Comments on: The day I saved Heckboy. http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/ Life is short. But it's also wide. Wed, 22 May 2013 00:50:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Free Comic Book Day. | Surviving and Thriving http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/#comment-35883 It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Free Comic Book Day. | Surviving and Thriving Fri, 03 May 2013 22:03:40 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3276#comment-35883 [...] The day I saved Heckboy [...]

]]> By: Katherine http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/#comment-32857 Katherine Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:47:10 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3276#comment-32857 I think that it’s quite “snobbish” if you DON’T pick something up off the ground. I have cats and we use grocery bags when we scoop poop. Handy little things to keep. My husband swims and brings his swimsuit home in them. I put my shoes in them when I travel, especially my sneakers if I’ve done multiple walking tours around any place that I travel.

Let’s face it, America is spoiled. However, we’re not living in the free wheeling 80′s anymore. The environment should be as much a consideration as our pocketbooks. You never know what you can find……..just don’t carry anything home in your mouth!

]]> By: Found money update: 2012. | Surviving and Thriving http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/#comment-32794 Found money update: 2012. | Surviving and Thriving Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:27:39 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3276#comment-32794 [...] The day I saved Heckboy [...]

]]> By: 5 Ways to Avoid Buying Trashcan Liners | Money Talks News http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/#comment-30042 5 Ways to Avoid Buying Trashcan Liners | Money Talks News Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:51:57 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3276#comment-30042 [...] picked them up while walking home. (Once I also picked up some free ice cream this [...]

]]> By: Donna Freedman http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/#comment-25990 Donna Freedman Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:47:42 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3276#comment-25990 @Vic Pfister: I expect some of the folks selling on Craigslist are “repurposing” items in the way you describe. I once interviewed a guy who obtained “broken” items (leaf blowers, trimmers, lawn mowers, lamps, et al.) from Freecycle and other sources, fixed them up and sold them on Craigslist. That was against the terms of service for Freecycle, but nobody ever called him on it. At least it gave these items more years of useful life vs. their being discarded.

]]> By: vic pfister http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/#comment-25987 vic pfister Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:36:13 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3276#comment-25987 As a delivery driver I was always at dumpster areas, with a truck, returning to the ‘yard’ with items to cart home, usually on top of my car, or asking for a pickup driver for help. My garage is lined with found and repaired metal shelves and rolling carts made into holders for ‘stuff’. My wife’s classrooms have benefited constantly from such items needing only slight repair. Now that I am retired I am learning to restrain myself from collecting and to downsize our junk. If we hurry there may be space and time to make repurposing a hobby.

]]> By: Pat http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/#comment-25925 Pat Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:02:28 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3276#comment-25925 My best scavenger find was ten years ago. Stopped at intersection and spotted next to a dumpster in a parking lot a beautiful, soft yellow brocade wing back chair with curved walnut legs. I did a double take. Called a friend with a pickup who was an hour away. Anxiously waited for him to get there. We threw the chair in the back of the truck and took it home. I was thrilled. We both had to leave right away for an appointment and so quickly placed it in a perfect spot in the living room. When we arrived home a couple hours later, the house reeked of cat urine. It was the chair. Still, I gutted it and had it recovered. It’s still beautiful.

]]> By: Gina http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/#comment-25872 Gina Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:00:48 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3276#comment-25872 My boyfriend was on his way home from school one night recently, and he saw a television sitting on the curb, with a sign that said it was free. He put it in the car, and now we have fairly new 27″ television.

]]> By: Ecoteri http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/#comment-23492 Ecoteri Tue, 14 Aug 2012 06:40:12 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3276#comment-23492 I remember reading this months ago and have come back through a peculiar route – glad to re-read and be reminded of the joys of found stuff. LOVED this post, was so on the “15 minutes receipt” part, and hope you indulged.

In our household, we of no-icecream have been engaging in an amazing icecream cone experience, and I have no shame in saying that I am reveling (pun intended) in the situation. Who knew that a few teeny scoops in a teeny cone could make all in the room relax? Thanks again for your post, it resonated in January and again in August

]]> By: Donna Freedman http://donnafreedman.com/2012/01/17/the-day-i-saved-heckboy/#comment-16156 Donna Freedman Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:19:04 +0000 http://www.donnafreedman.com/?p=3276#comment-16156 @Angie: I pick up paper clips, too. Glad I’m not the only one.
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