No architectural salvage places near you? or a local system for exchanging or giving away usable goods? We used one to offload the cooker we inherited here. Sold it for 150€ and gave them the old dishwasher.  Sorted.
Anyone else use 'freegle' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freegle)? You place what you have on there and if someone wants it, they arrange to collect. Quite handy - and you can select/vet who gets the stuff.
I've used freecycle, which is similar. It is a bit hit and miss here though as we don't have a local group and a lot of people don't want to drive 10 miles to collect something even if it's free.
Today's curmudgeonlyness: I dreamt that I was at work and decided that it was time to retire which would give me an extra 5 days a week to sort out my garden. I got really excited making plans for what I would do. Then I woke up and realised that I actually retired 7 years ago. So disappointing!
You have my sympathy, @Allotment Boy. We have a lot of things inherited from both sets of parents which we don't actually need, but need to find a good home for - some lovely china from ma-in-law, far too many books from my dad, odd bits of furniture... we managed to give some to charities before leaving England but we need to find out the best way to carry on the good work here.
"Too many books?" I don't understand. Surely you mean "not enough bookcases"?
Of course this wasn’t the case in your instance, but sadly there are folk who will dump rubbish on charities rather than get rid of it through the proper channels. It makes charity collectors very wary.Â
Also there are legal requirements about the sale of upholstered furniture ... if a charity cannot sell the sofa legally they will not accept it ... it would be counter productive for them to use their charity’s hard earned funds to pay to dispose of it at a tip ... and they would have to pay as charity shops are usually charged as a business.Â
On the other hand some places will accept chairs (if they have a wooden frame) as they can be stripped down and sold on as upholstery projects.Â
I understand what you're saying Dovefromabove, but the 3 piece suite was only a couple of years old and looked brand new. Also had all the safety labels on it. In my mother's situation the collector never said about needing to check, simply started to rip into the bag. Hardly the compassionate attitude you would hope to see in a charity worker. We have never offered anything to that charity since, and never will. There are plenty who appreciate what they get. When my mum died she had a couple of dozen pairs of hardly worn Clarks shoes. Took those to the Sally Ann, who were delighted with them. When I took clothing in a week or so later the lady recognised me and said all the shoes went within about 48 hours. In her words "The word got out very quickly about the quality".
This month’s Gardeners’ World magazine, p. 11, an advert for Hayter ” ... 50 years at the top of it’s game”. Who do they use as copywriters, the work experience boy?
Still chuntering about falling standards of grammar, I got back from Tesco to see this sticker on a packet of potatoes: ”I’m not looking my normal gorgeous self but I still taste great, buy me and support British farmers affected by the floods”. It’s bad enough having Alexa tuning into our conversations so I can certainly do without talking plastic bags. I would also expect Alexa, and Tesco, to know when to use a comma and when to use a full stop.
Sorry about the beds for the twins. My youngest sisters first grandchildren had to be delivered 5 weeks early on Valentines day at Poole hospital, and are currently occupying two prem cots. The mother had pre eclampsia so it was a bit rushed, all are still in the hospital but getting better. My Mum was discharged today from Eye outpatients. They figure that now she can see out of one eye, that will do. If she wants the other cataract doing, she will have to pay privately. She was 87 on Monday.
Thanks @fidgetbones, it's definitely not your sister's fault the prem cots in Poole were full! Glad to hear they'll all getting better. My niece was also booked in to deliver on St Valentines Day in Portsmouth but was told not to go in, they were too busy. It seems to me that maternity services are going from bad to worse these last few years.
That's outrageous too about your mother - I'm so sorry.
Is that really what is being done to our senior citizens when they have two cataracts?!?! Surely better eyesight would help prevent falls and the subsequent complications associated with that.Â
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Today's curmudgeonlyness: I dreamt that I was at work and decided that it was time to retire which would give me an extra 5 days a week to sort out my garden. I got really excited making plans for what I would do. Then I woke up and realised that I actually retired 7 years ago. So disappointing!
I understand what you're saying Dovefromabove, but the 3 piece suite was only a couple of years old and looked brand new. Also had all the safety labels on it. In my mother's situation the collector never said about needing to check, simply started to rip into the bag. Hardly the compassionate attitude you would hope to see in a charity worker. We have never offered anything to that charity since, and never will. There are plenty who appreciate what they get. When my mum died she had a couple of dozen pairs of hardly worn Clarks shoes. Took those to the Sally Ann, who were delighted with them. When I took clothing in a week or so later the lady recognised me and said all the shoes went within about 48 hours. In her words "The word got out very quickly about the quality".
” ... 50 years at the top of it’s game”. Who do they use as copywriters, the work experience boy?
Still chuntering about falling standards of grammar, I got back from Tesco to see this sticker on a packet of potatoes:
”I’m not looking my normal gorgeous self but I still taste great, buy me and support British farmers affected by the floods”.Â
It’s bad enough having Alexa tuning into our conversations so I can certainly do without talking plastic bags. I would also expect Alexa, and Tesco, to know when to use a comma and when to use a full stop.
Thanks @fidgetbones, it's definitely not your sister's fault the prem cots in Poole were full! Glad to hear they'll all getting better. My niece was also booked in to deliver on St Valentines Day in Portsmouth but was told not to go in, they were too busy. It seems to me that maternity services are going from bad to worse these last few years.
That's outrageous too about your mother - I'm so sorry.
Surely better eyesight would help prevent falls and the subsequent complications associated with that.Â