Cash Is Literally In the Garbage Waiting to be Picked Up

I love finding stuff in the garbage and near dumpsters. I can feel like a good doobie for helping keep things out of landfills, I can enjoy breaking things down, and I can make cash doing it. I also try to repurpose everything I can get my hands on, if possible.

Finding actual money is a great thing too! Once I found two hundred dollar bills in a parking lot. And I find change all the time. I'm never too proud to pick up a penny.

You had a good day!

A little off the orig. topic but about two years ago I was doing a job at a very large hospital complex. I was at the loading dock when a mortician rolled a recently deceased person down the ramp and loaded him up to go to, I'm guessing, a funeral home. I walked down the ramp and found three $100 dollar bills right where the dead guy was loaded into a minivan for transport. I thought it must've fallen out of the dead guy's belongings, who'd ever know, MY LUCKY DAY! Well, it took me about two minutes of thinking to realize this was not a plausible scenario. There were seven different general contractors working in this complex at the time and I went to every superintendent to tell them that I had found a certain amount of money in certain bills that would be easily recognizable by anyone who lost it. Four hours later I got a call from the supt. from the project I was working on, the guy who lost the money had been working on the same project with me all day long. I returned it to him, he was extremely greatful. Turns out that cash he dropped was to pay a Veterinarian because his dog had the Parvo. I could've walked away with $300, but I felt like I earned a lot more in the Karma dept.

...I can feel like a good doobie for helping keep things out of landfills...

Uh Jill?

<The definition of DOOBIE is "Marijuana cigarette, joint">

I found a Wagner paint sprayer , which i sold for 250.00 the same day. Also have found many gun cabinets, and other odd/end furniture which ive sold on Facebook sale sites. I think the coolest thing i have found would be the vintage lawn mower thing that i have, ( one of the ones that just roll a cylindrical blade) had the blades on it sharpened, i used it over the summer to do small lawns for older folks, who enjoy the nostalgic effects of seeing things they had/used as a kid. I also know a guy that found a dead body while alley cruising... lol

Doobie..funny.

Coolest thing I found doing this..not having to be a part of the rat race. At all. I'm happiest with being my own boss. Nothing is cooler to me then every day when I get up, an loving what I do. Not dreading going into work.

one of the definitions for doobie..from urban dictionary. It made me laugh. "a wonderous smoking utensil in which happiness is acheived through the inhalation of a mysterious and mystical white cloud. " lol.

and one more definition from the same place...An object of great importance to an individual. Can be any prized possesion. Comes from the hebrew word for teddy bear.

An the third one.."A name for a person from or who used to live in Dubai. I love urban dictionary, to funny.

Urban Dictionary: doobie

Then again I'm for legalization. Medicinal and for everyone. Rather be with a bunch of pot heads, then angry drunks. Ha ha!

Sirscrapalot - “‎Some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp and observing as far as my eye can see.” - Thomas Jefferson, yes that one.

Monty.... While that is a commonly known definition, Jilly is using another less known definition. A "good doobie" is a person doing a good deed.

Brandon, I'd be doing the happy dance if I found those survival suitcases! Cool idea, and I love stacking silver. I found two silver dimes in an abandoned lot once and was pretty excited over that.

Rich people have the best garage sales and garbage.

Co. was smarter then rest of the country for once.

So much for me hating on Co, and the Broncos, now I can only hate on the Broncos.

Sirscrapalot - Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it. -Sai Baba

Originally Posted by TheRecycler

Wow, me finding $10 dollars is just the tip of the ice in comparison to you guys. Just last week I picked two speaker boxes from side of the road, unscrewed the speakers and got $30 for them at the pawn shop.

Using the pawn shop is a great idea. I've picked up a few things I could put on CL, but a pawn shop would be faster, and probably less hassle.

What things do you guys bring to pawn shops? I guess I can search for a pawn thread here.