Dumpster Diving

[outlawcountryman]

dumpster diving is ausome, i've found so many movies, hats, chairs, stereos, cassette tapes,cds,records, even a few antique toys worth 100$ of bucks notebooks, and whiskey to name a few.

[RiverBirch1967]

@outlawcountryman Whiskey? LOL!!!

[palttrog2]

Dammmm youll have to come up north in the spring to check out the dumpster up here ,,!! good dumpstering here

[palttrog2]

any  luck ???????????

[RiverBirch1967]

@palttrog2 Nope, they are still all sealed off in those compactor areas. So sad...

[palttrog2]

doesnt make much sence ,,,,,

[palttrog2]

any good ddives in la since you got  back down there ??????

[RiverBirch1967]

@palttrog2 Patrick do you know what they did? They put in "compactor stations" tat are open twice a week. They took out the bins and now everyone has to take their trash there. So no way to dumpster dive! Terrible idea!

[palttrog2]

thats real goooooooooooooooooooooood too!!

[palttrog2]

you got  a can of ? cafe dumonde? and fresh cream ? yummie

[RiverBirch1967]

@palttrog2 YUMMMMM, no, I just have hazelnut coffee. lol

[palttrog2]

any good DD finds in recycle Col?

[RiverBirch1967]

@palttrog2 I found some cool coffee mugs.

[YourDarkAccomplice]

You look beautiful with long hair! (Well, you look beautiful now, still. But there's something special about long hair. Lol, you inspired me. When become older, I'm going to grow my hair long like yours.

And yeah, I have a crazy friend who finds expensive treasures via "dumpster dive." One time, she invited me and the cops asked us what we were doing and she had to lie and say she dropped a ring in the trash. xD

You dumpster diverse are some crazy fun going individuals. :P

[RiverBirch1967]

@YourDarkAccomplice LOL about the cops! I would like to have seen that happen. Thank you about my hair. I am growing it out again now. (and trying to get skinny again).

[palttrog2]

563 8451449,,,PATRICKS gALENA iL CELL # FOR IF YOU EVER WISH  TO GIVE ME A CALL !

[palttrog2]

I ahd a Barn sale over the weekend Got rid of 5 bags @ $5 each ,,still got a white alligator handbag and a square burt red left and a Irish green square left over .........Its amazing what poeple buy 2nd hand >> getting cooler here in Il .. god I what to go back down to Covington La. for this upcoming winter .. Il see ..>>from Patrick in Galena Il.

[RiverBirch1967]

@palttrog2 Wow you did good! And yes it is amazing what people will buy if they have a good deal going. I love the cooler air though, Louisiana is not on my Christmas list, but I'll be there anyway (my dad).

[palttrog2]

@palttrog2 Was a good sale .. sold every ting under the sun ,,,meeting poeple from all over I find interesting ,,,( I ask them Wher yall from ..... mostly Chicago subs and iowa Midwest some from Wisco,

[palttrog2]

hello cutie !!Have you found any thing good dd lately, ,?? i acually found some cash moola this past week in a dunpster alomg with 60s size  7 womens shoes and matching handbags,,, in the original boxes r

[RiverBirch1967]

@palttrog2 I have not! Apparently CO peeps recycle too much! U gpt cash? And oh the shoes and I'll take the handbags.. LOL!

[palttrog2]

@palttrog2 Ya found a ten and a tenty in a cloth inside compartment in hand back bills dated from the sixtyies ,,,,,I always look , and in the inside of old chairs too .. have fun in CO and happpy labor day ..... OMG another oil well went boom in gulf double trouble I hope not . I want to go back to La. from here in  Galena Il this december again // getting new tire on my toyota RV this month ..

[trx1961]

really cool and your pretty too!

[RiverBirch1967]

@trx1961 You just made my day. Thank you. :)

[palttrog2]

I Have a Doctorial Degree in Dumpster diving .....Dumpsterdiving has been very VERY  good to me .....You all have a great day >>>>

[RiverBirch1967]

@palttrog2  LOL a Doc Degree. You'll have to let us know some of the things you have found.

[palttrog2]

@RiverBirch1967 WOW i hit the mother of dumpsters today WOWZAAA!! wen i lived in Bogalusa la .  I notice there dumpsters there had roofs on them ? are cali dumpsters any different too ?? have a wonderful day

[RiverBirch1967]

@palttrog2 As far as I know they are all called dumpsters by normal people. Uppity people want to say "garbage disposal bins." (just kidding) I have seen some with roofs and some w/o. The largest ones are the ones with no roofs. It's hard to have to hold the roof open while rooting around in there.

[MrOtakuNE]

my mother is a land lord so she pays me to mow the lawns, and every time i will look into the dumpster and 9 times out of 10 i will find somthing cool, like a camo vest, bookshelves, and one time i found this....not realy sure what....some kind of bedside table maybe, but yes, i dumpster dive.

[RiverBirch1967]

@MrOtakuNE Wow, you scored with the furniture. Did you have to re-paint any of it?

[bluesvox]

I've met all my wives dumpster diving

[RiverBirch1967]

bwuahahahah!!!! Best laugh of my day! lol

[fraserfir19]

somtimes i find vachumn cleaners thrown out in front of somebodys house ive found about 30 of them since the begining of winter of 2009 so i just clean them up unclog the hose or replace the belt that i got from other vachumns that had burned out motors and i sell each one at a time for about 10-15 dollars a peice some time 20 if it's good looking bagless vachumn it niche of mine ive been doing since i was 16- 17 yrs old i still got about 5 more vacs to go it helps anyway because i was laid off.

[RiverBirch1967]

Vac cleaners? Holy cow, that's expensive stuff. If you fix them and sell them, you're doing real good. I cannot believe ppl just set them out in the trash.

[sleepingwhale]

do you dumpster dive naked? without shoes?

[RiverBirch1967]

I used to wear diving gear but the snorkle and flippers kept getting in my way.

[TBaker1964]

Show your tits !

[werenotalone1]

that was goofy

[RiverBirch1967]

Me or the idea?

[garymcmanus2]

i was in a position where i had no money and couldnt afford food, and i didnt exactly dumpster dive but i did go round the back of my local supermarket and took all the out of date stuff that they where throwing out, i got some really good stuff, he was a nice man, a saint. large supermarkets do it all the time, you ever here of Freeganism, although it is illegal i will still go some nights and bin dive after these big shops close and giv it to charities which is what the supermarkets should do

[RiverBirch1967]

Gary, that must have been a horrible time, very very difficult. I will Bing Freegansim, why illegal, if a person signs off and cannot be sued for something?

[ratzingersarat]

hhaa haaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

YOUR NOSE

is sooooooo funny.....

what a honker...

[5626996946]

my wife don't let me but I have found alot of stuff, that people dont want, and I made alot of money on it,

[RiverBirch1967]

Why does your wife not like it? You're making MONEY!!! lol

[naynay101hotdog]

Stupid Bitch!

[Corlidath]

wtf is your problem you fucking retard

[zwalker287]

Hello, River. My comment doesn't have much to do with the topic, but I thought you should know that your hair looks GREAT in this video! You look absolutely fabulous :-)

[RiverBirch1967]

Well now, zwalker you just made my day!

[SiouxPianist]

I'm going to start soon! I have to find more partners who will come with me in case we find a moose head or something kewl to hang on our walls!

[RiverBirch1967]

LOL! A moose head.

[dietzchris]

i go dumpster dive. you find alot of good shit

[RiverBirch1967]

Amazing isn't it?

[MeLady2]

Another man junk is another ladys treasure!! Great video Sharon!

[RiverBirch1967]

LOL! Treasure everywhere. :)

[dexarouskies]

I guess there is always a first time for me.

[RiverBirch1967]

It will be sweet.

[dexarouskies]

I"m trying to put more stuff INTO the dumpster though, than taking it out.

[LynnyLee]

The best thing I've found dumpster diving is easy for me. Best thing I've ever found is my couch.

My husband is military, and it's not uncommon for people who are transferred with little notice to leave much of what they own out by the dumpsters on base. There are great finds there.

[RiverBirch1967]

A couch, now that is a great find. I do feel bad for those who have to leave their things though. Does the military compensate them?

[LynnyLee]

I actually don't know. I've never had to leave much stuff behind in a move.

[italianguyfromny]

Ba-da-bing. Hey how you doin'?

[RiverBirch1967]

How ya'll doin up there?

[deejen]

I am not a computer whiz but I will try

[RiverBirch1967]

lol

[deejen]

Well i know who owned it but its stuck in safe mode so we will see

[RiverBirch1967]

Can you guess their password? I cannot believe I just said that.

[Bree5]

Good to see you River! I can't say that I have dumpster dived...but, when I lived in apts and people would move, there would be all kinds of stuff out by the dump! It didn't take long and it would all be gone..haha :)

[RiverBirch1967]

heh. Hey, it might be worth trips to go around to all of them at the end of each month.

[Latinlabel]

Honestly I have never done that. I would be to afraid of getting poked by a syringe or something.

[RiverBirch1967]

haha! You are funny; that is one of many things I love about you.

[deejen]

Hey river, yes I have been know to dumpster dive, I actually found a dell computer seems to work.

[RiverBirch1967]

Whoa. Did the people leave all their personal info on it?

[Frequency100]

I've never dumpster dived, but whenI lived up north, we didn't have trash pick up in the town where I lived and so i had to take weekly trips to the town landfill (dump). I found some interesting things at the dump like old lamps and such. Lots of folks do this!

[RiverBirch1967]

Well isn't that cool; you had a whole landfill. We had that in Louisiana; one dump site for all the folks around. That is the best way to get the most loot.

[sainter1]

No, i've never dumpster dived but in my neighbourhood, the residents tend to leave all sorts of goodies by their wheelie bins for anyone to take. I found a washing machine once, about 3 doors up from my place. There was also an inflatable woman right next to it but it had a puncture in it. I can't win can I? :P

[RiverBirch1967]

I wonder if they had put her in the washing machine?

(((sorry, I just had to say that even if it's tasteless  LOL)))

[sainter1]

I doubt it, judging by the stains on her ((equally tasteless retort)). I wouldn't even let my dogs near her, even if she was kind of cute. *grin*

[koreamy]

I love it. I live in New York City and these silly people throw everything away every season. My husband and I call it the hobo habadashery! and furniture! ooooh weeee! We have helped furnish all our friends apartments. By the way, I am Amy. See ya-I'm off to dumpster dive!

[RiverBirch1967]

Hi Amy, "hobo habadashery" love that name. I'll bet NYC is a goldmind indeed.

[cim75]

I haven't done it myself, but I got a ton of comic books when I was a kid from a friends dad who visited a dumpster outside of an old pharmacy. Another friend found a whole set of vintage early 60's Barbies, complete with outfits. So, there is great stuff out there to be had!

[RiverBirch1967]

Cool stuff! I want to find older cool stuff.

[gemycat]

there used to be this great site that would pull out strange items and say you're a dumpster diver LOL

[RiverBirch1967]

haha!

[wyldewynd]

we go at the first of the month when the school kids move lol

[RiverBirch1967]

ROFL! That is a very good tip. I should run down around the university area.

[wyldewynd]

we find good stuff because the kids dont think about taking stuff home and bring it back next year for school. you might also check yahoo for a freecycle group its a recycle group that gives away free stuff.

[RiverBirch1967]

Thank you for that tip; I shall go check it in a minute. "Trash to Treasure" is one of my favorite shows on HGTV.

[MotherReiver]

I've never done it but what a solution - it's the highest form of recycling!!!

[RiverBirch1967]

And it's FREE!

[Jinxie228]

Yeah I have been known to dumpster dive... we have around here a day where folks can put stuff to the curb that they want to get rid of and you can just stop and get it. Its like roadside shopping! LOL

We have picked up a bunch of stuff that way, one was a kitchen table with the leg broke.. we made into a coffee table. That was 4 years ago and we still have it. lol

[RiverBirch1967]

"Roadside shopping." I love that label. So you just sawed off part of the table, huh? It is fun to do that and to paint, etc.

[Jinxie228]

We just sawed off the legs nice and even .. and I took a sander to it to rough it up a bit. Right now it has green legs but this room will be my Americana room so it will be painted soon.

[RiverBirch1967]

I would be very interested in seeing it, Martha.

[vitalfinds]

Hey, you ought to attach this to Renetto's video on dumpster locks (The story: My First Invention + Travel Update). The funny thing is though that the locks were to prevent people from putting things in.

[RiverBirch1967]

Aha.... a challenge! Bust those locks.

[T121XY]

love you hair babe xxx

[RiverBirch1967]

(smile) thanks hon, it is finally getting longer.

[baileykix]

I used to dumpster-dive when I lived in Fresno, but that was years ago. I can't say I have anytime recently.