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Household Hints & Help

joshcryer

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6. That was my first thought! It was as if they washed them, and then decided to toss them!

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #5)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 09:29 PM

Mar 2012

It would've been different if they were rank smelling (at one point in my life I couldn't afford to wash my own clothes or afford toilet paper, so, erm, yeah, lost a whole bag of clothes that way).

But these were and are very clean clothes. It was shameful that they were thrown in the garbage, and the garbage itself was quite nasty (people dumping leftovers and stuff in there).

Got lucky it was on top because I may not be too proud to dumpster dive but I don't think I have the stomach to rummage through rank smelling leftovers!

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Finding clothes in the garbage. [View all] joshcryer Mar 2012 OP

Before taking clothes home, run them thru a dryer at a laudromat as snagglepuss Mar 2012 #1

I had beg bugs once (not because of this, first time, really). joshcryer Mar 2012 #2

What an exciting find :) NEOhiodemocrat Mar 2012 #3

I'm moving soon and I went to U-Haul to buy some boxes, they're extremely expensive. joshcryer Mar 2012 #7

just fyi for the future, I got some incredible boxes with handles from Lowe's - free Flaxbee Aug 2012 #28

Yeah, I'm not too proud to stop at the curbside on garbage day. Denninmi Mar 2012 #4

I put some kitchen chairs and a few plastic lawn chairs at the curb once. badhair77 Mar 2012 #9

Great find----but it makes me wonder... Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #5

That was my first thought! It was as if they washed them, and then decided to toss them! joshcryer Mar 2012 #6

LOL, you are lucky you didn't run into someone like your past self! Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #8

The wife tossed her cheating husband out on his ass, maybe, and tossed his clothes in the garbage? n MADem Apr 2012 #14

Wha? After washing them? joshcryer Apr 2012 #16

Well, I was thinking they were washed, in a drawer, and she grabbed a garbage bag and stuffed 'em in MADem Apr 2012 #17

Yeah they've become my lounging shirts now. joshcryer Apr 2012 #18

They'll make great household rags after that! MADem Apr 2012 #21

Snot rags! joshcryer Apr 2012 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author justinemily Feb 2013 #30

Thinking? I'll tell ya' NJCher Mar 2012 #10

Just wow. nt Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #11

Ugh! That is infuriating. Put them *next* to the dumpster. Someone will come along. joshcryer Apr 2012 #19

another person who wears clothes until they're truly worn out tru Apr 2012 #12

I got a big ass tear under my left pocket on the jeans I'm currently wearing. joshcryer Apr 2012 #13

I have shirts I had made in Hong Kong when it was still British. nt MADem Apr 2012 #15

now remembering tru Apr 2012 #20

we've scored some needed furniture dumpster diving and curb shopping fizzgig May 2012 #23

Saw a really nice side table by the garbage next door here, but there's a fence around the property. joshcryer May 2012 #24

i'm really appalled at some of the stuff the kids throw out fizzgig May 2012 #25

my favorite sweater is from the garbage. mopinko May 2012 #26

supply for the need AidynPeter Aug 2012 #27

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