A few weeks ago, a friend who is redoing a cottage style house, asked me to go with her to see what I thought of it.. While there I commented on a beautiful pair of French doors and windows that matched. She said she was going to throw them in the dump....I grabbed them up. They are in perfect condition--even the putty/glazing is not damaged.. They have brass hinges and knobs and are beautiful.
Then last week my son in law, calls and asks if I need some chain link fencing..Oh course I said yes, He brings me about 1000ft of chain link fencing, some posts, several gates, and hardware cloth.. There is a house that has been vacant for a long while and it was going to be torn down--and he was told he could have anything that was left in the house or on the property... So today he brings 6 shelving units 8' long 2'wide and 6' tall. solid wood, bolted together.. Where I will put them I have no idea but even dh was a happy camper..
Dixiedoodle
I thought I was good but . . . You even have other people doing your scrounging for you 
as if I didn't know. She said she did a lot in her younger days but hadn't done any for 15-20 years. Of course I had to ask, " Do you still have your equipment?" She did give most of it away some years back but she still had some jars in the basement. 42 pint jars to be exact. Guess where they are now? 
