August 5, 2009 at 6:15 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: freecycle
Oh the joys of Freecycle, I just love it when there can be a genuine flow of giving and receiving – it gives me such a buzz! I have let all my computer mags and a small colour TV depart. I have received two wooden pallets and a metal storage cabinet. Why? To keep our stuff away from the mice in the garage (metal cabinet) and dry (off the floor on pallets). Basically we need to take care and respect the stuff we actually have, without it getting needlessly nibbled and drenched.
My next plan is to get a kitchen cabinet inner on freecycle, then take out the fridge to put it on freecycle. A perfect circle. Although freecycle is like riding a wave – sometimes you get the perfect wave and ride, other times you find small little waves that come to nothing. The joy is the anticipation and simply not knowing.
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August 13, 2008 at 12:07 pm (Buy Nothing New)
Tags: freecycle
I am feeling all warm and glowy today due to the wonderful people who are freecyclers.
[for those not in the know: Freecyclers are local networks who give away stuff they no longer need to other Freecyclers who may want it; thus avoiding landfilling perfectly good stuff]
It all started with a lady over in Hamstreet giving away a fridge freezer, as it wasn’t going to fit in her new place. Now our fridge is interesting for two reasons:
1. Always has a good inch of ice cold water in the bottum
2. Anything towards the back of the fridge freezes – we have lost far too many vegetable this way.
Our freezer also had some interesting ‘quirks’. So….. I put in a request and got it! It is a fantastic thing and is covered in cow stickers to cover the dents, so it is truly unique!
This left us with a spare freezer. I put out a freecycle message in within less than 24 hours it was off to its new home with a family whose freezer had broken. Hurrah! Enthused by this success, I also added the old Sky Box and a table to the list. The Sky Box went very fast and the table may also go this weekend.
I have just answered a request for a birthing ball; as a lady in Sittingbourne needs one to try to get baby to turn (gulp! Rather her than me – turn baby, turn!). I am about to scurry into the attic to find it….
So this bizarre momentum has built up with receiving and giving at the moment, which is a genuinely nice feeling….
- Tammy
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