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yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
edited July 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Slighlty used but working Ipod Touch 32 gig.... :shock:
Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Niiiice!!

    But tell me it was on top of the pile as you walked by!!! ;)
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
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  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    Lizard wrote:
    Niiiice!!

    But tell me it was on top of the pile as you walked by!!! ;)



    haha, nope.. I should say that I am a garbage man and it was actually in a can that I dumped at a park(was cleaning up after fireworks from over the weekend).. It fell right out infront of me
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,940
    what else is on your list of finds?
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  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    mookeywrench wrote:
    what else is on your list of finds?


    Records,cds,stereo(working), outdoor speakers,patio furniture(nice stuff), lcd monitors, tools.. surf boards that need a little ding repair, xbox, playstion and games that go with both... seriously there is so much we find on a weekly basis its rediculous. Most is crap but you do find some good stuff as the day/week goes on. I will keep you posted on tomorrows find of the day.
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,510
    yoke wrote:



    haha, nope.. I should say that I am a garbage man and it was actually in a can that I dumped at a park(was cleaning up after fireworks from over the weekend).. It fell right out infront of me

    Awesome :mrgreen: .............but out here, if a garbage man takes ANYTHING they might fancy it means an immediate pink slip! :o
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    I have a buddy that is a garbage man.

    He too finds all kinds of neat stuff!

    I'm also surprised to this day to hear that he gets a TON of tips during Christmas!

    Never even considered tipping the garbage man....

    He makes good money too. When I was in college he was making bank and I was a poor college student trying to get into med school. That pissed me off! :lol:


    Oooooh well!

    People have that idea that's it's a horrible job, but I know from my friend that it's really not that bad at all...and you can make a pretty damn good living doing it.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    mca47 wrote:
    I have a buddy that is a garbage man.

    He too finds all kinds of neat stuff!

    I'm also surprised to this day to hear that he gets a TON of tips during Christmas!

    Never even considered tipping the garbage man....

    He makes good money too. When I was in college he was making bank and I was a poor college student trying to get into med school. That pissed me off! :lol:


    Oooooh well!

    People have that idea that's it's a horrible job, but I know from my friend that it's really not that bad at all...and you can make a pretty damn good living doing it.

    I make it a point each year to tip my GMen atleast 10 bucks. If some the neighbors did the same they would have a pretty nice Christmas.

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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,510
    mca47 wrote:

    People have that idea that's it's a horrible job, but I know from my friend that it's really not that bad at all...and you can make a pretty damn good living doing it.

    There are worse...........but in Scottsdale and Vegas, that trash can really "marinate." ;)
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  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    yoke wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    what else is on your list of finds?


    Records,cds,stereo(working), outdoor speakers,patio furniture(nice stuff), lcd monitors, tools.. surf boards that need a little ding repair, xbox, playstion and games that go with both... seriously there is so much we find on a weekly basis its rediculous. Most is crap but you do find some good stuff as the day/week goes on. I will keep you posted on tomorrows find of the day.

    please keep an update on your findings. this could be the best thread ever
  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    imalive wrote:
    yoke wrote:



    haha, nope.. I should say that I am a garbage man and it was actually in a can that I dumped at a park(was cleaning up after fireworks from over the weekend).. It fell right out infront of me

    Awesome :mrgreen: .............but out here, if a garbage man takes ANYTHING they might fancy it means an immediate pink slip! :o



    yeah they tried that around here but it didn't work out. There is to much stuff and we also offer a Bulk Day once a month(4x's a month) to different sections in town. Its a day set aside so people can clean out basements, toss out furniture etc..
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

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  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    mca47 wrote:
    I have a buddy that is a garbage man.

    I'm also surprised to this day to hear that he gets a TON of tips during Christmas!
    Never even considered tipping the garbage man....

    People have that idea that's it's a horrible job, but I know from my friend that it's really not that bad at all...and you can make a pretty damn good living doing it.


    Yeah we gets tips as well at Christmas and at random times during the year. Not everyone tips us and we also get a lot of beer from people. I work the same area all the time so I get to know some of the people and what they will be tossing out and we take almost everything. The only things we won't take are like tires, asbestos and crap like that so people appreciate us getting rid of the stuff for them and they won't have to pay someone to come haul it away.

    I should note that we are Hand pickup. Meaning I ride the back step of the truck, hop off and pick up the cans(not sure what your buddy does). Yesterday I did 15 tons of trash so I was a tad tired last night. I have had knee and foot surgery so far. Most guys I work with have had knee, shoulder, elbows and a few wrists done, its a good job and a hell of a workout and it tears your body up.
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  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    okay, got a Lexmark Z611 Color printer, still in the box. I assume it was a freebie with a PC purchase.
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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    damn. where do i sign up to be a garbage man?
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    imalive wrote:
    mca47 wrote:

    People have that idea that's it's a horrible job, but I know from my friend that it's really not that bad at all...and you can make a pretty damn good living doing it.

    There are worse...........but in Scottsdale and Vegas, that trash can really "marinate." ;)

    Hahahaha! True!

    My friend works in the suburbs of Chicago so he has to deal with the -10 degree temperatures and the foot of snow too.
    Not sure what would be worse...
  • bettieleebettielee Posts: 74
    My dad was an elevator repair man in San Francisco for over 20 years. You would not believe the stuff he found in elevator shafts. We're talking that little space between the elevator and the wall. I could never imagine how most of it made it down to begin with.

    He was so honest, he never kept anything. He always gave it to the management of the building, even in the 70's, when he found a HUGE paper grocery bag (remember those?) full to the very very top of greenstamps (anyone remember those?) My mom never forgave him.

    He found no fewer than 5 diamond rings that I remember, wallets, purses, walkmans (that was back in the day!)

    What I could never figure: who drops their wallet or purse down an elevator shaft and doesn't go to management do find it? It's not like you don't know where you dropped it...
  • CateetoCateeto Posts: 377
    Wow! I never even considered the many treasures you would find being a garbage man. How cool... I'm sure there is a lot of crap to deal with being one, but finding neat stuff like that probably balances it out.

    My husband actually is very interested in becoming a garbage man. How difficult is it to get that type of job? Just out of curiosity...
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,510
    yoke wrote:
    okay, got a Lexmark Z611 Color printer, still in the box. I assume it was a freebie with a PC purchase.

    You're gonna get yourself fired, man! :o
    Cateeto wrote:

    My husband actually is very interested in becoming a garbage man.

    I think the PC term is Sanitation Engineer :mrgreen: .
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    bettielee wrote:
    My dad was an elevator repair man in San Francisco for over 20 years. You would not believe the stuff he found in elevator shafts. We're talking that little space between the elevator and the wall. I could never imagine how most of it made it down to begin with.

    He was so honest, he never kept anything. He always gave it to the management of the building, even in the 70's, when he found a HUGE paper grocery bag (remember those?) full to the very very top of greenstamps (anyone remember those?) My mom never forgave him.

    He found no fewer than 5 diamond rings that I remember, wallets, purses, walkmans (that was back in the day!)

    What I could never figure: who drops their wallet or purse down an elevator shaft and doesn't go to management do find it? It's not like you don't know where you dropped it...

    I remember them back in 78'-79' with the Green stamp store where you turn them in to recieve stuff. My Mom collected them I think.

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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,940
    imalive wrote:
    yoke wrote:
    okay, got a Lexmark Z611 Color printer, still in the box. I assume it was a freebie with a PC purchase.

    You're gonna get yourself fired, man! :o

    Why will he get fired for breaking your local garbage person's policy?
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Nice find!

    Anyway, remember the Seinfeld quote. "Something adjacent to garbage IS garbage" (related to food)
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    yoke wrote:
    Slighlty used but working Ipod Touch 32 gig.... :shock:

    Didn't you find the beatles white album LP a couple of month ago?
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  • CM183543CM183543 Posts: 8
    I live in a Co-op with twenty two other people. We dumpster dive quite a lot of our food. We get all of our bread for free from a local bakery. Often times the bread is weeks away from expiring and usually cost about 4-5 dollars a loaf. But we get it for free. Same with Bagels. All the food we get is sealed in plastic bags and touches non of the other garbage in the dumpster. If you can get over it it's a great way to get some really good food for cheap.
  • haffajappahaffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    people are crazy...
    my mom is an ESL teacher and said that a few years ago some home stay students, when they left to go back to Asia, threw out things they bought here... skis, stereos, you name it... all nearly new. What's it to them? they are rich and can just buy new ones....


    all the teachers took the stuff out of the garbage and kept them hahah!
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  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    CM183543 wrote:
    I live in a Co-op with twenty two other people. We dumpster dive quite a lot of our food. We get all of our bread for free from a local bakery. Often times the bread is weeks away from expiring and usually cost about 4-5 dollars a loaf. But we get it for free. Same with Bagels. All the food we get is sealed in plastic bags and touches non of the other garbage in the dumpster. If you can get over it it's a great way to get some really good food for cheap.

    Yeah... I could never do that (unless actually broke and starving of course)... I'm all for finding cool things (electronics, furniture, etc) thrown out on the curb, but I'm not eating anything out of a dumpster (sealed or not).
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  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    arq wrote:
    yoke wrote:
    Slighlty used but working Ipod Touch 32 gig.... :shock:

    Didn't you find the beatles white album LP a couple of month ago?



    haha, yep... plays awesome by the way
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

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  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    Cateeto wrote:
    Wow! I never even considered the many treasures you would find being a garbage man. How cool... I'm sure there is a lot of crap to deal with being one, but finding neat stuff like that probably balances it out.

    My husband actually is very interested in becoming a garbage man. How difficult is it to get that type of job? Just out of curiosity...


    Not sure what you guys have there but I work for my Town. I applied there and got hired like 7 months after I dropped off my application. For private companies I would think that you would need to just go in and apply, he may need a CDL liscense though(I am required to have a Class A with an AirBrake endorsment).
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