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News & ArtsThursday, September 8, 2011
At Large Free Clothes
Posted by Derek Erdman on Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 6:03 AM
Well, if it isn't your lucky day! Perhaps there's still a chance for you to grab the free dog bed at 18th and Pine. Then you can make your way down to South Park to dig through the fashion delights at 12th and Donovan. The heap pictured below has been in existence for the last week and seems to get new additions each day. Two days ago an assortment of used condiments in jars appeared and then quickly vanished. Garbage! Get it while it's hot!
- There are old boxes of candy in one of those larger boxes. They look 1/2 full (or empty, depending on the type of person you are).
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Good time of the year for pickings on lawns and sidewalks around the Ave area too! Although that's getting less exciting as we near towards the actual start date at the U-dub.
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Why are we mocking this?
I've always thought it was an amazingly sweet quirk about Seattle that people do this.
I've always thought it was an amazingly sweet quirk about Seattle that people do this.
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And don't forget the free couch in Ballard, on the west side of 17th near 51st. Perfect for restorers, or a young bohemian house.
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I love free piles. I don't usually obtain clothing from them, but it's been known to happen.
I just put out an old chair of ours (gross chair, really) just to see if anyone would take it. And it was gone in two hours. Beautiful, I love it.
I just put out an old chair of ours (gross chair, really) just to see if anyone would take it. And it was gone in two hours. Beautiful, I love it.
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I have a couch and a set of very nice, collectible dishes that I got free from somebody's front yard in Duvall. Never clothes, though. The couch is being reupholstered.
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@5, it's a Victoria thing, too, and rampant in my neighbourhood (as are yard sales). My favourite was a box labelled "free" and all that was in it was a broken lampshade and an old shoe.
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(American English used throughout)
In Australia, the city/county sends trucks to every urban and rural neighborhood twice a year to pick up items that need to go to the dump (unwanted or broken furniture and small appliances, for example). All you need to do is put them on the sidewalk a couple of days before the planned pick up. Scavenging is silently condoned. Because of this, you don't see the illegal dumping that happens in the States.
In Australia, the city/county sends trucks to every urban and rural neighborhood twice a year to pick up items that need to go to the dump (unwanted or broken furniture and small appliances, for example). All you need to do is put them on the sidewalk a couple of days before the planned pick up. Scavenging is silently condoned. Because of this, you don't see the illegal dumping that happens in the States.
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