"Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them" (Luke 6:31)
local thrift stores are high priced (if they have my size) and I really don't want to have to drive 50 miles one way to Wally World (in another small town) to buy something cheaply made.
Len Ovens wrote:Only one comment. My wallet decides... Yes it is good to recycle, but I am not going to pay extra to do so. Make sure you know your prices, the thrift stores are full of good and bad deals. I have found enough items at a lower price new than used to be sure.
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Mick Fisch wrote:
.... Garage sales!!!
Judith Browning wrote:I live out of thrift stores for my clothes (except for some shoes and underwear), for the few small appliances we use,
Micky Ewing wrote:Tel's quite right. Furthermore, the market for used goods, free items on Craig's List or Kijiji, dumpster diving and all other forms of diverting the waste stream reduce the cost to the primary consumer of disposing of their so called garbage. If there's nobody ready and waiting to help you offload your crap, you're going to have to pay someone to haul it away, or you'll have to do it yourself.
Disciple of Tarzan
Jason Hernandez wrote:
Micky Ewing wrote:Tel's quite right. Furthermore, the market for used goods, free items on Craig's List or Kijiji, dumpster diving and all other forms of diverting the waste stream reduce the cost to the primary consumer of disposing of their so called garbage. If there's nobody ready and waiting to help you offload your crap, you're going to have to pay someone to haul it away, or you'll have to do it yourself.
...In my experience, the usual way they do this, at least in the Good Ol' U.S.A., is to look for a "no dumping" sign, then bring the garbage to that spot when no one is looking.
One of my ethical quandaries: after a squatter shack has been abandoned, I look for salvageable items left behind in it -- but only after making sure the former occupant will not be coming back. It is always sad for me when someone loses even such a home as that. I hate to see the belongings left to rot (and I have seen sleeping bags so rotten they fell apart when I touched them); but I also hate to think of someone who had nothing losing even what they had to supply me.
You can see with only one eye open, but you'll probably run into things and stub your toe. The big picture matters.
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