Analogman Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 We have discussed duZen Buddhist Temple in Ann Arbor, Michigan mpster diving before; one person's garbage is another person's useful stuff, and we are so quick to throw things away. According to Andrew Revkin, a has taken it up as a method of raising money for the temple, and for spiritual reasons- According to Andrew Revkin, a Zen Buddhist Temple in Ann Arbor, Michigan priest at the Ann Arbor temple,explained that Dumpster diving is actually a modern variant of an ancient tradition by which Buddhist Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Yup. That sale is a big event around here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M. (hristine Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I always knew I was a Buddhist in Catholic clothing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ZenLunatic Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Sounds great! Recycle, Reuse, Conserve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 There was a good-sized TV next to our apartment dumpster with a remote and note reading "works" taped to it. We didn't take it because we have no room/use for another TV, but I've retrieved an office chair and a rocking chair from the dumpster. My father once told me that scavenging is an ancient and noble art. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 I know some people who use to make some money selling back textbooks at the end of the semester - by finding them in the various garbage piles that spring up here every May. The university put the brakes on that though - you can't sell textbooks back without a student ID now. It is amazing to me what the kids leave behind on their way out of town. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duck-Billed Catechist Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Your scavenger friends can always sell them on Amazon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 Your scavenger friends can always sell them on Amazon. This was pre-amazon - I am sure someone is doing that now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 we got a lovely sofa with a pull out bed out of the dumpster when I was living in STL - hauled it to Chicago - but it wouldn't fit up the stairs of our apartment building. So, we left it on the sidewalk. It was gone within an hour. Funny thing, a year later when we moving apartments again, we saw that same sofa back on the sidewalk - but totally torn up and a mess. Bummer There have been times in my life that most of my sustenance came from dumpsters - clothes, food, etc......one year, my friends and I even found a Christmas tree (a few days before Xmas) laid out in the trash. We hauled it home and set it up in a brick and decorated it with cans. And that same year, our house got broken into (the only thing of value we had was a TV and it was taken) but they climbed in a window on an old kooshy chair that I am sure was from a dumpster somewhere. We were pissed about being broken into - but we brought the chair into the house and got good use out of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 Due to being somewhat of a germophob, I could never go for such things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 it's amazing what one will do when one is hungry.....though beware of things with mayo in dumpsters. In other words, don't risk it......bad bad things can happen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 it's amazing what one will do when one is hungry.....though beware of things with mayo in dumpsters. In other words, don't risk it......bad bad things can happen. Oh, I have ate out the trash and taken leftover food off of tables in fast food places. That was back in the bad old good old days. I just could not go for someone's couch being in my place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 it's amazing what one will do when they have milk crates for chairs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 it's amazing what one will do when they have milk crates for chairs not bad Plus I don't want to ruin the look of my 25 year old carpet and mattress with a used couch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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