[Rose Ann Vinci Igoe]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Don’t know where you lived before………but this happens everywhere. Even did it myself many moons ago.

sometimes a neighbor puts something out for trash, that I could use and is in great condition.... they have a sign on it... Free, take it.... but I do knock on the door and ask if they would mind... we all have a laugh and its a win win.. what theeee heck !

[gdennis317]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Frankly I'm sometimes tempted myself with some of the stuff people put out! Often it is put out with the intention of having it taken by someone.

May be harmless but may be looking for Documents with your info on them. Shred !

[CFrance]

Remember Kool cigarettes? They marketed a styrofoam sailboat. I think it was a Snark, 11 feet long. Ours got a hole when a can of paint thinner leaked. We put the whole thing at the end of the driveway and some gentleman was happy to have it.

[LateBoomer]

Originally Posted by gdennis317

May be harmless but may be looking for Documents with your info on them. Shred !

good point

[RICH1]

I live on North side, I have seen two ladies in a white pickup truck pickup trash bags from the new buyers home..., definitely looking and selling confidential info! Shred it and forget it...

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by RICH1

I live on North side, I have seen two ladies in a white pickup truck pickup trash bags from the new buyers home..., definitely looking and selling confidential info! Shred it and forget it...

But, how do you know this so definitely stated?

[Topspinmo]

Seen brand new barbecue grill put out and what looked like one time used pressure washer which probably just had clogged jet in carburetor. Like dummy I didn’t get them, now I could use new barbecue grill and gas pressure washer. . I’m always on the lookout for big pots

[Velvet]

In my city up north, dumpster diving is illegal if the garbage is on private property. You can put out a note on items available for taking though.

[Djean1981]

This is routine in South Texas. A lot of usable items are discarded.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by LateBoomer

in an upper middle-class, but gated community. before then in a middle class ungated. before that upper middle ungated. we're going back 20 years now

never have seen this.

gates may have something to do with .

but i've never been in an area as big as this and as wealthy as this either

Wealthy? Heh. Your idea of wealth and mine are clearly miles apart. Especially since you claim to have lived in a gated upper middle-class community at some point prior to the Villages.

I grew up in a brand spanking new middle-class suburban neighborhood development in northwestern New Haven County, Connecticut. Back in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. If we put items out (as opposed to trashbags filled with actual trash), there'd usually be someone checking to see if the items were interesting enough to take. Sometimes someone would be building a treehouse for their kid and see just the perfect bit of leftover roofing material from a homeowner's roofing job, and bundle up the pile and toss it in their Bonneville.

The only difference I see here in my Villages neighborhood, is that it happens more often. I'm fine with it though. One man's trash is another man's treasure, and all that. I've salvaged quite a few items from neighbors who just couldn't be bothered bringing things to the thrift store or call someone to pick it up, or put it on sale somewhere. I mostly repurpose them - strip the wood, sand it, and paint or stain it, depending on what it is and what I want to use it for.

[Cobh521]

I would just advise that you shred any identifying information from the mail, bills, etc. They may be looking to compromise your identity. I have had mine stolen 3 times since I moved to The Villages. Now everything is shredded and my credit accounts are frozen so no one can open a new account.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Velvet

In my city up north, dumpster diving is illegal if the garbage is on private property. You can put out a note on items available for taking though.

So you had dumpster in you’re front yard?

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

So you had dumpster in you’re front yard?

What do you think? Garbage rummaging is called “dumpster diving” legally.

[Penglobal]

This thread is proof that we as American's, even us older and supposedly wiser group, just throw away way too much.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Rose Ann Vinci Igoe

. I put it out a day early to see if someone is interested. Usually its gone fast. Nothing goes to waste., some ones trash is some ones treasure. I seriously have no problem with it.

That must help your neighborhood's "ambiance." A neighbor had 2 (obviously) replaced toilets in the driveway for 2 days. Fortunately the Charmin Bears (of toilet "tissue" fame) weren't roaming the neighborhood.