We had a boat given away yesterday. I'd say there's about one a month. I just got a sweet, brand new bike seat. At least it looks brand new. Woo hoo!
On 7/5/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > People really do ask for some dumb stuff. > > Wanted: boat > > I'm just sayin... a boat? Me too. I think I'll ask for a free cruise to > Acapulco while I'm at it. > > > Matthew Small > Web Developer > American City Business Journals > 704-973-1045 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 1:48 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: thank you freecycle! > > People get mad at me when they ask for silly things like an orange > peeler (those pencil looking things), and I send them to eBay where they > can buy a pack of 10 for 38 cents. I got a similar response: "I can't > afford THAT, that why I am asking for one for free!". > > 38 cents? please! And shipping was less than a buck, too. > > Deanna Schneider wrote: > > I'm a mod on our freecycle group, too. We've got about 3500 members > > and get between 100 and 300 messages a day. It's interesting to see > > what gets everyone's undies in a bunch around here. Man, some people > > are uptight! > > > > But, mostly it's a pretty easy job. I don't want to be promoted to > > owner, though. I'm not as...um....diplomatic as I would need to be to > > be an owner. I've already thoroughly pissed one person off for > > reminding her not to reply to the whole list. Apparently, I was > > completely degrading by saying, "Please remember to reply only to the > > poster, and not to the whole list." (Of course she would NEVER do it > > on PURPOSE what kind of IDIOT do I think she is?) > > > > > > On 7/2/05, Erika L Walker-Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>W00t! Way to go! > >>So - since I joined our local county group - I was ask to help moderate > >>for a while - and now I've been promoted to owner! W00t! > >> > >>We've got around 650 members too. Freecycle is awesome! > >> > >>No more feeling guilty about throwing things out too... When I cleaned > >>recently I got rid of a bunch of stuff I just really didn't need AND I > >>found new homes for our old cell phones. > >> > >>Cheers, > >>Erika > >> > >>##| -----Original Message----- > >>##| From: Ray Champagne > >>##| > >>##| Sweet, just picked me up a snowblower! No more > >>##| backbreaking shoveling > >>##| this winter. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162846 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
