I knew two women who were sorta' freegan. One bragged about hitchhiking across the country and only spending about $2.30 for everything on the entire trip. Apparently shrubs on church grounds are good places to crash at night.
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jun 06, 2008 4:11:03 pm PDT #1689 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
§ ita § - Jun 06, 2008 4:14:37 pm PDT #1690 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I've left books and furniture out to be taken, so that's no big deal--but for me the "to be taken" makes a difference, because it's not in with the garbage and the smells and the grossness.
Jessica - Jun 06, 2008 4:24:08 pm PDT #1691 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Yeah, but even without an implied "to be taken," there's a pretty major difference for me between taking a chair out of a dumpster and taking a sandwich. Like the fact that you can clean the chair before you sit on it.
I just got back from a picnic with my office where we drank Pimm's Cups because we are theoretically British and apparently that's what we ought to be drinking. And it's the Queen's birthday on Monday. 2 other co-workers brought their kids, so Dylan had some company, but by the time we got home it was an hour past his bedtime and he was completely zonked. I would have skipped his bath except that he spent the last 20 minutes of the picnic picking all the grapes out of the fruit salad, so he kind of needed one.
aurelia - Jun 06, 2008 4:39:13 pm PDT #1692 of 10003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I've taken furniture from the trash, but never actually out of a dumpster. It's gross enough putting things in a dumpster. I'm not taking anything out.
Kat - Jun 06, 2008 4:44:03 pm PDT #1693 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It's gross enough putting things in a dumpster. I'm not taking anything out.
I agree 100%. And to think of taking something I'm planning on ingesting out takes it to the beyond my comprehension category.
Sue - Jun 06, 2008 5:03:49 pm PDT #1694 of 10003
hip deep in pie
I think that most people who actually dumpster-dive will have some sort of safety rules, like they'll only take packaged things. That article mentioned several people who were taking produce or pre-made sandwiches or things like that, which weirded me out.
There was a news show out of Toronto where one of the reporter's went to a freegan dinner party, and she said she could taste mould in some of the dishes. Gross!
Torque - Jun 06, 2008 5:08:12 pm PDT #1695 of 10003
Bad Wolf
I have beer, but I'm saving it for F2F and wine, but I'm on call... so I supose its moot. Damn what am I gonna do on a friday without booze.
shrift - Jun 06, 2008 5:08:15 pm PDT #1696 of 10003
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
You totally owe me pictures now! Angled bob! Bling! Make it so.
I can post pictures of the angled bob, but I haven't purchased the bling yet!
brenda m - Jun 06, 2008 5:11:57 pm PDT #1697 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
There was a news show out of Toronto where one of the reporter's went to a freegan dinner party, and she said she could taste mould in some of the dishes. Gross!
Not to say that's not gross, but I can taste mold in anything once it pops into my head that there might be. See also: sour milk.
Kat - Jun 06, 2008 5:18:08 pm PDT #1698 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
From an AP story: [link]
The provincial government has estimated about 7,000 of the victims were children with no siblings. The National Population and Family Planning Commission will send a medical team to the quake zone to perform reverse sterilization operations on couples that want to have another child, Xinhua reported.
"The team, comprised of experts on childbearing, will conduct surgery in the quake-hit areas to provide technological support for those wanting to give birth to another," the director of the commission's science and technology bureau, Zhang Shikun, was quoted as saying.
Unforeseen problems with the one child rule!