Comments on: In which I don’t take it home, even though it’s free

By: SJ

SJ — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:56:10 +0000

Hmmm, a used toilet – for free? Maybe it made its way to a homeless camp? Maybe? I cant’ say I’ve ever seen anything that crazy on the streets of my neighborhood…..but you better believe I’m going to keep my eye out!

By: Rhi

Rhi — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:50:48 +0000

You are a stronger woman than I, Isabel.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:38:19 +0000

Our town does a twice-yearly big-trash pick-up. (<-Hypen much?)

Anyway, there are all kinds of random things people put out by the curb, and a lot of it is taken before the trash trucks even come by. My friend brought over a car hood, we put it by the curb, and that disappeared in about an hour. Someone probably took it for scrap metal.

I’ve seen toilets, bath vanities, old TVs, bbq grills. Someone took the lid from my MIL’s grill but left the rest.

I admit to driving through the neighborhood a little slower, scoping out the stuff. You never know – one man’s trash is another’s treasure.

By: Agibean

Agibean — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:33:22 +0000

Wow-this brought back memories! When I was in college, my boyfriend’s brother actually bought one of those things at a yard sale to be a “conversation piece” in his dorm. Turns out after a long night of partying, it came in very handy when the bathroom was a little too far (eek!).

He still had it when the boyfriend and I broke up, so I don’t know whatever happened to it.

Although I wouldn’t take a potty chair, in New England where I grew up, leaving things by the road was an early version of Craigslist’s “free” section. I once left a set of shelves by the driveway that got picked up before I made it back into my house. And my brother picked up a distressed maple desk that he refinished and still owns 30 years later. I haven’t seen stuff by the road out here unless it’s junk for the junk truck.

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:14:33 +0000

This is going to sound terrible, but if I saw that on the street I would’ve taken it. I work with the elderly and even though those things look funny, they’re necessary and…EXPENSIVE! I would’ve sanitized it and then donated it to the elderly. Am I nasty, or what? I can’t blame you for not wanting it on the dang sidewalk, though! Tacky! One time, I left my ginromous big screen on the street for someone to take. I figured someone would take it right away but it was actually taken apart by a bunch of kids and they used it to play with. Go figure.