Decluttering D-U-S-T
By sishy7
@sishy7 (27167)
Australia
August 2, 2017 12:39pm CST
# 79
It’s that time of the year again... Time to get rid of unnecessary items… Guess I can say it’s like spring cleaning although officially spring starts a month away still… 
But the bi-annually hard waste pick up is scheduled in a couple of week. So I better start deciding if some items can be DUST-ed as in Donated, Used, Sold, or Thrown away. This is the opportunity to remove any unwanted large household items like furniture, appliances, or whitegoods that need to be discarded. A week from the scheduled pick up, we can start putting them out on the curb available for anyone who wants to take. The disposal truck will clear everything out along the curbside on the pick up day. 
What are you looking forward to in August? Oh, do you see the rainbow in my picture?
But the bi-annually hard waste pick up is scheduled in a couple of week. So I better start deciding if some items can be DUST-ed as in Donated, Used, Sold, or Thrown away. This is the opportunity to remove any unwanted large household items like furniture, appliances, or whitegoods that need to be discarded. A week from the scheduled pick up, we can start putting them out on the curb available for anyone who wants to take. The disposal truck will clear everything out along the curbside on the pick up day.
What are you looking forward to in August? Oh, do you see the rainbow in my picture?
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32 responses
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
2 Aug 17
I am looking forward to not much really at this time of the year.
I do not have much here at all to be dusted.
Hope August is great for you then Sishy and you will get rid of what you don´t want anymore.
Yes I love the rainbow in the photo.
Hope August is great for you then Sishy and you will get rid of what you don´t want anymore.
Yes I love the rainbow in the photo.8 people like this
@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
2 Aug 17
@TiarasOceanView You're welcome! As soon as I saw how it turned out, I knew I'd like to share it here for all to see... 
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
2 Aug 17
I see the rainbow!
In my country we only have some very big cans that say: plastics, glass and paper. No trucks. But I will not do anything to the dust until the workers next door stop drilling. In spite of closed doors, the dust gets inside.
In my country we only have some very big cans that say: plastics, glass and paper. No trucks. But I will not do anything to the dust until the workers next door stop drilling. In spite of closed doors, the dust gets inside.2 people like this
@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
3 Aug 17
@sishy7 Yes. We sold the house and the new owners are practically demolishing it to build what I guess will be a great house.
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
4 Aug 17
@marguicha that's the trend i notice here, too, in our neighborhood. the present or new owners demolish everything and build one that occupies the whole lot, all four corners.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
3 Aug 17
That is a beauty of a rainbow! Our Spring seems to have started already though it should also be a month away. I will also be cleaning out stuff soon. Nothing else planned for August, maybe some retail therapy if I find time. I wish we had a hard waste pick up. We have to cart away old furniture etc, ourselves if we want to get rid of it.
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@rebelann (112966)
• El Paso, Texas
2 Aug 17
What a pretty rainbow. Were you driving when you took this?
I'm currently doing the same thing. Mostly I'm gathering together all the recycle goods I have to bring to the bins and then I'll go through my clothes to see if I have anything to give to goodwill or whatnot.
I'm curious, have you gotten any snow this winter?
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
2 Aug 17
@rebelann You're right, I took it from inside a moving car... And if the angle looks like it was from the left side, down here that would be the front passenger side because drivers are on the right side of the car...
No, I don't live near any ski resort... I live in low elevation...
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
4 Aug 17
do you know where the furniture, appliances or whitegoods end up afterwards ?
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
4 Aug 17
@hereandthere Yes, it's for the stuff that falls under the 'T' as in throw away... But you know how they say "one man's trash is another man's treasure"... So sometimes even when we no longer want them, they may still be wanted by others... We've had people pick up some furniture and bicycles as soon as we put them out on the curb... That's why they allow a week before the scheduled pick up date to put the stuff out - to give a chance for others who might want to reuse them before the disposal truck come by and destroy whatever is left on the curb...
@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
4 Aug 17
@sishy7 so this is for stuff that can no longer be used? i was assuming the usable ones will be donated somewhere.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
2 Aug 17
Yes, I like to be as minimalist as I possibly can. It's my husband who likes to accumulate stuff. But he's getting better lately - I told him I'd like to move in an apartment or something when the kids are on their own so we really need to get rid of lots of stuff we have in the house...
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
4 Aug 17
@sishy7 great reasoning. better to start early.
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@dgobucks226 (35726)
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2 Aug 17
I do see a rainbow in your picture and I like it
Something about rainbows. I usually wait till it is a little cooler to do my spring (fall) cleaning. That includes outside the house too.
Something about rainbows. I usually wait till it is a little cooler to do my spring (fall) cleaning. That includes outside the house too.2 people like this
@jobelbojel (36023)
• Philippines
4 Aug 17
Wow! I did not imagine DUST means until I've read the content.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Aug 17
I do see the rainbow, it's lovely
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@LindaCPearson (2240)
• United States
5 Aug 17
I try several times a year to have a yard/tag sale to get rid of my clutter. Despite this, the clutter seems to double every year and I'm not making much progress!
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@FayeHazel (40243)
• United States
4 Aug 17
I like your acronym of Dust ... it's a good thing to do. This is winter for you?
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