Comments on: Our $400 Shower Head… For FREE!! http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/09/our-400-shower-head-for-free/ Our Family's Journey To Self Sufficiency Mon, 21 May 2012 13:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: peg http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/09/our-400-shower-head-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-11375 peg Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:35:51 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=2293#comment-11375 I live on an island and we only have large dumpsters for everyone to put their trash into. Since its a transient place people are always putting really great stuff into the dumpsters. I recently got a nice hand me down table and got rid of my other free one....took it to the dumpster and barely got into the car before someone was putting it into their truck. It made me feel good that it would be put to use right away! I live on an island and we only have large dumpsters for everyone to put their trash into. Since its a transient place people are always putting really great stuff into the dumpsters. I recently got a nice hand me down table and got rid of my other free one….took it to the dumpster and barely got into the car before someone was putting it into their truck. It made me feel good that it would be put to use right away!

]]> By: Heather R http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/09/our-400-shower-head-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-5265 Heather R Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:27:39 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=2293#comment-5265 My parents live in an apartment complex and like someone in the college town mentioned earlier - there is lots of good stuff there. I have gotten a desk, christmas wrap, plastic trash can, iron chairs and table for the patio, and other things that I am forgetting now. My friends husband used to be a trash collector and they were always getting the most amazing things from the garbage he collected (the front was usually as full as the back of the truck!). I wish I could find someone to dumpster dive with me at the grocery stores - I know that there is a lot there. I am not too proud to do so, I would just be careful because my kids are in jr. high and would be mortified if that got out. My parents live in an apartment complex and like someone in the college town mentioned earlier – there is lots of good stuff there. I have gotten a desk, christmas wrap, plastic trash can, iron chairs and table for the patio, and other things that I am forgetting now. My friends husband used to be a trash collector and they were always getting the most amazing things from the garbage he collected (the front was usually as full as the back of the truck!). I wish I could find someone to dumpster dive with me at the grocery stores – I know that there is a lot there. I am not too proud to do so, I would just be careful because my kids are in jr. high and would be mortified if that got out.

]]> By: Maranda http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/09/our-400-shower-head-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-5167 Maranda Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:40:44 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=2293#comment-5167 My husband got a 17" flat screen tv out of someone's garbage while coming home from work one day. It even had the remote with it. The people put it with their trash because it had a line thru the middle of it. We popped it open and reset the cable. It works perfect! Incidentally, as a teenager, my mom and I and a few neighbors would go dumpster diving behind a local grocery store. There was always stuff that was still good. Mostly the prepackaged goods, but occasionally there would be other stuff in there. I always stayed away from the perishable stuff tho. You really would be amazed what goes into those dumpsters. My husband got a 17″ flat screen tv out of someone’s garbage while coming home from work one day. It even had the remote with it. The people put it with their trash because it had a line thru the middle of it. We popped it open and reset the cable. It works perfect! Incidentally, as a teenager, my mom and I and a few neighbors would go dumpster diving behind a local grocery store. There was always stuff that was still good. Mostly the prepackaged goods, but occasionally there would be other stuff in there. I always stayed away from the perishable stuff tho. You really would be amazed what goes into those dumpsters.

]]> By: Lanna http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/09/our-400-shower-head-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-5067 Lanna Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:07:40 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=2293#comment-5067 Dented cans of food would kind of worry me though... I've heard too many stories of people getting sick from the goods in those before. But I'm a wuss when it comes to botulism and the like - not everybody is as picky about that as I am. Just make sure the dumpster isn't on what's classified as private property. Could be my area, but trespassing is pretty serious stuff if you're actually taking things off the property (and people in my area do like their firearms for protection). Dented cans of food would kind of worry me though… I’ve heard too many stories of people getting sick from the goods in those before. But I’m a wuss when it comes to botulism and the like – not everybody is as picky about that as I am.

Just make sure the dumpster isn’t on what’s classified as private property. Could be my area, but trespassing is pretty serious stuff if you’re actually taking things off the property (and people in my area do like their firearms for protection).

]]> By: Nancy M. http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/09/our-400-shower-head-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-5061 Nancy M. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:49:23 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=2293#comment-5061 My husband does things like that too! The best thing he got was a stove that was brand new. It is crazy how people throw away perfectly good things. Congratulations on the shower head! Way cool! My husband does things like that too! The best thing he got was a stove that was brand new. It is crazy how people throw away perfectly good things. Congratulations on the shower head! Way cool!

]]> By: verna http://newlifeonahomestead.com/2009/09/our-400-shower-head-for-free/comment-page-1/#comment-5058 verna Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:21:51 +0000 http://newlifeonahomestead.com/?p=2293#comment-5058 hi i work at a laundermat there are always people throwing away clothes that are just fine also my boss nows that we have three yard sales a year and they bring me things for my yard sale. were you work at or your family and friends tell them that you save alumiun cans i have two people bringing me in alumiun cans and now i am starting to make a rug from bread bags i had told a few people now they bring me bread bags i love my job. hi i work at a laundermat there are always people throwing away clothes that are just fine also my boss nows that we have three yard sales a year and they bring me things for my yard sale. were you work at or your family and friends tell them that you save alumiun cans i have two people bringing me in alumiun cans and now i am starting to make a rug from bread bags i had told a few people now they bring me bread bags i love my job.

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