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WTF did you randomly find today?
« on: August 15, 2020, 10:03:36 PM »
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2020, 01:35:39 AM »
The season is now ended, but it lasted for months. Because of Covid,  many U of I students abandoned their apartments months ago. But some stayed.

So the exodus didn't happen over one week in May + the late July-through-mid August lease expiry period.

In all, I collected about 5 years worth of laundry detergent. Six computers. About a three year supply of black & green teas. Quantifying the food haul is tough, but I think two of us could eat for a month on what I brought home.

But if it's specifically TODAY, the answer is nothing. Yesterday it was four yellow onions and a Totes umbrella.
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2020, 09:12:51 AM »
Quote from: fucking on August 16, 2020, 01:35:39 AM
The season is now ended, but it lasted for months. Because of Covid,  many U of I students abandoned their apartments months ago. But some stayed.

So the exodus didn't happen over one weer in May + the late July-through-mid August lease expiry period.

In all, I collected about 5 years worth of laundry detergent. Six computers. About a three year supply of black & green teas. Quantifying the food haul is tough, but I think two of us could eat for a month on what I brought home.

But if it's specifically TODAY, the answer is nothing. Yesterday it was four yellow onions and a Totes umbrella.

Better watch the onions.  They may have the salmonella!
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2020, 01:09:46 PM »
Quote from: fucking on August 16, 2020, 01:35:39 AM
The season is now ended, but it lasted for months. Because of Covid,  many U of I students abandoned their apartments months ago. But some stayed.

So the exodus didn't happen over one weer in May + the late July-through-mid August lease expiry period.

In all, I collected about 5 years worth of laundry detergent. Six computers. About a three year supply of black & green teas. Quantifying the food haul is tough, but I think two of us could eat for a month on what I brought home.

But if it's specifically TODAY, the answer is nothing. Yesterday it was four yellow onions and a Totes umbrella.
Forgive me, because I'm sure this was answered back on Cesspool 1, but do you set up a black market shop and sell this stuff to new students in the fall or is this just your own stash?
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2020, 01:38:59 PM »
He freecycles what he doesn’t sell to incoming FOB Asian students
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2020, 05:44:19 PM »
I found a lost charging cable in a junk drawer while looking for something else.   
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2020, 08:25:51 PM »
Quote from: illinicalvin on August 16, 2020, 01:09:46 PM
Forgive me, because I'm sure this was answered back on Cesspool 1, but do you set up a black market shop and sell this stuff to new students in the fall or is this just your own stash?

Every year I'll find at least one TS-84 and one iClicker2. I sell them for $40 and $20, respectively, on Craigslist. Here's my current posting: https://chambana.craigslist.org/ele/d/urbana-iclicker-2/7172908139.html

Most of the stuff is cleaned up (wiped or laundered) and boxed up, then taken to one of the local charities (Goodwill, Re-Store, Empty Tomb, Salvation Army until this year when it folded, Salt & Light).

We keep items if they're upgrades. For example, we had a toaster and a toaster oven. Now we have a really nice toaster and toaster oven.

This year, we've given a lot to friends and neighbors having Covid-related hard times. Shampoo, lotion, cleaning products.

We drink the booze.
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2020, 08:33:43 PM »
As I've mentioned, the stuff I find is typically high-end. Poor people can't afford to throw things away. Rich people have nice things.

Thus, the laundry detergent tends to be Tide. The dryer sheets tend to be Bounce. The cleaning products are Lysol rather than a discount brand.

The clothes are new-ish (or in many cases, never worn) and brand-conscious. Lots of wool and expensive winter coats, including furs.

Heather has a $300 pair of Italian hiking boots which had never been used.
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2020, 12:39:35 PM »

Oh for the days of 2-1 ballgames played in under under 2 hours.
RIP Mr. Gibson.
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2020, 01:03:17 PM »
I’d watch more baseball if it wasn’t astoundingly long and boring
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2020, 02:46:38 PM »
On the other hand, I remember a pair of broads agreeing that baseball is the only sport they'll tolerate attending, because there's so much time to chat between occasional moments of action.
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2020, 04:05:40 PM »
As for finding, I continue to go for long walks every day.  And while I mostly spend the time on picking up discarded plastic bottles, I did find small trove on Friday.

It was the three large suitcases that caught my eye initially. Then I spotted grocery bags with visibly unopened lunch meat and cheese. But it was shredded cheese.

Who makes ham and shredded cheese sandwiches?

The full jar of Hellmann's mayonnaise cost someone a minimum of three dollars.
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2020, 10:42:36 PM »
I just finished a ham and aged Swiss sandwich with store brand mayo and brown mustard.
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2020, 11:44:14 PM »
Does anyone here age their own cheese?
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Re: WTF did you randomly find today?
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2020, 08:37:00 AM »
Sometimes it takes 2-3 weeks to eat it all once I get some
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