Stuff for Free, Stuff to Trade

Sometimes, I have something I don't want to throw away, but I really can't sell either. Twelve bags of tea, for example. Sometimes I just want someone to take it off my hands.

I ground my way through the 88 communities with "free stuff" in their interests (thanks to firecat for finding them). I found quite a few communities interested in swapping stuff, which is close to what I was looking for.

Here's a rundown, for anyone else who might be interested. I didn't check out location-specific communities nor icon communities, of which there are a few. ( Lots of almosts )

Summary: If a_perfect_trade, claimxme, giveitawaybob, slash_this, swapper, tradingpost, and xthriftwhoresx all merged, then added even more members, and took the most restrictive superset of everyone's rules, they'd be exactly what I was looking for. I may join one or more for a while.

A lot of these may be what other people are looking for. All of 'em could use members. Go see.

Vitamins and Superstition

OK, let's get the teasing and the "You Should"s out of the way: I eat Flintstones chewable multivitamins. They're the "Complete" kind, the ones that aren't too too awful for adults. Done now? Good, here's my story.

I like the orange ones best. The red ones are distinctly mediocre, and I have never liked purple. (Yes, red and purple are flavors. Eat a berry and a grape, then eat something red or purple. Completely unrelated, I tell you. Red and purple are separate flavors in their own right.)

I've developed a little predictor of my day. I tip over the bottle and get a vitamin. If it's orange, which I like, I say I'll have a good day. If it's purple, which I dislike, I call it a gray day. If it's red, I'll have a Red-Letter Day, which could be good or bad but won't be boring.

There. I feel sure every single reader of this journal desperately needed to know that.