Trying to convince someone that there is an option for free storage.?ÿ
You can put anything you want to store there, already paid for.
It's provided by the city, and it's free for city residents.?ÿ
It's called the dump, some people need to use it way more than they do.?ÿ
No doubt you will get as much use out of the items placed there as if they were in the basement or office.?ÿ
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Sad, but true.
Back in the day the dump was just that, a dump.?ÿ Our local dump was in the country about three miles from our house.?ÿ Simply drive up, find a bare spot to park and unload your items.?ÿ Then, stroll around to see what had been dumped by others.?ÿ Take things you could use.?ÿ Leave with as big a load as you came with.?ÿ Dad called the place "The Exchange".
Lots of good stuff at the dump.?ÿ The only drawback was the smoke, flies and gulls.
Plinkin' bottles and rats with a .22 was always fun too.
Ours was on an oak hill way on the back side of the farm.?ÿ We kept a burn barrel where almost all the garbage went first.?ÿ When it was nearly full of ashes we'd haul it off.?ÿ On the farm there wasn't much that got thrown away without, at least, a second use somewhere else.?ÿ I saw a sign once that seems to fit, "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without".
Andy
This guy had his own private dump. After he was released from jail he started all over again.?ÿ Still at it.?ÿ ?ÿ?????ÿ
Back in the day, they straightened out the Puyallup River. The Oxbows that were left, seemed to be the perfect place for a dump. Today, the city owns the property because of the toxicity. There a system that captures the methane gas and burns it off, once it has built up enough. Quite a sight to see...
Look up "Chinese social scoring". On YouTube. Messy yard gets low score.
N
problem with the 22 was the rats soon became smart and would hide just behind a box or tv. You could hear them but not see them. So naturally we progressed to 12ga shotgun with buckshot which was a lot more fun than the 22.
BB guns were our weapon of choice. Got a similar reaction whether you hit them or missed.
As kids we would make trips to the dump, and remove radiators, alternators, starters from the old cars people dumped there .. anything we could strip the copper from, and sell to the recycler for cash.
Haven't been to the actual dump in a few decades.
they have an intermediate site they used to call the Refuse Transfer Station, from there it gets trucked to the landfill.
new name is the Recovery Station. It's just a giant shed where you back up and dump your junk. Concrete goes to another place, lumber and green waste have different spots too.
That's what we have, too, categorized places to unload, except that station is next to the landfill itself.?ÿ Not sure what happens if you try to load up something you would find useful.?ÿ I think it's discouraged.
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Salvaging is against the rules.
One annual curbside pickup is free too. A pile 4x4x8 is the maximum size.
One town I worked in in Canada had that. It was a tradition for the piles to be put out a week in advance so they could be picked over, which was encouraged. The area was fairly upscale, so the pickers would come from miles around. Quite a few piles were much smaller by pick up day.
they used to do a scheduled neighborhood cleanup but the pickers took all the good stuff so they changed it to call for an appointment.
I just put stuff out at the curb with a sign that says "DO NOT TAKE" and it's gone by morning.
Story I heard:
Guy had a refrigerator that still worked, but it was old. His wife wanted a new one. So, he stuck the old one out by the curb, with a sign "free".
It sat for several days.
Then, he put a sign on it, "$ 200, works good".
It got stolen that night!
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N
*what's that address again?*
* (grin!)*
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