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another skip find
« on: August 22, 2012, 05:07:56 am »
Here is another skip find...its a Piquet Tea/Coffee set..from the looks of it,it has never been used,it has very little age to it,but it was a nice find,
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2012, 07:00:30 am »
Explain "Skip" to someone in the Upper Midwest please.
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2012, 07:02:25 am »
Another great find, Wull.
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2012, 10:27:03 am »
love it.
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2012, 10:47:39 am »
Quote from: Rauville on August 22, 2012, 07:00:30 am
Explain "Skip" to someone in the Upper Midwest please.
Upper Midwest???of where...UK?,..Canada?...????.definition of skip....large metal container,with open top,..open skip...but you also get one,s with door...closed skip...to dump rubbish in,
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2012, 11:00:31 am »
Upper midwestern U.S. = dumpster?
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2012, 11:02:58 am »
Haha In upstate (anywhere north of NYC) NY, people go "alley hopping"  Amazing items that are thrown out in trash around here - just sitting out there in the alleys for grabs.  Crazy.
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2012, 11:53:39 am »
In the South it is Dumpster Diving or Trash Day Diving.

This is skip....

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Re: another skip find
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2012, 11:59:13 am »
Hi a friend of mine was convicted for taking a small item from a skip for stealing by finding BE AWARE always ask !!!  these turn up often and are still made , I have seen sets priced from £30 set to £120 !!!
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2012, 12:02:01 pm »
KC - also dumpster diving here too  LOL
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2012, 12:09:57 pm »
Quote from: bbc-antiques.co.uk on August 22, 2012, 11:59:13 am
Hi a friend of mine was convicted for taking a small item from a skip for stealing by finding BE AWARE always ask !!!  these turn up often and are still made , I have seen sets priced from £30 set to £120 !!!
Yes I know,..but in this instance.like the tootsie bottle, i asked the person who was dumping it...before it went into the skip,....but i have in the past had a few near misses...like when i,d asked the council worker...if i could go into the skip to retrieve an item,he said ok.. i went in..then a black bag full of used cat litter,nearly hit me on the head...and an old lady exclaimed..Oh! i,m sorry I did,nt see you in there,
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2012, 12:21:19 pm »
Oh yuck - well just for the record - I don't dumpster dive  LOL  but have driven the alleys on the way to or from work and found all types of neat things.

I posted the told painted platter the other day that my friend had?  She found that in a box in the alley and was going to put it in the yard sale for $1 - just never know.
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2012, 12:22:23 pm »
See Bigwull those damn CATS!!
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2012, 12:30:50 pm »
Quote from: wendy177 on August 22, 2012, 12:22:23 pm
See Bigwull those damn CATS!!
I said to myself..."whats the betting on Wendy picking up on that"....before the night is out... :D
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Re: another skip find
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2012, 12:38:15 pm »
"There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.”
Oscar Wilde
 
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