The haul from the trash of college graduates at a wealthy liberal arts university. Every May, when they graduate, the college students throw out an unbelievable amount of great stuff. You've got to get there early while the gettings good. Tomorrow morning, it will all be gone, thanks to the super-efficient trash service of the university. By then, all the garbage bags are torn open and the streets and sidewalks littered with refuse.
A complete, little portable chess set for the boy who has taken up chess club on Wednesdays. His best find of the day. (He's not the most discriminating trashpicker! If it were up to him, we'd take everything. He found an Abe Lincoln hat and wore that the whole time we went about our nefarious quest. He had to stop a lot to pick dandelion flowers, but he was no slacker when it came to fumbling around in the garbage. His sister is much more reticient and selective when it comes to picking through other folks' refuse. She ran into one of her friends from school who was out making the rounds with her own family. She denies it, but I think she is a little mortified to be a trashpicker.)
Two toasters (one for work), a wooden paper towel holder, two Starbuck bowls, 8 enamel cups, an aluminum colander, a stainless steel kitchen utensil holder...
Three much needed trashcans...
a very nice pocket knife...
office supplies, including a Belkin power strip, lots of red pens, pencils, a mini stapler, paper clips,notecards, the movie Troy, a mini ruler, postit notes, xbox games--NFL and Halo, a desk lamp...
A basket, two clip on bed lamps--one red, one silver...
a blue microfiber comforter, a white IKEA mattress pad (for a twin bed or the dogs' beds), a blue indian bedspread or tablecloth...
Xbox games...
a closeup of the tin mugs...
and kitchen utensils: two vegetable peelers, a can opener, wooden spoon and spatula, a plastic plate (for work), a drawer tray and various and sundry knifes.
A complete, little portable chess set for the boy who has taken up chess club on Wednesdays. His best find of the day. (He's not the most discriminating trashpicker! If it were up to him, we'd take everything. He found an Abe Lincoln hat and wore that the whole time we went about our nefarious quest. He had to stop a lot to pick dandelion flowers, but he was no slacker when it came to fumbling around in the garbage. His sister is much more reticient and selective when it comes to picking through other folks' refuse. She ran into one of her friends from school who was out making the rounds with her own family. She denies it, but I think she is a little mortified to be a trashpicker.)
Two toasters (one for work), a wooden paper towel holder, two Starbuck bowls, 8 enamel cups, an aluminum colander, a stainless steel kitchen utensil holder...
Three much needed trashcans...
a very nice pocket knife...
office supplies, including a Belkin power strip, lots of red pens, pencils, a mini stapler, paper clips,notecards, the movie Troy, a mini ruler, postit notes, xbox games--NFL and Halo, a desk lamp...
A basket, two clip on bed lamps--one red, one silver...
a blue microfiber comforter, a white IKEA mattress pad (for a twin bed or the dogs' beds), a blue indian bedspread or tablecloth...
Xbox games...
a closeup of the tin mugs...
and kitchen utensils: two vegetable peelers, a can opener, wooden spoon and spatula, a plastic plate (for work), a drawer tray and various and sundry knifes.
