All Hail Cheap Bastards!

suebee · 02-23-2010, 06:50 PM

Hey Finn! That all sounds fantastic. I wish we had a place where we could drop off usable items. But there is a secondhand shop here that's almost as good as that. It's run as a employment opportunity for intellectually disabled adults, and every time I've ever gone by it when it's closed there are bags and bags of donations in front of it's door. That's where my girl got me the silk robe and her $1 espresso machine.

I used to live in a larger centre where garbage pickup was an informal recycling opportunity. Not just the usual garbage picking (though I'm certainly not above that - have snagged some pretty good finds that way!). But in this city most people carefully wrapped good items they didn't need anymore so they'd be clean for whoever wanted them. Even if I didn't want anything I did as you do: I'd take good items and give them to a charity. It especially annoyed me to see good toys thrown out. I'd ALWAYS rescue them and give them to the Salvation Army, or a shelter, or wherever I thought they'd be of use. So much waste!

View Poll Results: Are you a cheap bastard?
Yes, and my mama is damned proud of me!	19	21.35%
I'm just thrifty.	34	38.20%
If I were cheap wouldn't my Visa card get lonely?	16	17.98%
Who are YOU calling cheap girlie?	8	8.99%
I'm not, but I think cheap bastards are hella sexy!	12	13.48%
Voters: 89. You may not vote on this poll

02-23-2010, 06:50 PM	#23
suebee Member How Do You Identify?: TOWANDA! Preferred Pronoun?: Queen Bee Relationship Status: Good 'n married. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Eastern Canada. But if I make a wrong turn at the lights I get stopped by a border guard. Posts: 1,499 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,355 Thanked 2,756 Times in 820 Posts Rep Power: 16450092	Hey Finn! That all sounds fantastic. I wish we had a place where we could drop off usable items. But there is a secondhand shop here that's almost as good as that. It's run as a employment opportunity for intellectually disabled adults, and every time I've ever gone by it when it's closed there are bags and bags of donations in front of it's door. That's where my girl got me the silk robe and her $1 espresso machine. I used to live in a larger centre where garbage pickup was an informal recycling opportunity. Not just the usual garbage picking (though I'm certainly not above that - have snagged some pretty good finds that way!). But in this city most people carefully wrapped good items they didn't need anymore so they'd be clean for whoever wanted them. Even if I didn't want anything I did as you do: I'd take good items and give them to a charity. It especially annoyed me to see good toys thrown out. I'd ALWAYS rescue them and give them to the Salvation Army, or a shelter, or wherever I thought they'd be of use. So much waste! __________________ "Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind." -Albert Schweitzer