One Man’s Garbage
Is another man’s garbage as well (in my estimation). In Ottawa Saturday there is a program where if you put your unused stuff (aka CRAP) at the end of your driveway folks can come by and just take it. If you are in need of some stuff, you can go pick up some freebies from folks like me who are giving away stuff that is cluttering up their house. Recycling in it’s purest form. My hope is some goes by and says, “That is some fine lookin‘ Big Cajun Crap”, and take my stuff away, since I don’t want to put it back in my garage.
De cluttering, a new crusade! Don’t store or keep things you don’t need, and don’t BUY more either!
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June 26th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
In Toronto, there’s a solution which gives you a chance to meet your neighbours, get fresh air and make a few bucks.
It’s called a “garage sale”
June 27th, 2007 at 4:41 am
True, however, in Ottawa it is promoted as “helping the community” where folks in need can pick up for free what they need (like Students and such). Gar(b)age sales I keep seeing as folks trying to make a fortune off their own JUNK.
–C8j
June 27th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
(BCM, I wasn’t being totally serious, as you probably know. To avoid any confusion, this comment contains no humour of any kind.)
Ottawa has a novel idea. I don’t recall that happening when I lived there in the late 1980s (though I was in a downtown apartment).
We donate unneeded items in good condition to charity. Several will pick them up from your home on selected days. They call in advance. You leave the donations at your front door (i.e., not at the curb) and indicate they’re for the charity (so they don’t accidentally take something else).
I agree that much of what we’ve seen at garage sales belongs in the trash.