Way to go, msbelle. Out of the landfill and into usefulness. I've got similar things. Though fewer since I had to move. I ended up giving away a lot of stuff before the move just to lighten the load.

Ways that I know I am cheap and a scavenger at heart #37

Mine for today is that there was a box of microwave popcorn in the kitchen that said "Help yourself," so I did! And stashed it in my desk. You never know when you will have a popcorn emergency.

Stove, old minifridge, and some random bits and bobs gone from driveway and garage! WOO.

I also took some books to HAlfPrice books today and got $30!! I was expecting, like, $7!

Ugh - power just went out at the office (laptop is running on battery power, yay) including the A/C *and* my rotating fan. Suddenly it's very warm in here.

On the plus side, I have finally discovered a good Indian place that delivers and am pleasantly full of chana saag and naan.

Insane $45,000 racing bike weighs less than your lunch

What happens when you let a bike builder go nuts to create the lightest road racing bike possible? You get this amazing 6-lb machine build by Fairwheel Bikes in Tuscon and exhibited over the weekend at the Interbike Show.

My bike weighs 43#, a fact I am reminded of every time I carry it up two flights of stairs.

Pepper spray ring will almost definitely be used by accident

This ring hides a secret, and that secret is pepper spray. If someone gets a little too close, simply pull the latch on the side to give them a face full of hot, burning powder. What could possibly go wrong?

The included spray causes "inflammation of the eye capillaries and all other mucous membranes, resulting in immediate temporary visual impairment, difficult breathing, coughing, choking, sneezing, severe burning sensations to the eyes, nose, throat and skin, and nausea, with acute symptoms and discomfort lasting for 45 minutes," which sounds downright delightful. Luckily, a ring isn't something you'd fiddle with while bored or antsy, so there's really almost no chance at all that you will accidentally spray yourself in the face with this while stopped at a red light or something. Nope, no chance at all.

My phone says it's 100° in LA right now. If only it could periodically have been 90° more often during the actual summer, this wouldn't be necessary.

I'm getting a new work laptop this afternoon. I don't want a new laptop. I like my old laptop. Grump.

so there's really almost no chance at all that you will accidentally spray yourself in the face with this while stopped at a red light or something. Nope, no chance at all.

I'd give it a week before I sprayed myself in the face.

That'd totally be my problem with a false tooth filled with cyanide. One crunchy pretzel too many....

Only 100 ita? I feel like I am melting. I usually like all the walking at my job, but today NSM.