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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 14 Feb 2022 22:33
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Here’s just one of a few of my finds:

My kid’s school put a bunch of old tables in a dumpster. I noticed that they were all doubled 3/4 plywood tops under the laminate. Asked if I could take them and pulled as many as i could out. Used them up in an old shed at the lake.

paulz
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# Posted: 25 Mar 2022 11:19
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Must be old propane appliance giveaway week. My neighbor at the cabin gave me 3 old patio heaters. Two are the regular tall cheapos but this one is interesting, I am going to try and get it working.

Then, got back to the city house and my neighbor there offers me this propane fire pit thingy, says it needs a new hose. Looks like it might be a nice addition to the deck.
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paulz
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# Posted: 27 Mar 2022 09:24
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Well this one works.

Smores time..
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darz5150
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# Posted: 27 Mar 2022 10:45
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👍
Another success!
How much is propane out there?

paulz
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# Posted: 27 Mar 2022 11:48
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I filled all my tanks before winter, I think it was about 4 bucks. About to be on for a rude awakening I fear. Exchange tanks were 20.

darz5150
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# Posted: 16 Oct 2022 13:11
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I went to the local brush dump and there was a big pile of used landscape timbers. Grabbed a bunch of them just because they were free.
I stacked them up. Then figure I would stack them creatively. Ended up making a fence row.
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paulz
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# Posted: 16 Oct 2022 13:15
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Sweet! That reminds me, need to score some railroad ties...

darz5150
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# Posted: 22 Oct 2022 18:01
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Stopped at a yard sale today. Got a Wagner Paint crew sprayer. It's got a 2 gallon reservoir, 35 foot hose and was used 3 times. Plugged it in and ran some water through it. Seemed to work fine. Got it for $10 bucks. Looked it up on Amazon. $224 bucks.
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darz5150
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# Posted: 22 Oct 2022 20:57
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Last week I got a tiller for $25 and 2 metal gas cans for $5.
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paulz
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# Posted: 22 Oct 2022 22:09
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You're on a roll! Those front tillers are hard work. Paint sprayer is the score. My pal just got a quote to paint his two story house, $26K!

darz5150
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# Posted: 24 Feb 2023 18:50 - Edited by: darz5150
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Was talking with my daughter today. She just bought a house last year. It has a backyard pool and deck and wanted to get rid of a shed with a bunch of old tools on it/in it. She says it's a bit of an eye sore and wants to get rid of it to have space for a swing set. So I am going to get the shed and tools for nothing as long as I move it.
My wife was telling me last week she wanted a little garden shed.....Bingo.
I am more excited about getting those "Old Tools" than the shed really. Lol
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 24 Feb 2023 20:01
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Wha-hoo, great deal!

Nobadays
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# Posted: 25 Feb 2023 09:12
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Score!

KinAlberta
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# Posted: 13 Mar 2023 13:32
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Quoting: darz5150
Last week I got a tiller for $25 and 2 metal gas cans for $5.


Great deal on the tiller and gas can!!!

Careful on gas cans in the future though. People are increasingly switching over to electric lawnmowers so I expect the plastic gas cans will soon be flooding the market.

darz5150
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# Posted: 28 Jul 2023 23:49 - Edited by: darz5150
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I converted a set of wood bifold doors into shelving. Nothing special really. It's only going to be used for storage.
But in hindsight, I probably could have made it into a shallow entertainment center, if I put some glass across the shelves to compensate for the panels, and sized the shelf space as needed.
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