About a month ago, a friend of mine dumped a pail into the truck, it had a 8Gb ipod touch in it. He charged it and it works, there is nothing wrong with it.........too bad I was driving for that block instead of loading.  .........still a good find for him though.

I thought of that, and maybe someone just dropped it as they were putting out the trash, however it ended up in there it was a great find!

im a thrift shop girl my mother used to say she would put my wardrobe up against all my friends who spent all their money on one outfit .

as we got older kids came along they followed me.my dad was a garbage man to me it was like Christmas all year . i couldn't wait to see what he would bring home .Always something my mother or us kids needed.

Thanks for bringing back a happy memory for me.

During my years of doing deliveries at night I would always come across something that was thrown out for really dumb reason...like a broken cord...missing wheel...things like that. So I would just take them home fix them up and give them away to someone that needed them.

One night in particular while doing a delivery to a courthouse...I saw that they had thrown out a bunch of office stuff that was practically brand new...go figure right! Well...when I say they were throwing out a bunch of stuff...that was pretty much everything that was in the offices they had remodeled the previous year...and I mean everything. I alone wound up with 6 office chairs in perfect condition that would easily sell for a few hundred bucks each...gave 4 away and kept 2 which are really nice. Also modular office desks with divider walls...tables...and a huge floor to ceiling index section that was completely motorized. I loaded up everything I could...which took 2 nights and gave everything away to offices I knew could use the stuff. 

I just hate seeing waste like that.

"Taxpayer money". Glad you posted this WG. I was amazed when you told me the story....it's also great you do that for folks. That's major karma for you (the real life variety). Bless the 'fixers'!.

Too bad they didn't take you down to the Gulf. Bet it'd be long fixed by now.