33 |
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creaky- as always the Voice of Moderation Speaks ! with eloquence ! hang in there !
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19. October 2006 @ 16:05 |
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FREE GYM EQUIPMENT!!! i recently got a nice chrome universal smith machine from the gym i go to , fitness usa, i saw a new peice of equipment that had replaced a nifty universal machine and asked wat happened to the old machine, and they said it had been thrown out, so i went back wen it was closed later than night,went around back and ALAS there it was, waiting for the garbage men, came back with my truck and now it sits in my basement next to my other gym equipment.
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22. October 2006 @ 16:15 |
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Now if only This dry dumpster diving spell & wet weather would end LOL! ( seriously !!!)
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22. October 2006 @ 16:22 |
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I know what you mean Bigtoxy. I'm running out of cases, and need a couple of good hauls. Gonna have to go diving this week.
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22. October 2006 @ 16:30 |
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@Psycho_Can...Congratulations! That's what I call true blue dumpster diving!
@JVC...how are you buddy? It seems that our friend BIGTOXY69 has made you're words "FREE IS FREE" the axiom and battle cry of this thread LOL!
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22. October 2006 @ 17:37 |
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or is it "DIVE!DIVE!DIVE!!"
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23. October 2006 @ 06:32 |
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I have to give the Credit - To our resident Guru - Pontificating Potentate of Plastic ! Grand Poobah & lord high Everything else ! JVC " Free is Free " He's the originator not the Imitator - Accept no imitations LOL! Though maybe it should be DIve' Dive , Dive & then "FREE IS FREE" in either case ( Pun not intended ) Good Luck & safe Diving Fellas ! & NailedNy - even though you've semi retired from the Dumpster of Doom LOL! Happy Hunting !!!!!!!!!!
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27. October 2006 @ 16:22 |
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Okay - Went tuesday & made a major movie haul ! 33Movies + 3 empty cases - The movies were mostly Scary /horror with some comedy , foriegn & Action thrown in ! They all had their original covers except for about 3 of them . A couple of duplicates - Charlie Chan & the Chinese Cat ( B&W) X2 & Hallows End (X2) horror - One good shape the other was Cracked near the spindle whole and scratched up - terminated that one and made a back-up of the good disc ! Even got one movie with the Bonus disc intact ( Wow). Being they still had their movies in them ( the cases ) They also still had their Yellow locking device in them too ! Manage to remove all but 2 of those dastardly devices without destroying the cases ! Let's just say A pair of Hemostats , a cordless drill and a small drill bit works wonders ! Most of the movies were in as new to lightly /scratched playable condition except for the hallows end movie with the CracK & a copy of Excorsist III that needed a little TlC ! and all of theese treasure were loaded in a plastic Rack like they stack soda in ! So I just grabbed and go'ed - I would have liked to have found more cases but atleast the drought has broken! Hurray !!!!!!!!!!... anyhow Good luck & dive safe Y'all !!!!!!!!!!!
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28. October 2006 @ 10:56 |
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NIICEE ,lol so where exactly did u find all this??
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28. October 2006 @ 11:10 |
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Phyco_Can- ! In A Blockbuster Dumpster Where else ? I've also found a load of cases only in a local Video Usa Dumpster but only once so far !!
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28. October 2006 @ 21:54 |
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finaly tried this out last wednesday, and holy shit, i have never seen so many cases in my life. i asume no one else in my area dives this dumpster cause its kinda rural and kinda rich. i found literaly 4 full garbage bags of cases. i only took two. i probably wound up with over 200 cases. i threw about 170 cases out cause i just bought a 100 singles, i was mostly looking for doubles and triples. i only found 2 normal sized doubles, three fat doubles, and no tripples. its all kinda silly to do when you can get 100 pack cases of normal sized tripples for 19 bucks shipped, but if you need singles my god, what a haul! ill sell 100 singles for 15 shipped! any takers? ill throw in incert ads and taco bell stink free of charge! later shipments probably wont smell like food as much cause its getting cold up here.
a few days before i made it to blockbuster i went to holywood video, checked the dumpster and there was nothing. then i went inside and asked what they did with the old non-security cases. they said they get their dvds shipped to them already in the security cases or they would have gladly given them to me.
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29. October 2006 @ 07:02 |
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georgeluv- Well I have'nt had any experience with Hollywood video good or bad ! Blockbuster Yes that's the place! And they have lot's of them around ( BB stores ) I've gotten loads and loads of cases from Blockbuster dumpsters and About 60 dvd's You don't hit evey time but when you do it's worth it ! I found a motherload of cases at a VideoUsa Dumpster But only once ! Still Look though ! Good Luck and welcome aboard !!! Happy Hunting !!!
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21. November 2006 @ 05:07 |
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Okay - Apparently all our little Dumpster-Kateers need a Jumpstart! I've looked at Blockbuster Twice this week + a VideoUsa nothing but Trash ! Drat and PiFftosh ! ( this is a family show or I would have said Fahrfegneugin !!!!!!!!!!LOL!) imagine the nerve of these peoples clogging up my Urban DVD Case RECycling Depository ( read Dumpster here!) With worthless cardboard and bags of smelly garbage ! If I were'nt a hopeless romantic & Chaepskate I'd almost be tempted to actually start buying DVD cases again ( Perish the thought !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!UGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! ) But I refuse to concede defeat , Smell De'feets or have anything to do with feet other than visit my podiatrist LOL! He's good ! I 'll make a Blockbuster run today & look once again ! You'd think being it's near years end they'd start unloading their old stock ! Maybe it's just another Valley in the Dumpster Diving graph and the peaks are coming ? Hope so anyway ! If nothing else I hope I've given y'all something or Someone to talk about or laugh at & or with ! Come on gang I've stirred the pot ! Someboduy cook the rice - I leave you with the Quotes of that Famous Hero & Pontificating Potentate of Platsic , Grand POOBAH ! MUCKY MUCK ! & Lord High Everything Else JVC" Free Is FREE " Happy Thanksgiving everyone & Beware of the Sasquatch !LOL CIAO)!
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21. November 2006 @ 13:41 |
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Well, it's been slow for me too. I've found nothin except a nintendo ds box with a charger and a stylis along with a ipod mini box with the software cd.
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