Freecycle

I read in my "Real Simple" magazine about a service called "Free Cycle". It's basically like Craigslist without the money. The point is recycling/keeping stuff out of landfills/saving the earth and all that jazz. I was intrigued enough to look it up online mainly to snoop and see what kind of stuff was coming and going for "free". But once online I discovered you just can't "snoop" you have to sign up with an e-mail address. So I did. And let me tell you, it's been SOOO strange.

First of all I signed up about 5 days ago, and I kid you not, approximately 123 different e-mails have come. Apparently this is serious business. After the first day I said to myself "forget this! What is up with 23 e-mails coming in 3 hours?" Although I will admit it is fun to open your e-mail and see "23 new e-mails!" But then you open it and see they're all from Free Cycle. Truthfully I was all ready to cancel my subscription, but the voyeur in me can't stop checking to see what crazy thing is being "offered" next.

Here is a sampling:

WANTED: acoustic guitar

WANTED: doilies, lace dresser scarves

OFFER: parakeets and accessories

WANTED: blue or yellow table cloths, any size

and occasionally there's one like this:

TAKEN:easy listening cassette tapes.

I was really bummed when I saw those tapes had been taken, I was secretly dreaming of them.

As you can see, despite the whole "save the world" thing, there are lots more people who "WANT" than "OFFER".

So while we're on this topic, here's my chance to "OFFER" a few things and save the world in the process:

OFFER: endless supply of stinky diapers

OFFER: pile of "who knows what" that keeps mysteriously appearing on my sewing table

OFFER: approximatly 47 socks with no partners

OFFER: mostly eaten bag of M&M's

If you are interested please send me an e-mail.

Warning, these items are on a "first come first serve" basis. Act NOW!

1 Comment

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OOO! A bag of mostly eaten m&m's? How did you manage that? I can never keep my m&m's to myself.They are always being pilfered and end up all gone!
And while I'm at it...what is up with all those single socks?! I just got rid of everyones, got new ones in hopes of having pairs and enough for everyone. But, what should happen after the first wash? They are single-again! I wonder if my washer is like a divorce machine...Hahaha! I feel your pain-and annoiance!

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