by Andrew on August 2, 2016
Often I’ll be driving or riding around and see a television on the side of the road. Almost without fail it has a sign on it stating, “Solid Waste”. I believe this is required by the trash collectors before they are allowed to take something like this. However, this one is a little different: From […]
by Andrew on May 18, 2016
Submitted by my friend, Luke Taylor, a sure sign that winter is over and warmer weather is here to stay. One wonders, were these skis being replaced by newer, better skis? Or were the skis, like the pastime, quickly discarded when it was discovered that cross-country skiing is a lot of work? I’ve done it and […]
by Andrew on May 10, 2016
This picture was sent to me by my nephew’s girlfriend, Emily. Most of my family and many of my friends have heard that I take pictures of free stuff so they’ve begun to take some pictures and send them to me when it strikes their fancy. The dog here is not part of the free […]
by Andrew on April 1, 2016
I see this sort of thing all the time. Usable items set out next to a trash bin. I’ve mentioned it before but it’s the kind of thing where I wonder if the soon-to-be-former owner of these items is just too lazy to put a free sign on it, or even too lazy to lift […]
by Andrew on March 14, 2016
Sunday morning I found myself making an unexpected trip back to the bar which I’d patronized the night before. Not sure how but I’d managed to leave my credit card sitting on the bar when I forgot to sign the slip before leaving. Funny part is, I sat up in bed at 2:00 in the […]
by Andrew on February 15, 2016
You have to wonder about this one. Did someone buy a new futon frame and keep the old mattress? Did they originally put a mattress out, which was subsequently taken by someone in need of a futon mattress but not a frame? Or maybe the deemed the mattress unfit for other humans? If that last is […]
by Andrew on February 1, 2016
This is one of the most enthusiastic “Free” signs I’ve ever seen. What I especially like is the Container Store catalog mixed in with the free magazines. How can you resist?
by Andrew on January 15, 2016
I often wonder what becomes of the couches left on the curbs and in the yards of owners who no longer have a use for them whether due to redecorating or, perhaps, ruination by means too awful to think about. I’ve seen some of these snatched up less than an hour after being set out […]
by Andrew on January 7, 2016
Several years ago while driving down a country road in California I pulled over to take a look at some free stuff on the side of the road. I knew it was free because there was a spray painted piece of plywood the size of a stop sign that said, “FREE”, on a post about […]