Comments on: Bulk Day.

By: MargeinMI

MargeinMI — Sat, 14 Aug 2004 00:01:09 +0000

My township has/had (cancelled it this year) a YEARLY bring your trash day (EVERYTHING except yardwaste, tires and paint). You haul it to the town hall and they had dumpsters. Six a.m. to 1:00 p.m. It was a lifesaver for me the first 4 years after I bought my property from some scumbags. I dumped so much plaster, shingles, garbage, etc. it would’ve cost me $100′s to take it to the dump.

Picked up some really nice oak french doors with original brass fixtures last year from someone’s garbage. Unfortunately, I can’t use them, but don’t have the heart to throw them out for someone else. Argh!

By: Tiger

Tiger — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:25:03 +0000

You did say that the scrap metal from the building was aluminum and the same places that buy those cans buy all kinds of scrap aluminum, maybe other metal, as well. I actually represented a guy that had one unbolted a roadside guardrail and took it to a place that buys scrap metal in an attempt to sell it. Of course, they agreed to buy it, but took long enough weighin’ it for the police they had called to arrive to arrest my client.

Additionally, my brother actually worked as a trash carrier once when the two of us shared an abode and I was often surprised at the treasures he brought home that were found in someone’s trash.

By: Scooterdeb

Scooterdeb — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 18:26:46 +0000

Someone probably took all that aluminum to the recycling center

I wish our town had a monthly haul like this. They used to do it twice a year, but now we’re down to once a year. Of course, you’re free to haul your own crap to the dump any other day of the year, but I also like to see what people are chucking to the curb.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:04:04 +0000

When are you gonna talk about our colorful Governor? Ex-governor? I’ve been hitting “refresh” for hours!!!

By: buffy

buffy — Fri, 13 Aug 2004 02:58:39 +0000

Scavenging or garage sales have never appealed to me, but I go to an “Antiques Fair” every year, and I’d like to attend estate sales. Those are just a little more organized, and more expensive, I guess.

By: pam

pam — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:02:44 +0000

That’s what I see every 6 months on our bulk pick up days while walking!

By: Tammi

Tammi — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:12:02 +0000

When I first got married that was how we got most of the tables and chairs for our place. I had nothing, had been traveling with a rock band and living in hotels. My ex had even less, so that was how we pulled things together. When I left, he still had a favorite table and buffet that we had rescued. Me? I gave it up. For some reason I just never felt good about it. But that’s just me.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:02:48 +0000

I’m a former scavenger. I still have a coffee table I scavenged years ago. I recall one particularly devastating moment of scavenging. While perusing a curb with a large quantity of stuff ALL in black bags, a truck pulled up. Driver jumped out, began feeling the bags, and proclaimed without ever seeing the contents “It’s a moveout.” Meaning the pile was there because someone was moving. He had a name, a category, for this particular pile of stuff. I realized then what an amateur scavenger I was and gave it up for good.

By: slimedog

slimedog — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:07:41 +0000

Back in the ’80′s I lived in Montgomery, Alabama for a year, courtesy of my weird Uncle–Sam. EVERY trash day, not just Bulk Day, the gleaners would cruise by around 7AM and skim off the damnedest stuff: plastic cups, old applicances, matresses, scrap metal, lawn furniture, you name it. We had 2 or 3 regulars. Then one day I was putting out a couple barrels and chatted with the official city trash dudes. Turns out THEY were skimming off junk, too!

By: MommaBear

MommaBear — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 12:32:28 +0000

Years ago everyone gathered at The Dump every Saturday to do the same thing…times haven’t changed all that much…just the mechanisms a wee bit.