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Durosity’s conquests and collection
Posted by: croissantking on 2025-11-01 00:57:59 Really? They don't even sell it? The recyclers here seem to resell the stuff for cheap. Some dumps here do. One I went to puts certain items aside and then takes them to an outlet store. However, I wasn’t able to purchase an item of furniture I wanted on location as it ‘had to go to the store’. I Googled a bit more on this topic. One response on a Reddit thread as to why they don’t just let us take stuff goes like this: ‘The tip staff already hate their job without having to deal with people fighting over dumped furniture like people at the reduced section in supermarkets’. It’s that, plus the health and safety/litigation thing as some people would unfortunately try to sue the council if they injured themselves on items they took.
Posted by: zefrenchtoon on 2025-11-01 06:33:31 It’s health and safety, isn’t it? In few centres, they installed what they call a « Recycling box » where you can put / expose things you want to get rid of but still usable. Then anyone can take it for free. This is a container. But there are so few 😟 CyclaB'Box - Cyclad Présente dans huit déchetteries, la CyclaB’Box est un espace de réemploi. Elle vise à réduire le gaspillage des biens de consommation... cyclad.org
Posted by: feeef on 2025-11-14 09:58:14 In my town (in France), one can take whatever they want so there is always someone going there just to see if there is something to take. I don't go there often and there can be a few random PCs but I have never seen any Mac. Maybe they are being taken straight away 🙂
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-11-14 23:38:53 How did you manage, just quickly whilst nobody was looking? Yeah basically. I so desperately wanted to save a graphite iMac that was next to it, but I didn’t want to get rumbled and have to put back the flower power! Don’t suppose anyone happens to have a white bottom case for one of these?
Posted by: croissantking on 2025-11-15 01:19:53 Yeah basically. I so desperately wanted to save a graphite iMac that was next to it, but I didn’t want to get rumbled and have to put back the flower power! That was the right thing to do!
Posted by: CC_333 on 2025-11-17 20:35:19 That was the right thing to do! Agreed! Love them or hate them, the Flower Power iMacs – in any condition – are a fair bit less common than the graphite ones! c
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-11-19 00:55:09 Oh absolutely, and it is in very good condition too! I just wish I’d had a better look for the bottom case bit. Fortunately it’s almost identical to the snow iMac case (sans the pink Apple logo at the back) so I can always grab one from a dead one of those to replace it
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-11 03:51:18 A friend has given me her old ZX Spectrum +2…no idea if it’s working yet, I’m gonna have to have a good look at it in the new year. This does pose a problem.. I’ve always forced myself to stick to Apple stuff because frankly expanding onto other platforms would bankrupt me. But now.. well.. uh… is this the gateway to Amstrads and IBMs and BBCs and Amigas and….? 😬
Posted by: joshc on 2025-12-11 04:03:18 uh oh 😛 a slippery slope indeed
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-12-11 05:20:43 want an ordinary +? 😛
Posted by: luRaichu on 2025-12-11 06:37:24 The moment you abstain from an Apple is the moment you realize the Macintosh system software is actually a giant pile of sh*t
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-11 06:54:05 The moment you abstain from an Apple is the moment you realize the Macintosh system software is actually a giant pile of sht I have lots of experience with many other platforms… and they’re all a giant pile of sht. Well.. except BeOS. That was class.
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-11 06:55:47 want an ordinary +? 😛 Why do I feel like I’m going to end up with basically everything you want to get rid of? 😅 uh oh 😛 a slippery slope indeed It’s starting to get as slippery as a kids game show in the 90s…
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-12-11 07:15:32 Why do I feel like I’m going to end up with basically everything you want to get rid of? 😅 damn you're onto me (seriously, no pressure to actually take random crap I'm trying to get rid of - just want you to have things you might enjoy!)
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-11 12:50:40 damn you're onto me (seriously, no pressure to actually take random crap I'm trying to get rid of - just want you to have things you might enjoy!) Oh no, I’ll happily take it all… 🤣
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-12-11 13:15:29 Oh no, I’ll happily take it all… 🤣 be careful what you wish for :-D
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-11 15:18:43 be careful what you wish for :-D I wish for lots of junk that no one else would want to touch with a 10 foot barge pole!
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-12-11 15:39:00 I wish for lots of junk that no one else would want to touch with a 10 foot barge pole! are we sure this is not a cry for help
Posted by: Durosity on 2025-12-12 05:45:45 are we sure this is not a cry for help Of course it is! Plus I’ve finally been able to get my garage cleared out and organised and it’s all looking tidy and clean and I don’t like it.. I want it filled to the brim with “things”
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-12-12 05:48:28 Of course it is! Just checking. Plus I’ve finally been able to get my garage cleared out and organised and it’s all looking tidy and clean Steady on mate, that's a dangerous road
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