Let it go, let it go

[cjsmith]

MANY things freecycled this weekend, including some stuff I am stunned that anyone took. Rob was gracious enough to list it all and arrange for pickups.

People claimed, get this,
- complete plans, blueprints and instructions for building a Lancair IV! (THREE responses!)
- a big bag of towels dating back to our first apartment together
- 80 empty wine bottles
- a car stereo from approximately 1987
- used pillows
- three years of aviation magazines
- sheets and pillowcases worn to wonderful softness, and frayed a bit
- some really bad books
- a candle/incense holder that's basically a sand-pit on a stand (so top-heavy that if you breathe on it it pours sand all over your floor)
- a light fixture that looks like a War of the Worlds ship landing

Plus some stuff that was probably useful. It's amazing.

(Now if they'd only come and pick it up.)

I've also thrown away a big pile of crap. I finally pitched the model airplane my ex-housemate started building. I had to admit that no, I am never going to finish someone else's model airplane. I can't even get my butt in gear to finish MY model airplane. I also admitted that I am never going to find a lovely dark green laundry bin to replace my broken one, and I pulled the spare one out of the upstairs closet to use. Poof, no more duct-taped broken handles. In retrospect I'm amazed I stuck with that thing for so long. (Hey, Bay Area people, if any of you are still reading: how do you recycle an entire laundry basket?)

That upstairs room is starting to look almost nice. Next weekend we do the OTHER closet.

Comments

[runeshower.livejournal.com]

How does freecycle work?

grrrrr I hate LJ

[moriamerri.livejournal.com]

I wrote a long answer to the recycle question, including URLs. It is lost to an error. grrrrrr.

how to recycle a laundry basket

[moriamerri.livejournal.com]

less cute comments, as this is the 2nd time (still cursing)

1. can we assume the laundry basket has a little recycle number/symbol on the bottom?
2. if you lived at my house (or thereabouts) you could just place the laundry basket in the recycle bin. Yes, the recycle bin is very very large. About like a bathtub? Maybe not QUITE that big. This probably doesn't help you though, unless the situation gets desparate...
3. cut into pieces and place pieces in your (presumably smaller) recycle bin
4. call your trash/recycle company and ask them.
5. take it to a recycle drop off location
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/public-works/rec-recyclectrmat.html
takes plastic containers #1 thru #7 only.
Note: while *I* think a laundry basket is a "plastic container", well, that doesn't mean *they* do....
This is cute
http://www.recycleworks.org/pdf/res_recycle_guide.pdf but doesn't seem to have any other ideas about plastic drop-offs near Palo Alto. But there is a phone number for more info that you could try.

will copy comment before pressing SUBMIT this time ............

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

Heh. I was wondering about that model. That's the one that was hanging out in 'my' room, no?

[gdmusumeci.livejournal.com]

The Lancair IV is a pretty sweet-looking airplane. The performance specifications are insane! I wonder if people really get that?

[rfrench.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it appears the wine bottles are staying for now.

And the porch is getting very crowded.