I moved out of my family’s house when I was 15. One of the first places I lived was what anyone would call a “hippie house”. Lots of pretty cool people lived there and we had dinner family style most of the time. We all took turns grocery shopping. Well, until it was my turn that is. The shopping list I was given included “cheese”, and I brought back Velveeta. That night I got a 3 hour lecture on cheese.
The other thing this group of hippies did was dumpster dive. Our living room floor was carpeted with sample blocks from a carpet store dumpster, all pieced together. It was pretty psychedelic!
I met a lot of people who dumpster dived (dove?) back then and a few when I first moved to Nashville. I was delighted when I found dumpster diving on You Tube.
My favourite diver there is a woman who gets so excited about everything she finds. She also gets pretty pissed when she finds things like a trash bin of Ugg shoes that have been spray painted because the store didn’t want anyone to get any of them. Why? They couldn’t donate them?
Or when a store will throw out food but destroy it. Like pet food stores that throw away food that has not been recalled and is still within the sell by date, but they slice open the bags so no one can have them.
This dumpster diver has yard sales every Saturday where everything is free. She also knows all the places in her town that offer community services. When she finds packs of unopened diapers, she donates them to a group that helps young mothers.
I don’t know how to embed shorts from You Tube but click on these and you’ll see what she does, they are all less than 2 minutes.
youtube.com/… xmas stuff
youtube.com/… she gets so excited
youtube.com/… American flags are not supposed to be in dumpsters and boy does she get pissed when she finds one. She gives them to the VFW and Boy Scouts.
youtube.com/… pet stuff — she donates to shelters
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