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April 29, 2006
More Lazy Linkage
I’m probably way behind the times here and you are no doubt all miles ahead of me on this one but bear with me and just nod along and pretend you’re interested. Go on it’ll make me happy.
I finally signed up for my local Freecycle Network a week or so ago. The idea is (and yes I can see you rolling your eyes) that one person’s junk is another person’s gold (nope I’m sure that’s not how it goes but it’s late and you know what I mean) and if the first person could let the second person have his junk/gold then it keeps it out of our bursting landfills, or something. Oh heck just go there and see if there’s a group local to you, I’m sure they’ll explain it better than me. Oh but I warn you it is slightly addictive, I’ve had a great old spring clean today and I’ve been staring at all our clutter thinking Hmmm do we really need that? Think I’ll Freecycle it.....
So far I’ve shifted four bags of clothes that were too small for my daughter and a bag of wool scraps (I’ve been promising to teach myself to crochet for many years now but alas I’ve faced up to the fact that the time has gone) which is going to someone who makes squares into blankets for a local animal shelter.
Oh and I’ve also picked up a fantastic girls bike, a little rub down and a few bits here and there and it’ll be as good as new, then I’ll Freecycle her old one that is now too small.
And as no money ever changes hands I feel all fuzzy inside.
Or maybe that’s just the dust I inhaled when I was spring cleaning.
Posted by purple elephant at April 29, 2006 11:02 PM