If you put a sign on them that says "free" and put them out on the sidewalk someone will take them.
Doesn't winter seem more like archiving season?
Willow ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 40: Buckle Up, Kids! Daddy's Puttin' the Hammer Down.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Laga - May 19, 2008 10:09:09 am PDT #9696 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Scrappy - May 19, 2008 10:09:42 am PDT #9697 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Have you tried women's shelters, Hil?
Hil R. - May 19, 2008 10:12:06 am PDT #9698 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Leave a bag on the sidewalk? In my neighborhood? Someone would probably think I was planting a bomb. There's a little park nearby where I see homeless people all the time, but none of this stuff would fit any of them.
Dana - May 19, 2008 10:13:01 am PDT #9699 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
List it on craigslist, Hil? Or freecycle?
Sparky1 - May 19, 2008 10:15:38 am PDT #9700 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
Hil, does your neighborhood/building have a listserv? Maybe you can find someone else making a run nearby who would be willing to drop off your stuff. (My neighborhood organizes Toxic Taxis for batteries and lightbulbs, etc.,)
meara - May 19, 2008 10:17:57 am PDT #9701 of 10001
Hmm. I know there's a clothing dropoff bin in Adams Morgan, Hil....I'm sure there's others around, but I'm not sure where.
Connie Neil - May 19, 2008 10:19:10 am PDT #9702 of 10001
brillig
Hello Kitty Sisters of Battle???!!!
Truly, it is the time of the apocalypse.
Some places do have drop boxes, but they're farther out of the way than I like (ie, I'm lazy). The biggest organization has the drop zone behind a fence because people would come in and dig through the donations before the place opened. Granted, some of those people were just looking to score free stuff, but it seems pretty small spirited to stop people who might need it from taking the things that are being donated to the needy.
Hil R. - May 19, 2008 10:19:50 am PDT #9703 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
OK, I found one place that takes donations, after several rounds of websites with "We don't accept clothing donations, but this other place does" messages. I can get there on metro, I think. The Metro webpage says it's .21 miles from the U Street station.
Sean K - May 19, 2008 10:27:52 am PDT #9704 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I love cherry season. I have eaten three pounds of cherries in the last three days. I do believe I'll be turning into a cherry soon.
hippocampus - May 19, 2008 10:40:07 am PDT #9705 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
amych, you about?