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Showing Original Post only (View all)Finding clothes in the garbage. [View all]
I related this in another thread but I had to just share it again here. I found a whole bag of almost new or very clean, nice shirts in the garbage the other day. Kept the whole bag. A lot of them are better than the ones I've been wearing for years. (I am kind of a bum I don't buy much new stuff unless my clothes wear down to the point of tears and whatnot.)
The bag was just sitting there, right on top of all the other garbage, I poked it because I saw a shirt with a neat pattern on it, then I tore it open and low and behold, nice, clean smelling shirts!
Just, keep an eye out, is all I can say. I was really shocked with how good the shirts were. From now on I am going to go "dumpster diving" in that vein. You never know.
						
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        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
      
        
        That was my first thought! It was as if they washed them, and then decided to toss them!
        joshcryer
        Mar 2012
        #6
      
        
        The wife tossed her cheating husband out on his ass, maybe, and tossed his clothes in the garbage? n
        MADem
        Apr 2012
        #14
      
        
        Well, I was thinking they were washed, in a drawer, and she grabbed a garbage bag and stuffed 'em in
        MADem
        Apr 2012
        #17
      
        
        Ugh! That is infuriating. Put them *next* to the dumpster. Someone will come along.
        joshcryer
        Apr 2012
        #19
      
        
        I got a big ass tear under my left pocket on the jeans I'm currently wearing.
        joshcryer
        Apr 2012
        #13