Anyone else excited for free crap weekend?

Anyone else excited to see what sort of random stuff with be out this weekend?

WINNIPEG -- Winnipeggers are reminded to take advantage of Winnipeg’s first giveaway weekend this Saturday and Sunday.

Gather up all your unwanted household items, place "FREE" stickers
on each item, and place them at the curb on your front street.

Leftover items must be removed from the curb by dusk on Sunday.

Visit www.winnipeg.ca for more information.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/breakingnews/Get-ready-for-first-ever-giveaway-weekend-61095447.html

ugg.. gonna have to clean all the toys off my front lawn so people dont take them.

Not really excited about this but if it is a success then that is cool.

Hmmmm...can I post on freecycle what I am putting out so that my chances of having everything taken are increased?

Hopefully someone will take the sofa/loveseat.

I was wondering the same thing are all bets off for freecylce this weekend? First come first served?

I'm just going ot put all my crap on my neighbours lawn, that way its his problem to get rid of it at the end of the day.

Well, as the saying goes, one man's trash is, well....still trash.

It would seem the ideas creator's heart is in the right place, but I think this has disaster written all over it. I'm thinking it will give some morons out there an excuse to just take whatever they want out of peoples yards. It's inevitable.

EdWin wrote:It would seem the ideas creator's heart is in the right place, but I think this has disaster written all over it. I'm thinking it will give some morons out there an excuse to just take whatever they want out of peoples yards. It's inevitable.

I guess the cynic in me was thinking the very same thing. I kind of envision a couple of guys in a van ( one of many scenarios ) perusing front yards everywhere and helping themselves to anything that isn't nailed down.

The city has asked that we put "free" stickers on the items we wish to have considered for the program this weekend.

EdWin wrote:It would seem the ideas creator's heart is in the right place, but I think this has disaster written all over it. I'm thinking it will give some morons out there an excuse to just take whatever they want out of peoples yards. It's inevitable.

Theres a yard around the corner form me that has a nice set of moon lights that will look great in my yard. I do need a new BBQ as well.

hahahaha.....I am not as cynical as Edwin.....I just wished i had a car so i could go to the rich neighbourhoods to do some pillaging....hell, we could launch the real Pirate Party!!!! We need that Deathmobile from Animal House....the Lincoln with the suicide doors.

I get the feeling you'd see the most stuff out in front of homes in middle class neighborhoods. That's where I'd be looking. If garbage/recycling quantities ( why I notice this while driving to work is beyond me.. ) is any indication, I think they probably have more "disposable" stuff than some of the more upper crust neighborhoods.

Pack rats are in every hood, every socioeconomic level and are rampant in Winnipeg. This is a bargains galore town....christ, look at all the ticky tacky dollar stores!!! EWWWWW

Miz point wrote:hahahaha.....I am not as cynical as Edwin.....I just wished i had a car so i could go to the rich neighbourhoods to do some pillaging....hell, we could launch the real Pirate Party!!!! We need that Deathmobile from Animal House....the Lincoln with the suicide doors.

I saw one parked on the street a couple of blocks over. If its there tomorrow, does that mean we can take it??

I'm going to Tuxedo to see if anyone leaves a BMW sitting in front of their house!!

ARRRRR.....You are the Secretary of Treasure......

Freeman wrote:I'm going to Tuxedo to see if anyone leaves a BMW sitting in front of their house!!

If that is the case, I will take the red eye flight back to Winnipeg this weekend and fight you and anyone else for that "free" BMW

Miz point wrote:hahahaha.....I am not as cynical as Edwin.....I just wished i had a car so i could go to the rich neighbourhoods to do some pillaging....hell, we could launch the real Pirate Party!!!! We need that Deathmobile from Animal House....the Lincoln with the suicide doors.

I live in south Tuxedo, trust me when I say that most of the people down here hold onto their crap forever, and by the time they do get rid of it, its junk. In the few times I've seen stuff at the side of the road it was nothing more than rubbish. Last month a friend and I stopped at a place down the road that was throwing out a dresser to the curb...it was missing a drawer! When we asked the homeowner if they knew where the drawer was they had no idea. How do you loose a drawer on the way to the road?!

I think most people in my area will just pay someone to haul it out so they can reduce the chance of actually having interactions with anyone else in the neighborhood. Never before have I lived in such a close minded, snobby, unfriendly neighborhood.

...Sorry that turned into a bit of a rant...

a89aries wrote:Never before have I lived in such a close minded, snobby, unfriendly neighborhood.

Ahhhh, so you've met rosen.

EdWin wrote:It would seem the ideas creator's heart is in the right place, but I think this has disaster written all over it. I'm thinking it will give some morons out there an excuse to just take whatever they want out of peoples yards. It's inevitable.

yeah I am moving everything to my back yard for sure, think of it this way.

Guy steals something from your yard, you call the cops, by some miracle they actually catch him.

dude just says, it was out on the curb with a free sticker on it....

@a89airies......all the more reason to stage raids......heheheh......yeah those folks out by Rosen's way....cheap bastards!!! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr

i think i'm going to get my golf clubs out (my crappy ones)...and be ready to defend my junk

I am going to put my junk out there and hopefully some hot chick will happen by and want it....

What happens if no one takes your junk? Do you have to take it back or can we just let it sit for ever.

Deank wrote:I am going to put my junk out there and hopefully some hot chick will happen by and want it....

LOL