Post something good that happened today, Parts Two

[Genesis]

My employers didn't sack me. I honestly thought they would even though it would have been very unfair.

Why would they do that to you?

Since I broke my arm there, they've had someone else do my job. I thought they'd be happy with them and not need me anymore. But I guess I was wrong. Which is good for me.

Oh

[odeon]

Emailed the post office Saturday about their lame excuses for not delivering a package that was supposedly going to be delivered then. Today a lady called me, apologising and asking if they could somehow make it up to me.

[Gopher Gary]

Emailed the post office Saturday about their lame excuses for not delivering a package that was supposedly going to be delivered then. Today a lady called me, apologising and asking if they could somehow make it up to me.

I've never heard of such a thing. I would have been totally caught in their headlights on that.  Did you suggest a reparation? 

[renaeden]

I would have asked for some stamps. 

[Gopher Gary]

I might have asked for a large statue of myself in the parking lot. 

[Fun With Matches]

Emailed the post office Saturday about their lame excuses for not delivering a package that was supposedly going to be delivered then. Today a lady called me, apologising and asking if they could somehow make it up to me.

You might be able to get a voucher. Since they used to do that for lost post, it might work for that.

[odeon]

Emailed the post office Saturday about their lame excuses for not delivering a package that was supposedly going to be delivered then. Today a lady called me, apologising and asking if they could somehow make it up to me.

I've never heard of such a thing. I would have been totally caught in their headlights on that.  Did you suggest a reparation? 

I told her it's fine, I just want them to have a word with the culprits, maybe teach them how to read maps and shit. They don't have the funding so this will continue to happen.

[odeon]

I would have asked for some stamps. 

I'd then have stamps until the end of time.

[odeon]

I might have asked for a large statue of myself in the parking lot. 

This I have to admit I did not do. A giant gopher statue would be brilliant.

[Icequeen]

Fixed mower #1...a recent trash picked rear wheel drive self-propelled Troy Bilt monster with no compression.

Head gasket, oil change, carb cleaned.

...on to the next.

We picked up a bunch of them recently, they are lined up two rows deep under the carport.

[DirtDawg]

^ Awesome. I love being able to refurb garbage and make it usable again.

Do you "re-home" these for some cash or are you going to use it up yourself.
I've done it both ways with my speaker stuff.
Finding anything worth a plug nickel on the side of the road these days is rare.

I am usually OK with finding cut down trees and grabbing some free firewood. Plenty of that, but not much else around here.

[Icequeen]

^ Awesome. I love being able to refurb garbage and make it usable again.

Do you "re-home" these for some cash or are you going to use it up yourself.
I've done it both ways with my speaker stuff.
Finding anything worth a plug nickel on the side of the road these days is rare.

I am usually OK with finding cut down trees and grabbing some free firewood. Plenty of that, but not much else around here.

Husband cuts grass over bar/friends...probably having him take this one to park wherever he wants. Don't like him loading...unloading them by himself...some of those self propelled aren't too light anymore.

$100 flip if I sold it. Two just like it online now at $150-100...I'll probably flip a couple though. I've got 4 Shark vacuums and one Kirby sitting too. Shark vacuums retail for $125-200+ depending on model now. They're flipping for $50+...I'm happy to shove them out the door for less depending on how much time it takes me to clean and go over them....3 like new gas blowers I need to tune up for fall laying around next to a decent little snowblower too. 

You have to dig deep these days, but the money is still there. People are unbelievably wasteful, even now...and hate to say it...a lot of foreclosures/evictions still happening around here. The scavenger life is somewhat depressing at times, but vultures need to eat too, and I try to give back as much as I can.

 

[DirtDawg]

 

Great going.

I see some value sometimes, but I am always in the middle of something and seldom have the time to stop. I would need to make scrounging more of a priority and just take off into the right neighborhoods AND get there first.
There is quite a bit of scavenging competition.

We have a huge Mexican or South Of The Border-ites population living here these days and those folk are generally damn good scroungers! In some cases that is a major part of their income, fixing things to buy, sell or trade with.

It is difficult to compete with those guys doing this as a job to support a family.

[odeon]

A fabulous burger happened.

[rock hound]

I survived a work night at walmart.............and I don't even get a fucking t-shirt to show for it!  <harumph>