Bulky Items Are a Haven for Some People

Several years ago there was a show on HGTV whose title I cannot recall. The basic premise of the program was to take discarded things that people set out on their lawns and re-invent into something completely different. There were two men who would ride through the neighborhood and scour for bulky items that people put out to be picked up by the city. Now they wouldn't keep those items. Within a few days, they would transform these things into works of art or other usable things. Again at night they would quietly place the newly constructed piece and place on the unsuspecting person's porch. Then they would ring the doorbell and quickly run away. It was not their intention to be seen. Soon the homeowner would come to the door shocked at what was done to their bulky items.

Last night my husband and I placed some bulky items on our lawn, for the city to pick up. I'm talking about things like a rusted out barbecue grill, rusty chairs, television, and monitor. You get the idea. No sooner had we closed the garage door that a white pick-up truck parked and began depositing some of these items in their vehicle. As I looked out the window, I yelled down to my husband to tell him to let them take the ladder and sewing machine too. They gladly obliged.

I was elated because although we had some other things that served no purpose for them, we wouldn't have to see our lawn littered with a vast array of unwanted or broken things for more than a day. The scheduled pick-up for the bulky items was supposed to be today, along with our regular trash and recycling pick up. Not a pretty sight for curb appeal.

Now I would like to think that those men from HGTV would have been in my neighborhood to sort through some of our old items and return with something new and improved. But on the other hand, since I'm trying to clear out my house with unnecessary clutter, that wouldn't be such a good idea.

It just goes to show that if you know what you're doing, you might gain a treasure from someone else's trash.



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