My Mum went Shopping and she got....

**scarey55** · 27-07-2009, 05:31 PM

Result !!

**Bren In Pots** · 27-07-2009, 05:41 PM

Congrats on your freebies

Does make you wonder why folks throw away perfectly good stuff.

**NOG** · 27-07-2009, 05:41 PM

I cant beleive what he was throwing out....Mrs Nog said to him he should have put a "take me if you want me sign" and saved on the cost of the skip.

**allotmentlady** · 27-07-2009, 05:46 PM

what a good package! wish i could find some freebies lol

**FionaH** · 27-07-2009, 06:31 PM

nice one!

**jacob marley** · 27-07-2009, 06:33 PM

Originally posted by NOG View Post

Do you remember that game....well Mrs Nog took me to.
.

On the way back we saw a skip and decided to have a nose....owner came out and said we could have whatever we wanted....so my freebies for the day is..

3 free packs of bedding plants
2 scaffold poles
1 water butt with lid
1 teak table
7 teak chairs
roll of chicken wire
pile of wood
pile of plant pots

It sounds like you go shopping in a Tranny van you certainly need one..

..jacob

**Glutton4...** · 27-07-2009, 07:30 PM

Congratulations! Don't ya just lurve freebies?

I helped my Dad take a load of junk to the local recycling centre this afternoon - shame it's not like the old days, I could have filled the trailer up again to take back home LOL

**Hilary B** · 27-07-2009, 08:37 PM

I'm hoping to find some 'drawer fronts', or other remnants of OLD furniture (if it happens to be mahogany, so much the better).
I have a small project making carved name-plates. Mahogany is lovely stuff to carve. Most hardwoods are possible, but mahogany is the best (well sycamore is good too, but less likely to be around).
Oak finishes nice, but a B to work with.....

**matthew2riches** · 28-07-2009, 07:47 AM

I am the tranny van man when it comes to skip diving. I don't care if people call me a pikey! I've had brand new fence posts, plant pots, welded mesh, water barrels, etc.....

My biggest find was a whole roll of blue water pipe for making little hoops for cloches and tunnels.

I reckon I've saved or earned a good �100 on stuff!

**Nicos** · 28-07-2009, 08:34 AM

I'm really chuffed you've managed to 'find' all that stuff!!...well done!

(However- living over here has made me really aware about how much stuff we chuck out in the UK...decent stuff we're just fed up with- not even giving to recycling/charity shops. We really should be ashamed of ourselves

)

**taff** · 28-07-2009, 09:08 AM

Well done you two!

**Pumpkin Becki** · 28-07-2009, 09:12 AM

Teak table and chairs!! Wow - I'm not telling you how much mine cost last year, and they were in the half price sale

You lucky thing Nog.

**NOG** · 28-07-2009, 07:44 PM

Just needs a sand and some teak oil and it will be good as new.

di · 28-07-2009, 11:36 PM

We got a phonecall from a friend a few weeks ago...she had a skip & her neighbour asked how much it cost to hire as he had 100 unbroken patio slabs to get rid off!!!Thankfully,she told them to forget the skip & sent us round instead!

We've managed to totlally path lottie no.1(the path to the chooks that gets treachorous in bad weather)& have several left over!

Tis criminal what some throw away.....but pretty darned handy too!

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