dumpster diving

[esoter1c]

for those of you who live in vancouver/surrey.....

i am curious to know who has illegally dumpster dived.

the poll is anonymous, answer honestly

ps: How to Dumpster Dive - wikiHow

[Ms.Tarantula]

I just cringed and my spine curved into a question mark.

[esoter1c]

Originally Posted by Ms.Tarantula

I just cringed and my spine curved into a question mark.

That's perfect posture for diving, sometimes theres 1/2 pax of smokes in there ya know. ;)

[Wood]

i got to try my hand at it when my gf thought she threw her phone out with the garbage. this was at her work @ plenty on robson which shares the disgusting dumpster cluster with the 24 hr mcd's on thurlow.

i didn't get all the way in there tho, i took a few reaches and decided i'd rather buy her a new phone than go there.

i see lots of real pros from my apartment window though, bute & nelson seems to be some kind of mecca for dumpster divers.

[Ms.Tarantula]

Originally Posted by esoter1c

That's perfect posture for diving, sometimes theres 1/2 pax of smokes in there ya know. ;)

eww. if im ever that hurting remind me that it's time to kill myself.

[Goodfellow]

when i was younger workin at a restaurant i dumped garbage and the same guy would be chillin in there diving haha awkward!

[crookedking]

i've always wondered if i was to put together a team of dedicated dumpster divers (would probably call the company "triple d and sons"...the funny part is i don't have any kids) would it be worth it? people must throw out valuable stuff all the Time.

[lildonkey]

Originally Posted by Ms.Tarantula

eww. if im ever that hurting remind me that it's time to kill myself.

*trying to not make a comment about your avatar*

[Ms.Tarantula]

Originally Posted by crookedking

i've always wondered if i was to put together a team of dedicated dumpster divers (would probably call the company "triple d and sons"...the funny part is i don't have any kids) would it be worth it? people must throw out valuable stuff all the Time.

people DO throw out valuable shit all the time. There's a lot of people that buy clothes wear them once or twice and then just throw them out!!

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by Ms.Tarantula

people DO throw out valuable shit all the time. There's a lot of people that buy clothes wear them once or twice and then just throw them out!!

i was thinking of things other than clothing. like scrap metal or personal banking information.

[Wood]

just last week as i was swimming in my pool, i watched a team of 'em salvage an entire bed from one of the back alley dumpsters.

[NinjaBoy]

Years ago when I worked at a furniture wharehouse, we were throwing chairs and sofas in a dumpster. Halfway through some guy crawled out screaming at us to stop.

It was kind of odd.

[ebbomega]

Best place in town used to be that commercial/tech district around BCIT.... These days I have no clue. Haven't been to a 2600 meeting in years. I think I tried to go a couple years back and it didn't even look like it was happening...

[Webber]

I'm not that poor yet

[ebbomega]

Not the only reason people dumpster dive

[crookedking]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

Years ago when I worked at a furniture wharehouse, we were throwing chairs and sofas in a dumpster. Halfway through some guy crawled out screaming at us to stop.

It was kind of odd.

every so often i come across a post that makes me laugh.

this is one of them.

i keep picturing some dirtay bum with a hurt look on his face as he crawls out.

[esoter1c]

Medieval crucifix found in Austrian rubbish skip



An 800-year old crucifix made from gilded copper sheet and enamel, possibly worth around 400,000...


Thu Aug 16, 11:27 AM ET

VIENNA (Reuters) - An 800-year-old, gold-plated crucifix that went missing after being seized by the Nazis has been found in a rubbish skip in Austria, police said.

The crucifix, made of copper and enamel, was crafted in Limoges, France, and was part of a Polish art collection brought to Austria during Nazi rule, Josef Holzberger, police spokesman in Salzburg, said on Thursday.
It was found in 2004 in the lakeside winter resort of Zell am See by a woman combing through a skip filled with the discarded possessions of a neighbor who had just died.
"The lady had a soft spot for old crockery and was rummaging for plates when she found the crucifix," said Holzberger. "She asked the deceased's family, and they said she could have it."
Last month the woman showed the crucifix to a friend who realized it might be something special and took it to a museum.
In the run-up to World War Two, the owners of the crucifix had hid it and other treasures by walling them inside the basement of a house in Warsaw.
They were discovered by the Nazis in 1941, brought to the Polish National Museum and later transferred to a castle in the Austrian village of Bruck an der Grossglocknerstrasse, near Zell am See, police said.
"We lost track of what happened then -- we don't know how the crucifix ended up in Zell am See," Holzberger said.
The crucifix might be worth up to 400,000 euros ($539,000) at auction. Poland's culture ministry has contacted the London-based Commission for Looted Art in Europe, which represents the heirs of former art collectors, Holzberger said.



/What'd you say you wanted to call that co. Crooked ? :P

[Speechless]

A Vancouver bum would sell you one of those for 30 bucks.
*Looks at new iPod*

[neoh]

i used to dupster dive the old VTECH building in Richmond for various phone equipment, BCTEL, Futureshop, etc. I managed to get a working linesmen handset our of a BCTEL

[Rayeine]

I do for record crates sometimes....
first time I did it though I walked on to the bus with about 4, the driver didn't even ask...
All i get from him now is "working on another project now are we?"
If i see something that has possibility, i shall take it from your garbage...or dive for it..
All in the name of art man...
it's a beautiful thing.

[crookedking]

[quote=esoter1c;1910806/What'd you say you wanted to call that co. Crooked ? :P[/QUOTE]

i think a name change is in order.

maybe something like....nazi treasure hunters!

we'd probably be able to make a tv show for the space channel too!

[Bevvy Swift]

Originally Posted by Ms.Tarantula

eww. if im ever that hurting remind me that it's time to kill myself.

or at least time to quit smoking