My hard Rubbish Treasure
By lilaclady
@lilaclady (28207)
Australia
May 10, 2007 7:42pm CST
In Australia a lot of areas have hard rubbish days, this is where you put all your unwanted rubbish out the frong on a certain day and the local council comes to pick it up and take it away, this can be old beds frudges or anything, I went on my daily walk on this day a nd I saw this old statue it had been painted a few times, it had a couple of big holes in the plaster and the square part I don't know what was supposed to be there but I would not normally pick up hard rubbish as some people do as a past time but I couldn'r just leave this lady statue just laying there I was sure I could make her beautiful again....well here she is, with the holes re plastered, the old paint stripped down repainted and I put a mirror in the little spot that I still know what would have been there originally and now this lovely lady sits proudly in my bathroom....what a treasure she is....
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@feralwoman (2199)
• Australia
11 May 07
Oh Wow Lilaclady - good work. Hard waste time is one of my fav times of the year! I love to drive around and see what there is lying around. We acquired a great 2 seater settee one year from just down our road, but we did ask the owner's permission first!
It's amazing what people leave on their nature strip - you could furnish an entire house with what some leave there! I like to pick up odds and ends - guess i'm just Feral! lol
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@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
11 May 07
I know someone who furnished their whole flat from hard rubbish, I love my little find...
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@gewcew23 (8007)
• United States
11 May 07
Wow what a great find. I have done this once. Each spring and fall in the community I used to live in here in the US. would have a clean up and you would take all of your unwanted items down to the local fire department then the county would come and pick it up and haul it off. I found an old chair nothing wrong with it except it needed to be refinished. It looks great now. Thanks for sharing your experience.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
11 May 07
Its good that people can use things other people chuck out...
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@Katlady2 (9904)
• United States
12 May 07
You did an awesome job restoring that lovely lady. I think I would have stopped and picked her up too. I can't believe someone would want to throw away something like that. I guess they didn't want to do the work to put her back together.
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@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
12 May 07
it did look pretty shabby when I brought it home, but it looks lovely in my bathroom now, actually it is the whole feature of my bathroom....I have had many comments on her...
@twils2 (1812)
• United States
11 May 07
Wow, thats a nice little statue you got there. Its amazing what you can find out there. We have the same kind of thing here except instead of having one day a year we can just put stuff out next to the street and call the city and they will schedule a pick up date twice a year. Its amazing what people leave in front of there houses. I see computers, furniture, appliances and pretty much anything you can imagine. I really dont go out looking for stuff anymore because my wife throws a fit telling me that we have to much stuff now. LOL. Take care!!
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@Aphroditei_5279 (2465)
• Philippines
11 May 07
Hi Lilaclady! I must say she is a beauty, a great masterpiece. And you have done a great job of giving her back her glory. I love it. So magnificient! Have a great day dear! (^^,)
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@woobie (88)
• United States
11 May 07
WE used to live in a city that did this every spring. It was quite a treasure hunt for people. But it did make me sad to see the homeless people looking for something they might be able to re-sell to make a little bit of money. One year a little old lady filled her shopping cart with a bunch of old records that we set out -- it broke my heart.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
12 May 07
Yes I know how you feel on the other hand when I put stuff out it makes me feel good to think it can be of someuse to someone else...
