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ellenrr

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10. thank you for your suggestions.
Tue Aug 26, 2014, 04:31 AM
Aug 2014

I will check out.
I re-joined Freecycle and now I remember why I had left:
At least in my Freecycle, people give away things like old shoe-laces and used dental floss.

ok, I'm exaggerating, but basically most of the give-aways are as useful as a single sock.
When there is something like a dvd player posted it gets snatched up quickly by people who must spend their days reading freecycle.
You have to really stay on top of it, and go thru a lot of worthless crap.

so it's not for me, but I think it is a good idea, and a way to reduce landfill.

I did get a free lovely floor lap thru a facebook 'swap" which is local. love it. Unfortunately also picked up a little table which I didn't need, but it was free.
That is how I end up so cluttered.

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