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07-07-2009, 08:42 AM
Reesha

WOW next stage will be verrrry interesting!
07-07-2009, 08:59 AM
Zen

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fredwina

oh dear, NPR (or KPCC) has jumped the shark:(

Oh dear indeed.
But keep in mind you're in CA. That won't happen on my DC station.

You can listen instead to Tech Tuesday on the Kojo Nnamdi Show
07-07-2009, 10:51 AM
Reesha

Ahahahaha

Phil and Paul Bingo for those watching Tour de France and don't have something better to do!

http://www.geocities.com/fourlakes_9...g/pnpbingo.htm
07-07-2009, 10:54 AM
jobob

Quote:

Originally Posted by Veronica

Probably not what you want to hear, but I'd cut the beer.

Hey! Them's fightin' words, missy. :mad:

:D
07-07-2009, 10:59 AM
Veronica

Quote:

Originally Posted by jobob

Hey! Them's fightin' words, missy. :mad:

:D

Yeah, I know. I was thinking of you when I wrote that actually, since I know how much you LIKE your beer!. :D But it;'s easy for me to say 'cause I don't like it. You don't see me giving up ice cream. But I did give up Red Bull and chocolate chip cookies (except when they are straight out of the oven!)

Veronica
07-07-2009, 11:27 AM
BleeckerSt_Girl

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zen

You guys are mere amateurs.
You should see the stuff I'm cleaning out and throwing away.
Whew.
A whole lotta STUFF that I don't need now and probably never did.

10 years ago when i sold a 2 story 4 bedroom house and moved into a 2 bedroom apartment (a fourth floor walk-up no less), I got rid of literally half of everything I owned. Amazingly, I never missed a thing from that Grand Purge.
Two years ago I went through most of my books and sold 45 of them on Amazon.
This year DH and I are promising ourselves to go through ALL the basement stuff and purge and re-organize before winter. I did the stored emergency food and supplies already (carefully reading expiration dates), that felt good. Actually doing this kind of thing is incredibly unpleasant to me and I dread every moment, but once it's done I feel really good about whatever area is finished.
07-07-2009, 11:47 AM
Selkie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Veronica

Yeah, I know. I was thinking of you when I wrote that actually, since I know how much you LIKE your beer!. :D But it;'s easy for me to say 'cause I don't like it. You don't see me giving up ice cream. But I did give up Red Bull and chocolate chip cookies (except when they are straight out of the oven!)

Veronica

Ice cream is a good source of calcium. ;)

It's good you gave up "the Bull" because it's hard on your teeth enamel.
07-07-2009, 12:33 PM
DebW

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zen

You guys are mere amateurs.
You should see the stuff I'm cleaning out and throwing away.
Whew.
A whole lotta STUFF that I don't need now and probably never did.

I've been through several rounds of thinning books, clothes, tossing out junk in the attic (then adding to the attic), some precipitated by a roof replacement, a major basement flood, and moving myself from the master bedroom to another room. Now trying to get the house on the market, so more thinning to do. Maybe I'll just get an apartment as soon as I get back in the states and move all my junk out of the house. Maybe that will help it sell.

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Originally Posted by Reesha

I like to use Freecycle or Reuse-it when I want to toss stuff. It's basically giving stuff away to other people in your area via (typically) a Yahoo group. I got some cool stuff that way and unloaded a whole lot of good stuff that I no longer needed.

I got rid of an old snowblower that didn't work through Freecycle. Otherwise it might have cost to dispose of it, not to mention being a pain to haul it anywhere.
07-07-2009, 02:11 PM
snapdragen

You can always join Book Crossings and release your books to the wild.....:D
07-07-2009, 03:49 PM
jobob

Quote:

Originally Posted by mickchick

Ice cream is a good source of calcium. ;)

Yeah, that's it!
07-07-2009, 05:40 PM
Reesha

Quote:

Originally Posted by DebW

I got rid of an old snowblower that didn't work through Freecycle. Otherwise it might have cost to dispose of it, not to mention being a pain to haul it anywhere.

I like to get rid of perfectly good stuff over Freecycle too! Once I gave away a mini food processor that I just never used. My next door neighbor actually snapped it up through freecycle oddly enough ;)

It's been hard to peruse since I moved to St. Louis-- there is just so much stuff and so many users! I liked our rural Lake Placid/Plattsburgh, NY area one a lot because it was busy enough-- but not too busy, you know!
07-07-2009, 07:08 PM
snapdragen

My resident juvenile hawk is outside wailing for food. Every so often mom or dad flies by, with kid in hot pursuit

FEED ME! FEED ME! FEED ME!

:cool::D:cool::D
07-07-2009, 07:48 PM
Tuckervill

Freecycle was good in the beginning, but now it's just Wantcycle on our local list. When people start asking for flat screen tvs, I'm no longer amused.

Karen
07-07-2009, 08:14 PM
Reesha

seriously! I don't think you should be allowed to ask for stuff on Free cycle. That belongs in craigslist and for that stuff you should be asked to shell out a few bucks!

Rode 27 miles today along the Mississippi right after a light rain. It was super humid but pretty cool overall. A whole section of the riverfront trail had washed out earlier this year I guess :eek: It must have been during the last major spate of rains! Also I was annoyed to discover they decided to add a 100 foot stretch of crushed rock and gravel around the City Museum style play area at the outset of the trail. It's hard on my stiff little road bike! I hope they pave it over eventually... a lot of people time trial at the Riverfront Trail.
07-08-2009, 03:59 AM
crazycanuck

wahoo

:) I passed my first semester uni classes :). Two down & many more to go..:rolleyes: