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Posted by salty on October 14, 2009, 10:25 am
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>Tony wrote:
>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>> wrote:
>>>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:44:47 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
>>>>>> Red = gasoline
>>>>>> yellow = diesel
>>>>>> blue = kerosene
>>>>>> white = liquid oxygen
>>>>>> pink = flowers used to fuel the fires of love
>>>>>> purple = gold, the fuel of royalty
>>>>>> Feel free to ad to the list, while I'm having fun, here.
>>>>> green=potable water
>>>> Green = Oxygen
>>> In a jerry can?
>> I don't see any mention of a jerry can until you brought it up.
>I've got a jerry can. It's olive-drab. It's also stenciled on the bottom
>"3rd Army Sep 44." Somebody put it out for collection on Heavy Trash Day and
>I liberated it.
>Now this little can helped win the Battle of the Bulge, but it's not red.
>How can that be?
>What goes in an olive-drab container? Blood Plasma? Lubricating oil?
>Anti-freeze (that would make sense)? Insect repellent? Instant eggs? SOS
>gravy?
Olive oil, of course!
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Posted by The Daring Dufas on October 14, 2009, 11:48 am
HeyBub wrote:
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> Tony wrote:
>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>> wrote:
>>>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:44:47 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
>>>>>> Red = gasoline
>>>>>> yellow = diesel
>>>>>> blue = kerosene
>>>>>> white = liquid oxygen
>>>>>> pink = flowers used to fuel the fires of love
>>>>>> purple = gold, the fuel of royalty
>>>>>> Feel free to ad to the list, while I'm having fun, here.
>>>>> green=potable water
>>>> Green = Oxygen
>>> In a jerry can?
>> I don't see any mention of a jerry can until you brought it up.
>
> I've got a jerry can. It's olive-drab. It's also stenciled on the bottom
> "3rd Army Sep 44." Somebody put it out for collection on Heavy Trash Day and
> I liberated it.
>
> Now this little can helped win the Battle of the Bulge, but it's not red.
> How can that be?
>
> What goes in an olive-drab container? Blood Plasma? Lubricating oil?
> Anti-freeze (that would make sense)? Insect repellent? Instant eggs? SOS
> gravy?
>
>
You've got yourself quite a collectors item there. I've seen
people throw away books printed in the 18th and 19th century
that were in pretty good shape. It was just an old book, they
say. I'm amazed at what some folks will toss in the trash. I
found a brand new microwave oven with the manual inside next
to a dumpster. It now sits in the shop to warm our lunches.
TDD
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Posted by HeyBub on October 14, 2009, 5:32 pm
The Daring Dufas wrote:
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> HeyBub wrote:
>> Tony wrote:
>>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:44:47 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
>>>>>>> Red = gasoline
>>>>>>> yellow = diesel
>>>>>>> blue = kerosene
>>>>>>> white = liquid oxygen
>>>>>>> pink = flowers used to fuel the fires of love
>>>>>>> purple = gold, the fuel of royalty
>>>>>>> Feel free to ad to the list, while I'm having fun, here.
>>>>>> green=potable water
>>>>> Green = Oxygen
>>>> In a jerry can?
>>> I don't see any mention of a jerry can until you brought it up.
>> I've got a jerry can. It's olive-drab. It's also stenciled on the
>> bottom "3rd Army Sep 44." Somebody put it out for collection on
>> Heavy Trash Day and I liberated it.
>> Now this little can helped win the Battle of the Bulge, but it's not
>> red. How can that be?
>> What goes in an olive-drab container? Blood Plasma? Lubricating oil?
>> Anti-freeze (that would make sense)? Insect repellent? Instant eggs?
>> SOS gravy?
> You've got yourself quite a collectors item there. I've seen
> people throw away books printed in the 18th and 19th century
> that were in pretty good shape. It was just an old book, they
> say. I'm amazed at what some folks will toss in the trash. I
> found a brand new microwave oven with the manual inside next
> to a dumpster. It now sits in the shop to warm our lunches.
Yep. I've got "Heavy Trash Day" marked on my calendar.
The evening before I prowl the neighborhood foraging. I've collected some
neat stuff, most recently a large, solid wood, butcher-block dining table
whose pedestal had come loose (cheesy fasteners plus rambunctious kids is my
guess). A few of the right kind of screws, and I'm good to go.
My son found an unused Corvette moon roof ! Sold the thing on Ebay for over
$200.
I've got competition, though. Some folks come through looking for discarded
refrigerators, water heaters, and the like. I assume they disassemble them
for the scrap metal value. The trash people are not supposed to pick up a
fridge unless it has a certificate of proper freon disposal attached. The
gypsy gleaners don't seem to mind this missing detail.
Fortunately, I live on a busy street and when I put something out - whoosh!
I lugged a console TV to the curb with a hand-written sign "Works!" It was
gone before I could return with the remote control.
The shortest interval, though, took place when I put out a ghastly (large)
oil painting of a Mexican castanet player. There was much tire-screeching,
shouts in a foreign language, and fist waving. Gone in twenty seconds.
Anyway, I figure reuse is better than recycle and either is better than
landfill.
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Posted by aemeijers on October 14, 2009, 8:09 pm
HeyBub wrote:
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> Yep. I've got "Heavy Trash Day" marked on my calendar.
>
> The evening before I prowl the neighborhood foraging. I've collected some
> neat stuff, most recently a large, solid wood, butcher-block dining table
> whose pedestal had come loose (cheesy fasteners plus rambunctious kids is my
> guess). A few of the right kind of screws, and I'm good to go.
>
> My son found an unused Corvette moon roof ! Sold the thing on Ebay for over
> $200.
>
> I've got competition, though. Some folks come through looking for discarded
> refrigerators, water heaters, and the like. I assume they disassemble them
> for the scrap metal value. The trash people are not supposed to pick up a
> fridge unless it has a certificate of proper freon disposal attached. The
> gypsy gleaners don't seem to mind this missing detail.
>
> Fortunately, I live on a busy street and when I put something out - whoosh!
> I lugged a console TV to the curb with a hand-written sign "Works!" It was
> gone before I could return with the remote control.
>
> The shortest interval, though, took place when I put out a ghastly (large)
> oil painting of a Mexican castanet player. There was much tire-screeching,
> shouts in a foreign language, and fist waving. Gone in twenty seconds.
>
> Anyway, I figure reuse is better than recycle and either is better than
> landfill.
>
>
This post alone earns you a lot of forgiveness for some of the other
posts you have made here over the years. BTDT, from both ends of the deal.
aem, an on-and-off gleaner of the 3rd generation, sends...
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Posted by HeyBub on October 15, 2009, 8:37 am
aemeijers wrote:
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> HeyBub wrote:
> (snip)
>> Yep. I've got "Heavy Trash Day" marked on my calendar.
>> The evening before I prowl the neighborhood foraging. I've collected
>> some neat stuff, most recently a large, solid wood, butcher-block
>> dining table whose pedestal had come loose (cheesy fasteners plus
>> rambunctious kids is my guess). A few of the right kind of screws,
>> and I'm good to go. My son found an unused Corvette moon roof ! Sold the
>> thing on Ebay
>> for over $200.
>> I've got competition, though. Some folks come through looking for
>> discarded refrigerators, water heaters, and the like. I assume they
>> disassemble them for the scrap metal value. The trash people are not
>> supposed to pick up a fridge unless it has a certificate of proper
>> freon disposal attached. The gypsy gleaners don't seem to mind this
>> missing detail. Fortunately, I live on a busy street and when I put
>> something out -
>> whoosh! I lugged a console TV to the curb with a hand-written sign
>> "Works!" It was gone before I could return with the remote control.
>> The shortest interval, though, took place when I put out a ghastly
>> (large) oil painting of a Mexican castanet player. There was much
>> tire-screeching, shouts in a foreign language, and fist waving. Gone
>> in twenty seconds. Anyway, I figure reuse is better than recycle and
>> either is better
>> than landfill.
> This post alone earns you a lot of forgiveness for some of the other
> posts you have made here over the years. BTDT, from both ends of the
> deal.
Well, the castanet player WAS painted on an asbestos board...
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>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>> wrote:
>>>> salty@dog.com wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:44:47 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
>>>>>> Red = gasoline
>>>>>> yellow = diesel
>>>>>> blue = kerosene
>>>>>> white = liquid oxygen
>>>>>> pink = flowers used to fuel the fires of love
>>>>>> purple = gold, the fuel of royalty
>>>>>> Feel free to ad to the list, while I'm having fun, here.
>>>>> green=potable water
>>>> Green = Oxygen
>>> In a jerry can?
>> I don't see any mention of a jerry can until you brought it up.
>I've got a jerry can. It's olive-drab. It's also stenciled on the bottom
>"3rd Army Sep 44." Somebody put it out for collection on Heavy Trash Day and
>I liberated it.
>Now this little can helped win the Battle of the Bulge, but it's not red.
>How can that be?
>What goes in an olive-drab container? Blood Plasma? Lubricating oil?
>Anti-freeze (that would make sense)? Insect repellent? Instant eggs? SOS
>gravy?