Bikes from curbside collection (Perth)

I know some people here might appreciate the tip. Visiting my parents
in Murdoch, it appears that its curbside junk collection time. On
Raffaele Place I saw a couple of bikes left out which seemed to have
all their bits. They were a cheap mountain bike and an early 90s
hybrid style bike. Both seemed to be in adult size.

I didn't stop to inspect them closely so I can't vouch that they
really are rideable, but I guess anyone in the Murdoch vicinity
cruising for free bikes might want to drop in on Raffaele Place this
weekend, and the surrounding streets too I guess.

Travis

Travis wrote in news:cde93e0d-df89-4e1b-81ff-
:

I know some people here might appreciate the tip. Visiting my parents
in Murdoch, it appears that its curbside junk collection time. On
Raffaele Place I saw a couple of bikes left out which seemed to have
all their bits. They were a cheap mountain bike and an early 90s
hybrid style bike. Both seemed to be in adult size.

Probably been and gone by now. I do like the attitude of some of the people
dumping stuff. I've seen stickers on items saying such things as "Works -
just needs plug" or "Handle loose, otherwise fine". Depends on the suburb
though, at either extreme they have the gall to throw out *rubbish*!
Somewhere in the middle you can find the occasional gem.

Not seen a welder yet though (which somebody mentioned on here that they'd
seen one time) I've not done any dedicated searching for yonks though.


--
Graeme

On 2008-08-30, Graeme Dods (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
Probably been and gone by now. I do like the attitude of some of the people
dumping stuff. I've seen stickers on items saying such things as "Works -
just needs plug" or "Handle loose, otherwise fine". Depends on the suburb
though, at either extreme they have the gall to throw out *rubbish*!
Somewhere in the middle you can find the occasional gem.

Not seen a welder yet though (which somebody mentioned on here that they'd
seen one time) I've not done any dedicated searching for yonks though.

Aha, 2 enormous welders at Swinburne just prior to me moving out,
after the truck had already left with my belongings (not that I'd be
able to get the transformers home anyway).

--
TimC
It has been said that physicists stand on one another's shoulders.
If this is the case, then programmers stand on one another's toes,
and software engineers dig each other's graves. -- Unknown

TimC wrote in
:

Not seen a welder yet though (which somebody mentioned on here that
they'd seen one time) I've not done any dedicated searching for yonks
though.

Aha, 2 enormous welders at Swinburne just prior to me moving out,
after the truck had already left with my belongings (not that I'd be
able to get the transformers home anyway).

That was a while back that you mentioned that and I've been looking ever
since. I'll be suing for psychological damage for all the hopes raised and
dashed again, that's if I don't get done for kerb crawling for driving
slowly down residential streets!



--
Graeme

Graeme Dods:

TimC wrote in
:

Not seen a welder yet though (which somebody mentioned on here that
they'd seen one time) I've not done any dedicated searching for yonks
though.

Aha, 2 enormous welders at Swinburne just prior to me moving out,
after the truck had already left with my belongings (not that I'd be
able to get the transformers home anyway).

That was a while back that you mentioned that and I've been looking ever
since. I'll be suing for psychological damage for all the hopes raised and
dashed again, that's if I don't get done for kerb crawling for driving
slowly down residential streets!

Have you tired FreeCycle?
--
Steve = : ^ )

Mr. Terrier:

Graeme Dods:

TimC wrote in
:

Not seen a welder yet though (which somebody mentioned on here that
they'd seen one time) I've not done any dedicated searching for yonks
though.

Aha, 2 enormous welders at Swinburne just prior to me moving out,
after the truck had already left with my belongings (not that I'd be
able to get the transformers home anyway).

That was a while back that you mentioned that and I've been looking ever
since. I'll be suing for psychological damage for all the hopes raised and
dashed again, that's if I don't get done for kerb crawling for driving
slowly down residential streets!

Have you tired FreeCycle?

Take 2: Have you tried Freecycle?
--
Steve = : ^ )

"Mr. Terrier" wrote in
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Graeme Dods:

TimC wrote in
:

Not seen a welder yet though (which somebody mentioned on here that
they'd seen one time) I've not done any dedicated searching for
yonks though.

Aha, 2 enormous welders at Swinburne just prior to me moving out,
after the truck had already left with my belongings (not that I'd be
able to get the transformers home anyway).

That was a while back that you mentioned that and I've been looking
ever since. I'll be suing for psychological damage for all the hopes
raised and dashed again, that's if I don't get done for kerb crawling
for driving slowly down residential streets!

Have you tired FreeCycle?

I subscribed to the local FreeCycle list a few years back until the
signal to noise ratio became far too low. I got fed up with people asking
for stuff (rather than offering it) in such a way as to sound massively
ungrateful before they've even received anything. It may have improved
though so I'll check it out for a while.

--
Graeme

Graeme Dods wrote:
Not seen a welder yet though (which somebody mentioned on here that they'd
seen one time) I've not done any dedicated searching for yonks though.

That would be me - picked up on one of my hard rubbish day jaunts in
Melbourne a couple of years ago:

http://www.otherpower.com/images/sci...freewelder.jpg

My brother has it now, as I already had one just like it.

We don't get hard rubbish day in Canberra, gee I miss it! :-(

BTH

Graeme Dods wrote:
That was a while back that you mentioned that and I've been looking ever
since. I'll be suing for psychological damage for all the hopes raised and
dashed again, that's if I don't get done for kerb crawling for driving
slowly down residential streets!

I got my first welder by putting an ad in the local paper's "Swap
Shop", offering a 486 computer system in exchange (this was around
2001). I'd actually offered it to swap for either a welder or an
extension ladder, and somewhat to my surprise I had 2 people call, one
offering the welder and the other the ladder!

Needless to say, I had to rush about finding the bits for a second
computer system... ;-)


BTH

On 2008-08-31, BT Humble (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
Graeme Dods wrote:
That was a while back that you mentioned that and I've been looking ever
since. I'll be suing for psychological damage for all the hopes raised and
dashed again, that's if I don't get done for kerb crawling for driving
slowly down residential streets!

I got my first welder by putting an ad in the local paper's "Swap
Shop", offering a 486 computer system in exchange (this was around
2001). I'd actually offered it to swap for either a welder or an
extension ladder, and somewhat to my surprise I had 2 people call, one
offering the welder and the other the ladder!

Needless to say, I had to rush about finding the bits for a second
computer system... ;-)

Obviously a 486 overclocked to 600Mhz

So how did you previously acquire the freon cooling system?

--
TimC
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
-- Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the Wall