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IainC
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| JoH wrote: | Ok today has to go down in history as one of the best skipping days I have ever ever, EVER had!
15, yes 15 ex scaffolding planky things
24 paving slabs
2 tractor tyres
2 lorry tyres
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Do you drive a truck to/from the place? if the paving slabs were the normal 3'x2' ones they weight heaps... I mind sticking 6 or 8 in the boot of the discovery and you could see it much lower at the rear (and feel it when driving)... even 24 of the wee thin things would weight a bit I'd guess (pluss all your tyres  ). |
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JamesB
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: my best finds |
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top of my list is chicken wire, yes chicken wire (new) must be 15m of the stuff from the Ellon tip. I also got a stepladder (the guy was just about to chuck it away).
the best skip miss was most of a 100m reel of 2.5mm shielded electric cable, my brother found it but was on foot and it was gone by the time he went back with the car. I cant belive they would chuck it out, must be worth £50!
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JoH
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| IainC wrote: | | JoH wrote: | Ok today has to go down in history as one of the best skipping days I have ever ever, EVER had!
15, yes 15 ex scaffolding planky things
24 paving slabs
2 tractor tyres
2 lorry tyres
I am happier than a pig in the proverbial |
Do you drive a truck to/from the place? if the paving slabs were the normal 3'x2' ones they weight heaps... I mind sticking 6 or 8 in the boot of the discovery and you could see it much lower at the rear (and feel it when driving)... even 24 of the wee thin things would weight a bit I'd guess (pluss all your tyres ). |
No LOL - thats the best bit - they're DELIVERING it here on saturday morning......  |
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IainC
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| Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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| JoH wrote: |
No LOL - thats the best bit - they're DELIVERING it here on saturday morning...... |
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Superb
I take it you somehow managed to wangle that for free as well then?
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Diana
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Skip Finds |
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| Forget-me-Not wrote: | WoW!!!
What a find.
I've managed to get a mpountain bike and a bench for inside my chook area in one weekend recently but now willprobably have a drought for months. 
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How do the chooks like their new mountain bike Beth?
Beardies, don't FOLLOW JoH - there'll be nothing left
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JoH
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| Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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| IainC wrote: | | JoH wrote: |
No LOL - thats the best bit - they're DELIVERING it here on saturday morning...... |
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Superb
I take it you somehow managed to wangle that for free as well then?
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Well for the price of one of my zingy lemon drizzle cakes....
I'm expecting a severe skipping drought now... |
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Maidenstone
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I was down in St Andrews today sorting out my son's flat there (he is away) and took an old bed to the recycling centre there, and a retired man in the car in front was unloading heaps of things. I could see a leather suitcase amongst all the stuff and brazenly asked him if I could have it. He was quite happy to give it to me, even emptied it first of old videos (oh yes ....?!) - but my daughter was HORRIFIED! I've now got 4 old leather suitcases and plan to stack them one on top of the other with stuff in, like you see in the posh mags! I was dying to see what else he had in his car to throw out, but my daughter made me drive off and not be so nosy!
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Maria
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| Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | I was dying to see what else he had in his car to throw out, but my daughter made me drive off and not be so nosy!
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but after the vids....really?? 
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kathyg
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Well I'm after some galvanized pen things to keep my goat in, if anyone sees any in the skips around Stonehaven
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