I'm a huge fan of "curb shopping" aka letting someone else's trash be my treasure. I came home from work this morning and saw my neighbors across the street and down one may or may not have bought a new sofa. At any rate their old one was sitting on the curb so I had to go check it out. A dark blue 2 piece sectional, 10' long, the right half is a hide a bed and the left side is like 2 Lazy Boy recliners. Hey! This bad boy is in better condition than the undefined color sofa that was parked in my living room. The seat by the arm has a built in massage which may or may not work, I didn't find the power cables to it. I thought the bed side was heavy until I began hoisting the recliner side into my truck. But the main thing is I upgraded my living room furniture so my old can go curbside. Maybe someone else has one worse than it and they can upgrade! My neighbor lady across the street and up one saw my "new" sofa in the truck and offered to help me unload it and bring it in. She's about my age I reckon and I didn't want to chance her ripping a chitlin so I thanked her and told her I could manage. I'm not quite as dumb as I look but am twice as strong. The only drawback w/ the new sofa is that it is 10' as opposed to my old 7' model. I used to have about 3' on either side to walk around. Now I can only go around one way but I ain't complaining. I've already test napped it and it is comfy! I'll probably try out the hide a bed soon. A few years back my dad, brother and I were up at deer camp moving a bunch of crap and throwing some out. My brother said of me to our dad, "Look at that! Not an ounce of fat on him but as strong as an ox!" (I normally weigh in at about 145 and joke that if I go over a buck 50 it's time for a laxative.)
I didn't have a (clothes) washing machine at least 10 years ago or more. Coming home from work I saw one on the curb. I knocked on the door and asked if it worked. It did and still does. It won't go into the spin cycle unless the door is opened and reclosed but it knocks the skidders out of my skivvies and was free.
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