OT: deceased erstwhile microwave oven

[Stu]

	This is one of the reasons I usually set my bulk trash out a few days
early. The "Pickers" have some time to come around and grab something
they might find useful in some way. The last time they took about a
third of the stuff I put out... and to be honest, I've nabbed a few neat
computers by doing a little artful dumpster-diving myself! (Except in
one case where I spent 10 minutes digging one out only to discover it
was a Macintosh, so I tossed it back.)

On Thu, 2009-04-30 at 14:56 -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> While I personally LOVE seeing large overstuffed pieces of furniture
> all over the city, and appreciate as only an Arizona native come home
> can, that this can only happen here in Arizona the land of the free, I
> often also do meditate about recycling and wonder how many of these
> erstwhile landfill intended pieces actually end up being carried off
> to some other needy person's home.  
> 
> There is always Craigslist.org for free stuff?
> 
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Mike Schwartz <schwartz at acm.org>
> wrote:
>         When our microwave oven started making a funny noise, 
>         my wife's decision was to just to out and buy a new one 
>         (the price was reasonable; and the new one works OK).
>         
>         
>         Discussing the pro's and con's of that decision, would be
>         *even more* off topic. ((like "off" off-Broadway??))
>         
>         
>         Now, however, I have phoned the city I live in, and they have 
>         told me that the right thing to do (if I want to just dispose
>         of 
>         the old one), is to put it out for the "once a month" pick-up 
>         of "un-contained trash" that the city [Glendale] provides. 
>         
>         
>         Too Bad:
>         As a side note: The person did divulge that no attempt at all 
>         would be made (e.g. by the city) to recover the value of any 
>         "metal" that might be able to be recycled, or any other part 
>         of the erstwhile microwave oven. So the entire thing will go 
>         in to the landfill (unless I hear differently, within about
>         72 
>         hours or so -- either on this thread or via an "off-list"
>         e-mail 
>         message straight to me) (or via a phone call)  
>         (to find my home number:)
>         (see http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=first:"michael"+last:"schwartz"+city:"glendale"+state:"AZ"+&state=AZ&fr=php-phon )
>         (and, my middle initial = "L", and I live on Kristal Way).
>         (when I tried that, apparently the "AZ" has to be 
>         UPPER CASE! How "case sensitive" is that??)
>         
>         
>         Alternatives? anyone? 
>         Does anyone want this ["pre-owned"] microwave oven ? 
>         I hesitate to guess whether or not it could be repaired.  
>         Some of the stuff it is "made of", might be recyclable
>         or usable for something. 
>         
>         
>         I would be a little hesitant to see it going in to a
>         landfill, 
>         (well, not literally "see", but "cause" it, and know about
>         it) 
>         but, I only have a limited amount of effort earmarked to 
>         explore alternatives.
>         
>         
>         So, if you have any ideas, please respond within 
>         the next 3 days.
>         
>         THANK YOU,
>         -- 
>         Mike Schwartz    
>         Glendale  AZ 
>         schwartz at acm.org
>         
>         
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