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RE: 2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff - Veggie - 05-03-2025
IN came two shelving units, a set of saucepans that may/or may not be better than the ones I've been using for years. Plus some miscellaneous kitchen stuff and a selection of plastic storage boxes. Its always a mistake to visit this lady as she has a garage full of stuff to rehome. People give her things to give away. She gives usable things to local charities for animals, babies, Ukraine and so on. When I go there for something, she always tries to offload something else on me - like the utensils and the boxes. I find it so hard to say No.
OUT went a load of cardboard box clutter.
RE: 2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff - JJB - 06-03-2025
(05-03-2025, 07:53 PM)Veggie Wrote: IN came two shelving units, a set of saucepans that may/or may not be better than the ones I've been using for years. Plus some miscellaneous kitchen stuff and a selection of plastic storage boxes. Its always a mistake to visit this lady as she has a garage full of stuff to rehome. People give her things to give away. She gives usable things to local charities for animals, babies, Ukraine and so on. When I go there for something, she always tries to offload something else on me - like the utensils and the boxes. I find it so hard to say No.
OUT went a load of cardboard box clutter.
She's like Aunty Wainwright in Last of the Summer Wine without financial bother.
RE: 2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff - Veggie - 06-03-2025
I didn't watch Last of the Summer Wine so I'll take your word for it!
RE: 2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff - Bren - 08-03-2025
Yesterday there was at least 5 trays of assorted bread amongst the food bank leftovers I didn’t need any so I just took a bag of bagels and cheese scones.
RE: 2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff - Veggie - 18-03-2025
IN today - 5 kilos of big carrots - all in excellent condition. I've put most of them in paper carrier bags and will store them in a dustbin.
Also IN lots of books - mostly cookery and self improvement - not that I need improvement.
RE: 2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff - Veggie - 24-03-2025
IN today :-
Three tins of Jackfruit,
Two jars of cranberry sauce
One tin of Condensed milk
and a bottle of lime juice...........no partridge in a pear tree!
OUT went a load of books, collected earlier this week.
RE: 2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff - Veggie - 28-03-2025
IN came a mega cupboard clearout
Including 6 tins of baked beans, 6 tins of tuna, tinned fruit x 3, 8 packets of microwave rice, pasta, mango chutney, bread mix, ground almonds and, unusually, only one tin of tomatoes.
OUT went a bag of books in exchange.
RE: 2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff - Small chilli - 30-03-2025
From today’s 2 visits to the house clearance. Not free but a good selection for £35. A single duvet, a really thick fleece blanket (breeze will love his new blanket next winter), an elm burr snail, 1 large 2 medium terracotta pots. Half a trug full of useable compost from said pots, a garlic chives & a curly mint, a rusty garden fork head. A very large hanging basket and 3 bags of Jake magic compost.
RE: 2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff - Bren - 31-03-2025
I've given some parsnips and leeks so we're having a casserole this evening.
RE: 2025 - Freecycle and similar Free stuff - Small chilli - 31-03-2025
(30-03-2025, 11:06 PM)Small chilli Wrote: From today’s 2 visits to the house clearance. Not free but a good selection for £35. A single duvet, a really thick fleece blanket (breeze will love his new blanket next winter), an elm burr snail, 1 large 2 medium terracotta pots. Half a trug full of useable compost from said pots, a garlic chives & a curly mint, a rusty garden fork head. A very large hanging basket and 3 bags of Jake magic compost.And 3 strawberry plants, I just found in the hanging basket while emptying it out.