Hoarding...not just on TV

cherie1122

Pipney Jane, there is a local Oxfam shop but it doesn't have a car park nearby. Two bags of books are heavy and I was trying to get rid of them without walking a long way

I do know of another charity shop near a car park I use regularly so I'll try there in a few days.

I don't want to bring them back indoors

thriftwizard

Cherie1122, in a car park near us there is an Oxfam book bank; our local Oxfam closed down a couple of years ago but the book bank has carried on & the books collected there get split between branches in towns 5, 9 & 15 miles away. Might it be worth ringing your nearest Oxfam bookshop branch & asking where the nearest bookbank to you is?

ETA on Oxfam's own website: Shop & Donation Point Finder

scaredy_cat

does your local hospital have a library cart or something similar?

cherie1122

I have problems walking very far and car parking at the local hospital is very difficult. I'll try the other charity shop in a couple of days.

I've still got loads of stuff to get rid of so two bags of books in the car boot isn't going to lose me any sleep.

Thanks for the suggestions - you lot are great x

GreyQueen

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

The paper did have a purpose. To wrap the flowers.

So you didn't save it for repurposing, really, did you? You * sort of * stopped the paper from having a purpose and thereby turned it into rubbish.

So next time, could you leave the flowers as they are and let the wrapping have its purpose rather than taking it away and turning it into garbage?

Yeah, the problem was the 7 hour gap between me returning home with the flowers and getting together with SG to hand them over (she being out and about) so I couldn't leave them to wilt and bunged the bunch into a jar of water in their cellophane after taking the paper off, then when she did pop over she was in a tearing hurry and I wasn't quick enough to re-wrap them. Moral is, tell the flowerstall not to use the paper next time.

Never mind- it's in the recycling bin down the road now.

I was rearranging the top shelf of my food cupboard just now, the one which is above head height and found an empty glass jar. It's rather a comely shape and useful size and I can see why I kept it but there's no lid so it's into the recyc bag. I don't have domestic recycling pick ups so add stuff into a cotton bag and take it up the road every few days.

Quick Q; has anyone had experience about putting a No Leaflets (or No Junk Mail) notice on their letter box and did it make the slightest bit of difference? I'm registered with Mailing Preference and don't get much addressed junk but there are usually several takeaway leaflets a week and I'd rather not be dealing with them. Just wondered if it would be whistling in the wind to put a wee notice up.

cherie1122

We've got a sticker on our letter box and it doesn't make much difference.

We still get fast food leaflets and charity bags but we no longer get the catalogues from Betterware etc.

I think a lot of our fast food leaflets get put through the door by people who's first language isn't English so they may not understand what the sign is there for

Buffythedebtslayer

cherie1122 wrote: »

Pipney Jane, there is a local Oxfam shop but it doesn't have a car park nearby. Two bags of books are heavy and I was trying to get rid of them without walking a long way

I do know of another charity shop near a car park I use regularly so I'll try there in a few days.

I don't want to bring them back indoors

How about your Local Library? mine will take book donations.

x

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

I keep a litter bin behind the front door specifically for the purpose of dealing with pizza leaflets, junk mail and envelopes. It means the stuff never gets further than the letterbox if I don't need it.

Gingernutty

I need a skip.

The binmen refused to take one of the bins because it was too heavy and I've also taken apart a wobbly set of shelves and a manky old wardrobe. The pieces are too big to fit in the bin with all the bin bags.

If I just pile up everything in the front room and feed them out 'bag by piece' it'll take weeks.

I need to get on to a skip hire/waste management firm to see about hiring the smallest skip they have - I can find websites but they're all coy about prices....

I'll call them tomorrow about getting a skip next Saturday.

GreyQueen

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

I keep a litter bin behind the front door specifically for the purpose of dealing with pizza leaflets, junk mail and envelopes. It means the stuff never gets further than the letterbox if I don't need it.

Wish I had the space, hun, but my hall is only 75cm wide and has 6 doors opening into it. I am chatelaine of one of the smallest flats in captivity............:rotfl:Even my kitchen bin (a small bucket) is in the living room (kitch opens off the living room btw).

It does make me annoyed because I never ever buy takeouts, so it's a complete waste of everyone's time and resources to market them to me.