You can post it on Craigslist. Most of the stuff I post for free on Craigslist get picked up pretty quick. If you’re scouring Craigslist for free stuff, you’re probably either someone in need or someone who will resell for cheap to someone in need. Either way it’s a win (the first probably more than the second). I guess you lose the tax deduction, though. If you want that, there’s always Goodwill and the Salvation Army.
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We’ve had good luck posting on buy nothing.
The very rare time I post stuff for sale online that I want gone for free, I ask for some small amount like $10, then when they pick it up I decline payment. I was finding too many flakes who scour the marketplaces for free items as some sort of hobby.
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I don’t like Eartha Kitt’s original “Santa Baby.” But I don’t like any of the covers either. It’s just not a good song imo bro.
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You haven’t seen Carrie Heffernan singing it, in one of my favorite King of Queens episodes, I guess.
Annoyed thoughts, I just caught crap for spending 40 bucks. Followed by a long list of reasons lol. There’s no room in the garage, you don’t need it…seriously? It’s 40 bucks, I was providing notification, not asking permission lol.
Mustve caught them at a bad time.
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Though in fairness it was for 2 non.working Coleman lanterns. And I already have another non functional plus two that work. And I don’t even use them when camping. I just like fixing them.
So yes, you counted correctly. That’s 5.
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We may basically be the same guy. I’m up to four phonographs now, and like nine subwoofers, two of which are parked in the garage. And I still occasionally find myself shopping for more.
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Well, buddy has like another 6 for sale so we’ll see what tomorrow brings.
I like old stuff like that. At one point I was buying old cooey 22 rifles, a Canadian made classic walnut stock rifle from the 60s and 70s. Refinish them, clean them up and get them functional then…well,.keep them. But they’re up to 200 bucks each for low end ones, more than I’m prepared to pay for that.
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More unhappy thoughts than annoyed thoughts, since “annoyed” to me suggests unhappy due to something someone did (or should have done but didn’t). Still, we have this thread.
Until just over a week ago we were expecting 8 out-of-town guests (all relatives) for a few days over Christmas. Then about a week ago the two coming the farthest (from Colorado) caught Covid, putting their attendance in jeopardy, but they would still come if the could consistent with CDC guidelines. Alas, their travel would have been tomorrow, and because they both are still testing positive they aren’t coming. (Perhaps they could fly before testing negative, but without at least one negative test they aren’t going to fly and risk still being positive here.)
In a snowball effect, there’s a good chance none of the guests will come, except our daughter from Boston who is already here.
We weren’t going to do much in the way of preparation anyway. One couple was going to stay at a local motel instead of our house, but all the meals would have been here (with the guests doing the majority of the food preparation). It’s just a shame that we may not see them.
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I dropped it off at a thrift store. Should be mostly the same outcome as craigslist without having to deal with people.
I agree with this approach.
Madonna’s version is the best version IMO, but it’s not like it’s my favorite song or anything.
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My experience has been pretty much the opposite of yours. When I post an item for $5 I get no takers.
I don’t care about $5… I want the item gone. If I post it for free people come and take it away. Yes, some are flakes, but the item goes away.
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I have a cold. This is the first cold I’ve had since 2020, and i remember why i hate getting colds.
I caught it from my husband, and he tested negative for covid twice, so I’m pretty sure it’s not covid. I’ll test before I interact with anyone outside my household, i guess. Anyway, it’s all the upper respiratory badness, plus a headache and chills/hot flashes.
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Sorry to hear that Lucy. Colds suck.
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Much less annoyed: We had learned, even before the Covid news, that 1 couldn’t come after all. Then lost 2 for Covid. And 1 (our daughter) was already here. That leaves 4, and 3 of them will come assume they continue to test negative (primarily a precaution, though 1 was with a group where 2 have since tested positive. But she has tested negative so far and has no symptoms). Leaves 1 with plans uncertain (my sister, mother of the two from Colorado, and no one from her current immediate family will be here. She would have to drive to Phila from Washington DC)
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Mystified thoughts: my spouse has to record a speech of his occasionally. As I’ve figured out, he needs a quiet room to do it. But this is how it plays out:
Me, having no idea it’s that time again: walks downstairs from my office to get a snack. He: about to start recording, in the kitchen. (I am ignorant of this as I enter, but it soon becomes clear.) I go into the kitchen. He rushes impatiently out of the kitchen to the front room, mumbling about giving a speech (this is only the 3rd time so I’m not used to this routine yet), shutting the kitchen door. I walk out of the kitchen back in the direction of upstairs, he rushes impatiently by me again in an irritated way, like why did I come out when I was clearly supposed to stay in the kitchen until he’s done. Of course without saying so. I offer my office for his speech. He thinks it’ll wake up the baby (sleeping in the room next door to the office) and refuses, and rushes in an irritated way downstairs to the basement.
It’s kind of strange, but nowhere in this scenario (that has so far played out twice, I think - there was one other time that he did this where I luckily did not need to go downstairs just as he was starting) does he calmly tell me: “Can you stay in X room for 45 minutes while I record?” Instead he just rushes away from me, muttering about how he needs to record something, and acts impatient with my presence. All this rushing away from me and not saying a straight request is actually more than a little insulting.
What mystifies me is that he’s acting like if he doesn’t get it done in the next 2 minutes something very bad will happen. But he hasn’t really said that so I don’t know if it’s true. And in any case, it seems to be taking him about an hour to do it.
I guess I just have to run away fast if I see him recording in any room in the house, but it would have been nice just to be notified in advance.
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You could buy one of those red On Air sign that lights up when recording that radio stations use. It could be a Christmas present.
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