Hard Rubbish - What have you found?

[Ringo]

Hard Rubbish Stories - One mans trash is another man treasure.

This thread is inspired by another FF member who has just got a job picking up hard rubbish. What a cool job.

What bloke can't go past a pile of crap without some sort of look see, right?

Its like chicks and shoe stores....a bloke just has to look....just to see what's there.

A few year back my wife an I had just bought our house and had no money. Hard rubbish collection happened in our suburb about a fortnight after we moved in. We collected a old n crappy lounge from down the street which did us wonderfully for 2 years. When we asked the owner of the house if we could take it and she said "Go for it....and if you want it you can have this stuff as well". She gave us 3 little cabinets and a tall boy...woo hoo....

We also came across and old dresser in the next suburb I spotted as we were driving by. We used as a kitchen bench and storage unit (those big drawers swallowed a heaps of kitchen utensils). 12 months later we put in on E-bay with no reserve and ended up getting $78 for it.

I also came across the greatest little shoe shine box. I'm sure it was a kids woodworking project but I'd give him an 'A' - its a ripper. The lid flips up and all. Best bit was when I opened it up it was full of shoe polish already !!

I have put some stuff out over the years and I swear half of it disappears before the council comes and picks it up. I spotted a bloke last year with his tandem axle trailer piled high wood off cuts. I asked him what it was all about he said he was collecting fire wood...I thought that was a brilliant idea!

What stories can you share about your hard rubbish adventures ?

What have you put out on the nature strip only to have it disappear an hour later?

What have you found?