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#186181 - 10/22/09 04:09 PM spoils of break up
comms Offline
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Registered: 07/23/08
Posts: 1502
Loc: Mesa, AZ
a couple in my extended family is divorcing. I was allowed to pick through the set asides and only ETS members would appreciate my joy in 'inheriting'
2 long garden hoses,
2x 100 ft outdoor ext. cords
3x 5 lbs ABC dry chem. fire extinguishers
a 5 gallon propane tank

other peoples junk is another persons treasure.

can anyone relate?
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#186183 - 10/22/09 04:22 PM Re: spoils of break up [Re: comms]
Jeanette_Isabelle Offline
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Registered: 11/13/06
Posts: 2946
Loc: Nacogdoches, Texas
Originally Posted By: comms
3x 5 lbs ABC dry chem. fire extinguishers

Those are always good to have around. wink

Jeanette Isabelle
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#186197 - 10/22/09 06:07 PM Re: spoils of break up [Re: NightHiker]
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Registered: 09/29/09
Posts: 42
Loc: Pacific Northwest, USA
You have chosen wisely.

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#186203 - 10/22/09 06:53 PM Re: spoils of break up [Re: Kona1]
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Registered: 11/08/07
Posts: 107
Loc: PNW
Years ago, a friend of a friend was contemplating the purchase of a certain revolver. I happened to have one of the type he was looking for, and asked my friend if his friend would like to try one out before buying. He took me up on the offer. Several months went by and I asked my friend about it... He hadn't heard from his friend in a while and checked into it...

His friend and his wife had gone through a messy divorce and she had sold "his" stuff at a garage sell for pennies on the dollar...

Yep...

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#186204 - 10/22/09 07:03 PM Re: spoils of break up [Re: Basecamp]
comms Offline
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Loc: Mesa, AZ
oh. ouch.
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#186209 - 10/22/09 07:16 PM Re: spoils of break up [Re: comms]
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Registered: 12/18/08
Posts: 1534
Loc: Muskoka
I love inheriting useful junk.
The only thing about relatives in my family is they never forget it was their stuff, and for some odd reason they seem to expect it back in better condition than it ever was if they decide they want it again.
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#186216 - 10/22/09 07:50 PM Re: spoils of break up [Re: scafool]
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
"for some odd reason they seem to expect it back in better condition than it ever was if they decide they want it again."

Just tell them you sold it or gave it away. grin

Sue

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#186218 - 10/22/09 08:24 PM Re: spoils of break up [Re: Susan]
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Registered: 12/18/08
Posts: 1534
Loc: Muskoka
Cripes Susan, if I ever told my sister that I sold some of the stuff she and her hubby dumped in my yard they would expect me to give them some of the money I got, and that happens to be against my religion.
I just use the blank and confused look on them when any of them ask about stuff like that, and I leave the shed locked.

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#186450 - 10/25/09 04:19 AM Re: spoils of break up [Re: scafool]
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Registered: 09/20/09
Posts: 158
Loc: MO, On the Mississippi
My uncle had a tack hammer (staple gun hammer) that my grandmothers parasitic friend borrowed, then let his rather extended family borrow it until it was returned for more staples (it had a brand new box with it when he borrowed it) and a repair about a year later. Did I mention I do not loan things now? I don't borrow them either.

I belong to a couple freecycle groups in my area. It is worth the hassle. My family has acquired a desk, fencing, aluminum coffee pots (percolators)... riches!

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#186458 - 10/25/09 02:06 PM Re: spoils of break up [Re: Jeanette_Isabelle]
Lono Offline
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Registered: 10/19/06
Posts: 1013
Loc: Pacific NW, USA
Originally Posted By: JeanetteIsabelle
Originally Posted By: comms
3x 5 lbs ABC dry chem. fire extinguishers

Those are always good to have around. wink

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Excellent - and since going into this, you're already prepared with a fire extinguisher for your kitchen and one for each floor of your house, your garage, etc, these could be considered surplus, right?

My point is if you already have fire extinguishers, these (or whichever extinguishers are closest to expiration) could be used to teach others how to use them, either on your own or with the help of a local fire station with time on their hands. You must know some friends, wives and kids who have never handled a fire extinguisher. Get them out in the middle of the local ballfield, put some gas or diesel in a metal pan, and light it. Then show them how to use the extinguisher, talk about the PASS method, and give everyone a chance at putting it out, relighting as you go. Each extinguisher should be good for a few uses. With luck no one will be set on fire, and after a half hour you will have taught some folks something they really should know and not have to learn 5 seconds before their next kitchen fire. Our local fire station does this demo in their back parking lot.

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