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I tried Freecycle, and I don't like it. Maybe I just had a bad group, but it annoyed me. And I prefer giving things to people I know, anyway.
We have a lot of stuff to get rid of, and I'd prefer to offer it to Jatraqueros first before I donate it or anything.
For instance, baby clothes and blankets we have to excess, a DSL modem that works fine but we aren't using because we have cable, and everything in-between.
If anyone is interested, we could set up a Yahoo group or something to list what we have available. Large items would be on a "you come and get it" basis, smaller on a "you pay shipping" (or if you really need it and I have more spare money than you, I pay shipping) basis.
But if no one is interested, I guess I'll just get the Disabled Veterans to come pick it all up.
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Oh, but that reminds me: if I won't know who you are by your yahoo id, please give me a sn I'll recognize when you sign up. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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What a delight. I know I have a bunch of butter-smooth handcarved maple furniture that's here for the taking. You would need to make or buy cushions for it, though. It was from an antique store, and we loved it, but we don't have room for it. (couch, 2 or 3 chairs, end table, etc.)
I'll get photos to kq later today. And I'll start typing out all the book titles.
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Yeah, I've got to inventory what I've got, too! I know I have a ton of things I will give to a good home, but I don't want to go to complete strangers. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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empty tomb ministeries in Champaign-Urbana, IL (where Tom, Christy and I used to live) also ran a free store. I don't know if they still have that site -- they may just do volunteer dropoffs now.
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"The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbor's glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken. It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship. or else a horror and corruption such as you now meet, if at all, in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or the other of these destinations. It is in light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people..."
ā C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Publishers, 1966), pp. 14-15.
My kind of Christianity. *smile
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What a great quote!! It reminds me of a sort of epiphany I had on day towards the end of my 4 years of college. As I was walking across campus (about a mile walk), I suddenly really looked at the people I was walking past. I saw them all as my brother or sister. I don't quite know how to put it into words, and I've not had the same experience since, but it was a very powerful experience. I was changed in those few moments and I hope never to forget that feeling. It was a glorious peek at the human family.
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Very cool ludosti. I had a moment like that, years ago. Felt like everyone around me was me, but from a slightly different perspective, with just the thinnest of membranes dividing those different perspectives.
I've signed up, by the way, but I'll have to complete the process from home since I can't get to my sakeriver email from work.
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What a great thing Noeman! I like that a lot - seeing myself reflected in different people - what I would be had I experienced their life.
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Cool, we have our first offer! And I've approved all you who signed up while I was napping; I forgot to log into Yahoo when I got back on the computer. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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BTW, I wanted to remind everyone that you can join even if you think you have little or nothing to give away, but are in need and would like to recieve. You'd be making someone's giving possible. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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It may be a good idea to post a reply to our own message when we've succesfully gotten someone to take it.
Or if everyone prefers, you could e-mail me (unless I'm the involved party) and I will delete the item that was listed. What do you guys think?
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I think you should change it so that replies to messages go directly to the poster and not to the whole group.
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I'm going to be the proud recipient of a food dehydrator! I've always wanted one of those, but I could never quite justify spending the money.
Ketchupqueen, I'm not seeing all of the messages on the site--it says that it's displaying all of them, but I'm not seeing my initial response to Boon, which was done on the message board itself (as opposed to subsequent messages, which were sent between our private email accounts. Any idea why that is? Am I just missing something obvious?
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Replies do not show up on the site. If the dehydrator is going to you, I will delete it too (unless anyone objects to this method, in which case you can post a new message saying "food dehydrator has been taken". But that's so much more cumbersome!)
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Hey, I'll be having a garage sale this week, so I'll put all the good stuff that doesn't sell up for Hatracker perusal. Posts: 4816 | Registered: Apr 2003
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I already deleted it, which may be why nothing is showing up about it.
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