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1. I buy a bottle of vitamins, pull out the poof of cotton, and think, "Damn, that's some good tinder right there."

2. I see somebody at work empty out his manual pencil sharpener and say, "Wait, you're throwing out some good tinder!"

3. I sell something on eBay, wrap it in an old USA TODAY before putting it in the Priority Mail box, and think sadly, "I hate to give away this good kindling but I'll be damned if I'm buying bubble-wrap..."
 
MG Saldivar, you're right, we throw away a lot of things that would be good to salvage. This past year, I ordered a set of chess pieces from India; they showed up at my local post office in a hand stitched cotton bag with Indian stamps and lettering on it...It is downright Medieval, I love it, I'm keeping the bag...it's like something from the Silk Road. Sometimes we receive something like this that doesn't look like it is from Mailboxes Etc. I think when we do get something like this that it is valuable and worth treasuring.
 
My Wife threw out some old prescriptions from here pregnancy the other day. Pills down the toilet, bottles in the trash can. I dig threw the trash to retrieve them. Make a good tinder/match case in a pinch:rolleyes:

You're not the only one:o ;) :D
 
tarmix101 said:
My Wife threw out some old prescriptions from here pregnancy the other day. Pills down the toilet, bottles in the trash can. I dig threw the trash to retrieve them. Make a good tinder/match case in a pinch:rolleyes:
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Pfffffff. If you were hard core, you'd dig down the toilet to get the pills, too, to make field mortar.

(And hey, now that I think of it, the toilet's a great source of water, too!)
 
MG_Saldivar said:
1. I buy a bottle of vitamins, pull out the poof of cotton, and think, "Damn, that's some good tinder right there."

2. I see somebody at work empty out his manual pencil sharpener and say, "Wait, you're throwing out some good tinder!"

3. I sell something on eBay, wrap it in an old USA TODAY before putting it in the Priority Mail box, and think sadly, "I hate to give away this good kindling but I'll be damned if I'm buying bubble-wrap..."
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Maybe you just are a pyromaniac!
 
Hey, I allways have my girlfriend handing me the lint out of the dryer, works great for taking a spark.
 
Coldwood said:
Tarmix, I hope your hormones are straight :D
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They will be as soon as I get me meds figured out:D If my Wife would just quit throwng them down the drain.......:mad: I think she is after the $10.00 she will get from my insurance policy;)
 
Coldwood said:
MG Saldivar, you're right, we throw away a lot of things that would be good to salvage. This past year, I ordered a set of chess pieces from India; they showed up at my local post office in a hand stitched cotton bag with Indian stamps and lettering on it...It is downright Medieval, I love it, I'm keeping the bag...it's like something from the Silk Road. Sometimes we receive something like this that doesn't look like it is from Mailboxes Etc. I think when we do get something like this that it is valuable and worth treasuring.
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But Coldwood, did you keep the chess set? :confused:

You reminded me of my less than 2 year old twin granddaughters, who, when given a wrapped present, remove the paper, set the gift aside and play with the paper.:D

Doc
 
Watchful said:
Does she know that, or does she just assume you're really into her lint?
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LMAO!!!

It's funny because I do the same thing. In fact the other day the woman came home with a can of spam. Well they now come with it's own tupperwear type container to put the spam in after opening. Guess what I kept...:D
 
GF1: He's so totally into me.

GF2: How do you know?

GF1: He saves every card and note I ever gave him.

GF2: That's nothing...my guy saves every ticket stub, take out menu, cocktail napkin, or receipt from every date we've been on!

GF3: Sheesh. That's stupid. My boyfriend collects all my dryer lint and partially de-fatted pork fatty tissue cans.

GF1 and GF2: Oooooh... that's love.
 
Buying a product BECAUSE of the cool container ("I could use that for . . . . .").

Asking the clerk where the "Signaling Group" department is.
 
i am always snatching the cloth bags and small plastic (and sometimes metal!!!) containers that interesting foods come in (like pancake mix from the specialty store...)
 
bishop85gt said:
a can of spam. Well they now come with it's own tupperwear type container
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I like Spam (in moderation), but I think it's telling that the manufacturer knows (1) few people can eat a whole Spam in one sitting and (2) their product is so impervious to EVERYTHING that you can simply stick it in a plastic container and keep it indefinitely. :)



Thomas Linton said:
Asking the clerk where the "Signaling Group" department is.
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HAHAHAHAHA!
 
yeah, well for all of you that have a shake up light that doesn't work(like you don't) I found that holds a crap load of stuff.
 
I Have to constantly bite my toungue at work to keep from telling they patients as they empty the lint trap "hey save that its good for fire starting"

(I work in a psych ward)
 
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