urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:adelaide_diver adelaide_diver adelaide_diver 2005-11-04T17:42:17Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:adelaide_diver:2223 2005-11-04T13:58:57Z 2005-11-04T17:42:17Z midnight insect noises this weeks inventory of dived goods....<br /><br />by far the best scores yet, or maybe it just always keeps getting better? i dont know, all i now is im amazed...what cool shit!<br /><br />some retro chairs<br /><img src="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/adelaide_diver/retrochairs.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />some very cool retro cinema style tv chairs<br /><img src="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/adelaide_diver/awesomeretrochairs.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br /><img src="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/adelaide_diver/awesoemretrochair23.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />a side desk and drawer furniture piece<br /><img src="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/adelaide_diver/drawers.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />spice rack, (i had to add the spices ofcourse)<br /><img src="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/adelaide_diver/spicerack.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />a very nice riding racing bike<br /><img src="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/adelaide_diver/bike.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:adelaide_diver:1542 2005-10-25T16:40:24Z 2005-11-02T17:09:33Z I went out for a drive and on the way home a house down my street had thrown out some hard rubbish to be collected by the council bin guys from off their front lawn, among the bric and brac was a 60cm tellevision that still works!, wow, and just after i rescued it, it started rainging heavily and would have been ruined for sure....i cant believe it, i got almost all channels to work on it too..<img src="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/adelaide_diver/tv.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /><br />Also on the list so far of diving for this week has been a tape deck and kick ass equalizer that works!<br />also a weeks worth of bread, tons of kitchen glasses and flower vases,some retro chairs <img src="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d98/adelaide_diver/retrochairs.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br />tons of shoes all in good condition, and a few kids toys :P<br /><br />every week there has been something interesting, just when you think people wouldnt possibly throw things out if they were working, you get home, plug it in, and yep, you guessed it, most of the stuff still works! so dont worry if your not sure if the stuff your recycling doesnt work, just ttry it anyway, you might be surprised, heck i know i am. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:adelaide_diver:1361 2005-10-20T16:40:59Z 2005-10-20T16:40:59Z <a href="http://www.foodnotbombs.net/asia.html">http://www.foodnotbombs.net/asia.html</a> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:adelaide_diver:1043 2005-10-20T16:21:30Z 2005-10-20T16:21:30Z dive list 21st oct 2005:<br /><br />3 boxes of unopened orange chocolate.<br />a set of perfect 4 diner plates blue and white very nice.<br />a 10 cup,iron mug tree that looks awesome in the kitchen.<br />a pair of original addidas shoes that just happen to be my wifes shoe size.<br />halz dozen belts, leather mostly i think.<br />2 file cabinet throw outside a chemist.<br /><br />not bad for 20 minutes worth of work... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:adelaide_diver:875 2005-10-20T05:53:16Z 2005-10-20T05:53:16Z 19th October 2005 dive haul:<br /><br />One working wet and dry vaccum. Cool stuff, we needed a new vaccuum too :P<br />One metal housing frame (to make another rat cage out of hehe) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:adelaide_diver:683 2005-10-19T19:14:32Z 2005-10-19T19:14:32Z Over the last week, ive sourced out a local dive spot for food items like <br />gourmet bread,guormet sweets and a few smal household hard items but out of the <br />lot of them, the gourmet sweet rolls would have to be the winner so far...you <br />guys would not believe how good they taste.<br><br>they were in sealed plastic, <br />in another bag before tossed intop of the bin, what a waste...i couldnt believe <br />it...over half a dozen of them in one week so far, retailing at the gourmet shop <br />that throws them out for $5 each. <br><br>Ofcourse everything gets checked for <br />mold and cleanliness before packaging and storing and eating...and to be <br />honest...most things i have found so far have been just as fresh as most store <br />bought veg and bread and its making me mad to see what actually gets thrown out <br />in this crazy world of ours.<br><br>im facing a problem however,<br>there is too <br />much of it, im trying to give it away and do something with it, me and my family <br />cant eat it all...so im asking for suggestions...surplus food items that need to <br />be eaten within 5 days of finding them, like bread for example...when i find 50 <br />gourmet loaves of this...what would you do with them after taking a few yourself <br />ofcourse...????