Today we did some cleaning up around the house. We'd bought Paul and Elise's old futon for our library, so we could get rid of the ancient, ugly sofa we had down there. That sofa and its accompanying chair were found at an estate sale for Sarah's first apartment in college. I think she paid $10 for them. We'd kept them covered with some plain fabric, in order to hide the truly hideous upholstery.
We called the city to schedule a pickup, after determining that Goodwill and the Salvation Army weren't interested. We placed them out on the curb, along with an old bedframe that we had no use for. We weren't terribly pleased at the prospect of junking them, but they were taking up space and we couldn't find a charity to take them.
Less than four hours later, when I went outside to roll the trash can around front, the bedframe, sofa, and chair were gone. Now, we live off the beaten path a bit, on a loop off the main road through our neighborhood, so I was quite surprised that the garbage fairy found us so quickly.
After the fact, I discovered that Asheville has a Freecycle group. I'm on the mailing list now.
Posted by brent at 17:49