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Cecilia McCollum's avatar

I’ll never forget when you called to me through the window Say Anything style, but instead of holding a boom box, you were holding an office chair<3

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Will Peterman's avatar

This was probably the most romantic thing I've ever done

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KLS's avatar

Completely agree! We have a barstool for the garage work table. My kids got porch and dining chairs for college houses, a nice living room chair. And we've left our share of goodies out, too. Environmentally and economically, just a great system.

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Nick O's avatar

The big question when walking my dog around the neighborhood: Do I grant his wish to pee on every piece of sidewalk furniture, or do I pull him away from someone else's future treasure?

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Will Peterman's avatar

Don't let Bean pee on anything that looks moderately worth it!

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Steve Peterman's avatar

I think the best thing we've put out is the Yakima ski box shell we're kicking to the curb tomorrow. We haven't had a station wagon in twelve years, we haven't gone skiing in five, but for some reason we've been hanging on to this thing and it's time to face the march of time. So if anybody wants it, it'll be on the street Wednesday morning, complete with two sets of keys!

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Keenan Buchanan's avatar

I once found a beautiful old stereo stand on the side of the road and I managed to put it in my car trunk sideways, with the trunk open and the stereo stand sticking 90% out of the car. I drove 3 miles per hour home and me and the stereo stand lived happily ever after.

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Will Peterman's avatar

I <3 a love story with a happy ending

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Val L's avatar

My favorite thing we gave away most recently was Benny's basketball net. Cliff and I wheeled that huge heavy regulation sized pole and net to the street. Cliff was huffin' and puffin'. Thirty minutes later when I went out to get the mail, I see some kids struggling to move it. I said, "Hey there" to which one guy replied. "Is this yours?" I said, "It's your's now. Turns out the kid lived down the block and every time I pass by his house I see the net and if I'm lucky a group of neighborhood kids out there playin' hoops! LOVE THAT!

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Steven Ugoretz's avatar

It's how most of us furnished our college digs. One of the first applications of reduce, reuse, recycle.

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