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MissALibra86 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 525	Has anyone here ever saw something nice sitting out on someone's curb, meant to be thrown away, and picked it up? Once I went by this house and saw a nice 60s record table (with space for holding records underneath the table top). It was out on the curb, meant to be thrown away, and it was in good condition! :eek: So I saved the record table from the dump, and had my dad repaint the table top white. It now sits in my basement today. When I looked under the table top where the record shelf was, I saw a Jimmy Buffet tape in there! :cool: My Dad has also put some of our old stuff out on the curb, like an old bicycle, an old tv, etc. so it can be taken by someone else. Anyone else have any good stories?
	You cannot leave the magic - Down at Fraggle Rock! Anyone who sings like that should be dragged out into the street and shot - Garfield I'm not messy. I'm organizationally challenged ! -Garfield "Bouncing is what Tiggers do best!" - Tigger
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Bigmada
7 years 3 months ago
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2 12' car subs. Worked up until a friend poked a hole in one.
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mikee_kid12
7 years 3 months ago
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I found Popeye and Pokemon Yellow for Gameboy once.
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System
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The monitor I'm using now. It works just fine.
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plaidman76 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 253	I've got a ton of gret stuff off the curb, including TVs, stereos, computers (I strip them for parts, movies, you name it. My wife frowns on this....thats why I don't do it as much anymore. Actually, I've got some friends near UW-Madison WI who are going to be shooting a short documentary called "Hippy Christmas", basically about dumpster diving. They drive around on the day the kids move onto campus and and they say its basically a treasure trove of stuff that these kids will throw out rather then move. I guess last year they found a box with like 100 Real Anime DVDs, not burned copies.
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nosferatu221
7 years 3 months ago
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20 dollar bill
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adventure_of_link
7 years 3 months ago
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a old pentium 75 that I WAS going to make into an IRC server till some upgrades bricked it
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outfit
7 years 3 months ago
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Mannequin legs. I was going to make them into table legs but never got around to it.
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System 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 74809	outfit wrote: Mannequin legs. I was going to make them into table legs but never got around to it. We actually have a pair of those at the comic shop. The owner uses them to make pants for costumes.

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Jason43
7 years 3 months ago
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I'm honestly surprised no one's answered with "your mom" yet
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neoendgame
7 years 3 months ago
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^Your mom.........
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Funky Guy 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 2638 Account Disabled	Twice. Once an old saloon style wooden chair and the other time the family across the street from me were throwing out a bunch of electronics. I took home an old 70's piece of gear from Candle (later became Citizen.) It was a stereo amp with built in radio, 8-track and a tape recorder and a pair of speakers. I still have the speakers to this day, the stereo reciever died after a while, I got tired of it malfunctioning.

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Shaunbadia 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 2400	A 20 pound note, a 5 pound note & some old signs, a schoolbag with a six pack of beer, A bag of old empty glass bottles (Smashed 'em), A plastic monkey paw & a Hulk Hogan figure. My brother found an old Stone cold Steve Austin figure laying in the middle of the road.
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COOLHAND
7 years 3 months ago
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A nice guitar
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System 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 74809	$20 dollar bill NES gold plated zelda game ladder rims and tires gi joes and vehicles spice girl movie 1 month after it was released on tape 2 boxes of nintendo power mags radios lawn mower-worked bikes

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Thylacine 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 1525	I found a bunch of books, a nice chair, some random action figures, a Tiffany (or at least it looked like one) lamp, some veneshin blinds (They were broke though) and some clothes at random stops.
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Dave Lino
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i just picked up an old bouncy ball once, and i still have it!
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MissALibra86 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 525	neoendgame;271979 wrote: ^Your mom......... LOL! :p Funky Guy;271989 wrote: Twice. Once an old saloon style wooden chair and the other time the family across the street from me were throwing out a bunch of electronics. I took home an old 70's piece of gear from Candle (later became Citizen.) It was a stereo amp with built in radio, 8-track and a tape recorder and a pair of speakers. I still have the speakers to this day, the stereo reciever died after a while, I got tired of it malfunctioning. Cool stuff :cool: 1983bowtiebeater wrote: $20 dollar bill NES gold plated zelda game ladder rims and tires gi joes and vehicles spice girl movie 1 month after it was released on tape 2 boxes of nintendo power mags radios lawn mower-worked bikes You got lucky, 1983bowtiebeater! I wish I could find a NES gold plated Zelda game too. I also saw a really old television by someone's curb once, but I was walking and couldn't carry it home (it was huge!). By the time I returned there a bit later, it was gone. I've also seen nice kitchen chairs, old fashioned dinner trays, and kids' bicycles on people's curbs.
	You cannot leave the magic - Down at Fraggle Rock! Anyone who sings like that should be dragged out into the street and shot - Garfield I'm not messy. I'm organizationally challenged ! -Garfield "Bouncing is what Tiggers do best!" - Tigger
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Lucas2600b 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 82	I found Pokemon Gold for the original GB on a basketball court. I did the good duty of rescuing it as it was starting to rain and there was no one else there to see if it was theirs. I also got my first record turntable, a 1960s model gerard. I just had to spend about 5 bucks on a new belt, the needle was perfect. My buddy takes the cake though, he got a working Centipede arcade cabinet with a "FREE - IT WORKS" sign on it.
	"YEAH YEAH!!!! THIS WAS THE HOLE THAT WAS FILLED WITH WATER WHERE WE HAD TO SAVE THE VIRGIN THAT WAS GETTING EATEN BY THE GIANT SNAKE!!!!" -"Dragnet" (1987)
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voltron82 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 999	Lucas2600b wrote: I found Pokemon Gold for the original GB on a basketball court. I did the good duty of rescuing it as it was starting to rain and there was no one else there to see if it was theirs. I also got my first record turntable, a 1960s model gerard. I just had to spend about 5 bucks on a new belt, the needle was perfect. My buddy takes the cake though, he got a working Centipede arcade cabinet with a "FREE - IT WORKS" sign on it. HOLY CRAP!!! lucky bastard....
	"In heaven all the interesting people are missing." Friedrich Nietzsche
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Bigmada 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 84	2 12' car subs. Worked up until a friend poked a hole in one.

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mikee_kid12 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 640	I found Popeye and Pokemon Yellow for Gameboy once.

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System 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 74809	The monitor I'm using now. It works just fine.

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nosferatu221 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 182	20 dollar bill
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adventure_of_link 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 9769	a old pentium 75 that I WAS going to make into an IRC server till some upgrades bricked it

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outfit 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 911	Mannequin legs. I was going to make them into table legs but never got around to it.
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Jason43 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 1553 Account Disabled	I'm honestly surprised no one's answered with "your mom" yet

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neoendgame 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 16	^Your mom.........

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COOLHAND 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 2942	A nice guitar

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Dave Lino 7 years 3 months ago Posts: 587 Account Disabled	i just picked up an old bouncy ball once, and i still have it!

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