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This hosepipe is more of the industrial hose variety than the garden hose type and hence might actually be good quality. It will be pressed into service assuming there are no issues with it. Reason for discard was that the nozzle was stuck on the end, according to the previous owner. We shall see about that.
Update : The previous owner had put the nozzle in a vise, it seems, and tried to undo the hose. The vise was proabbly squeezing down on the female threads and preventing the intended unscrewage. We, by means of more cunning clampage, got the spray nozzle off and the hose is now a wonderfully useful thing.
Some of the parts in the picture were here previously but a whole bunch were found today. They were all sold off a lot on the list of craig with the Specilized BMX bike seen in the second pic.
A nice chap named Bob came to pick them up and he was on time, organized, polite and interesting. For these virtues he was a awarded a bonus wheel and frame. We are doing our part to civilize the uncouth wilds of the interwebs.
This slightly elegant steam radiator will make somebody war in winter, once a new home for it is found.
This Instep Safari TT double jogger had a bad bearing on the front wheel swivel. By bad we mean that it had totally disintegrated due to the fact that the bearings were not really made to take an axial load. No matter, the manufacturer charged us 4 dollars for new bearings and installed them with minimal fuss. It is now ready for a new life with some nice people to be sent to us by the list of craig.
Update: Sold to the nice chap who previously bought the bike trainer. He was so nice we gave him a free Fuji mountain bike that had not yet made its appearance here.
This Graco Pack and Play is in fine condition. It is of a more modern type with easier to see collapse buttons on the edges (if you have ever used a Pack and Play you will udnerstand that statement). It also has wheels on one end. Somebody who wishes to imprison their offspring in it will introduce themselevs to us via the list of craig.
In the scrap metal we found a biscuit tin with around 20 knives in it. Most of them were total junk but these two Chicago knives are of OK quality and we like them because of their nice wooden handles. They had been through a dishwasher many times and the handles were pretty dry and bleached but some oil brought them back to life. They were not super blunt when picked up and quick hone leaves them servicable.
This small collection of bike parts came from a couple of bike carcasses. They will be filed away so that another bike may be resurrected at some point in the future.
This conveniently pre-aged bluestone showed up and was purloined for a friend who wishes to deploy a garden path to lead people up. All well and good. There was a fair bit more present but somebody had emptied a bunch of wet concrete over some of it and glue it into a large bluestone ansd concrete mass.
This Schwinn Speedster bike and a Rollfast beach cruiser were being tossed by a nice chap. We picked them up and applied some spit and polish to the Schwinn to make it hipster ready. Now that that is a fine yellow thingy.
No picture of the Rollfast yet, it has tentatively been given to somebody's daughter.
This stainless Posi-Flo pool filter unit is not especially interesting except for the fact that somebody of our acquaintance requested something like this for a project. The tank-ness of it is what they want we think, not the filter-ness. Yours if you want it Ben.
This Stihl 039 chainsaw carcas will prove useful to somebody via an introduction on ebay, so will be sent there forthwith. Used Stihl machines are a treasure trove of handy parts.
This Raleigh 400 mountain bike had dead suspension forks. The bike itself is not so bad but the forks were lowest possible quality. We traded in some other garbage sourced bike parts for these Rockshox forks. After a clean up and some fiddling the bike is more or less ready to go.
Update: It seems this frame is under recall. Hmmm.....
This Maclaren Pushchair had a bent axle when we found it, probably driven over backwards by a large vehicle with horrible visibility. That is presumably the reason for discard. The axle straightened up nicely in about 30 seconds, once removed, and it was all put back with some oil to give a super smooth running stroller. This seems to be some funky European model of Maclaren, seemingly not sold in the US. Oooooh, grey market specialness, we will see whether the readers of the list of craig covet this item.
This special turd drill seems be in working condition and will come in handy because we do not have one. Previously we have always borrowed one.
This bike trainer came with the recent Schwinn road bike but we only just got around to cleaning it up. It will attempt to hook up with a new owner on the list of craig.
This small Giant mountain bike had a flat rear tyre but is otherwise in OK shape. Some parts on it seem to be new and others used, no matter. Earmarked for Hal's cousin?
This Graco Duo Glider double stroller is in fine shape and needs just a wash before being put back into service with some nice people sent to us by the list of craig. We have a slight glut of these right now but we will see about fixing that.
This Schwinn was found without a rear wheel. That is a little strange as it had obviously been used on a bike trainer treadmill, i.e. without the front wheel. Oh well, we plonked one on from stock and will see how it is. We also got the treadmill thingy as people seem to like those.
This Road Runner Sport jogging stroller has humungous rear wheels on it and is generally in spiffy condition. The brake needs a little tweaking but that will be fine.
This Peg Perego Pliko P3 pushchair is in OK used shape except for having a couple of broken wheels on the front left. Luckily, we, or more specifically the Verrückte Tante, know how to get a whole new castor arrangement for very little money. Spiffy, restored and will be lovingly sold to somebody who needs it.
This weirdly abstract play kitchen was sitting by the side of the road so we brought it home and clean it up. It seems to serve the purpose of entertaining and distracting certain offspring with reasonable efficiency, so it gets to stay. It actually showed up 2 weeks ago but we forgot to list it then, the horror!
Large backlog of bikes in the background. We should probably get building and fixing though come to look at it two of those became parts since this picture was taken and some of those parts are already back on fixed up bikes.
This Graco Pack and Play is not the cleanest but is fully functional and good for offspring imprisionment. Better still, good for small dogs.
This mountain bike has been painted over with an overspray-mungous sloppy black by its (presumably) angst ridden teenage owner. Isn't there a pill for that now amongst the plethora of elective offspring medications? Anyway, we suspect it looks better this way (in a Mad Max sense, not in the way the previous owner imagined) than before so we fixed it up a little and it shall be made available. Just needs a chain.
This Maclaren Volo pushchair is in fine shape and has a handy dandy hood. It was picked up a week or so ago for us by a friendly chap and it is already sold off to a new home via the list of craig.
It does have front wheels and such, but I gave you a cropped pic to show the nice colourful parts of it in better details. With lots of aliasing stuff on the mesh.
We found a large cardboard box with various cookware in it, including these and other Calphalon pans. The large flat one is good to use but the others may demand some warranty work.
This Trek 220 is in almost new condition and seems to be targeted at juvenile females. For a junky "made in china" kids' bike it is pretty fancy. Whatever the original target market, a quick check over and we will try to find a new home for it.
This push lawn mower seems in fine shape though it needs the blade setting. It has a wide cut and we will be giving it to certain friends as part of our carbon neutral lawn mower distribution program. Other acquaintances may also want this...
This Ross Compact bike is a bit strange, it has a shimano 3-speed gear hub and a strange wavy frame. It is in excellent condition though and should be fine for a hipster type, once we make it available to them.
Note that what we mean by strange in this context is ugly and crap. This intended market for this of course will see it as quirky and cool.
yet another Peg Perego baby seat. This one is a little old and maybe a little beat up but it will be inspected carefully and disposed of accordingly.
This Tough Traveller offspring rucksack seems to be all present and correct. The list of craig has historically been an excellent disposal outlet for these and hopefully that will continue. They have similar qualities to the bike seats, people think they will do so much cool outdoor stuff with their kids so buy them but never really use them. This ensures both our supply and demand.
This laminator is formerly the property of the local school system. It it slightly beat up but seems to work. We may give it some testing usage and then put it in storage for the occasional future use. It will do 8.5 x 11 paper.
This Bonntrager carbon fiber fork seems to be a new take-off type item. It is in very good condition but has been installed. It may be traded for other bike stuff or sold on ebay.
This Tag-a-long offspring bike appendage is in fine shape. We may use it or find a new owner for it. It looks pretty much unused.
This Royce Union Lady Luck ladies' mountain bike may look like a pile of crap in the picture but in fact it is! Never mind, when assembled and cleaned up it has that shiny allure that somebody will love.
These two Peg Perego infant seat bases will be useful for somebody. One is new in the box and the other is dirty. We know a fix for both.
This thing is a fleecy sleeping bag type arrangement that is perforated in exactly the correct places such that it can be used in a pushchair in conjunciton with the harness system. It sounds complicated but it is rather handy. If you have a fidgety offspring and cold weather then you pretty much need one of these.
This offspring rucksack is not nearly as fancy as the Kelty one we found the other day but it will be just fine.
This LL Bean branded jogging stroller is actually just a Baby Jogger with some logos and small tweaks on the folding mechanism. Either way there is nothing wrong with it and it shall find a new home soon.
This Graco version of a Snap and Go stroller frame is mildy useful. The list of craig will see it soon.
This Giant Option hybrid style bike is all present and correct except for a bald spot on the rear tyre. This was duly rectified in short order and it is now awaiting a new owner.
This random Cosco pushchair is in OK shape and will be a fine little offspring transportation device for some other people yet unknown to us.
This Cork Bulletin Board is new in the wrapping. This may be employed at some stage to distract certain offspring.
This Britax Regent car seat is a pretty huge contraption but is handy for offspring in a certain phase of growth. We will probably not use it as we have our selected favourite car seats but somebody else may wish to use it.
This random playhouse is pretty plasticy but provides nice amusment. It folds up small and exands out to have lots of useful stuff. It has a toilet of course, which provides great amusment to certain offspring.
Yet another Maclaren Volo single pushchair, ideal for random summer deployment. Somebody will want this.
This carryall or whatever it is had some junk in it but we decide it would make a fine laundry receptable.
This thing is some form of device to float one's young offspring in water. Presumably it works, if not it will drown said offspring. We will see.
These ice skates are brand new and have never been used. Obviously no apparent for discard.
This Huffy Beach bike is sized a teenager or very small person. It is missing a tyre but we shall clean it up and find it a home, a candidate home is already in the offing.
Update: Mouse over the pic to see it in cleaned up condition.
This mildy ugly 3 speed Huffy bike needed a bit of tuneup and stuff but is now fairly respectable and usable. Not very interesting at all but it will soon be periodically inserted under some hipster's butt for transportation or posing duty.
This Graco Coach Rider stroller is a reasonable attempt by Graco to make a nice European style pushchair. It has some handy features and seems OK quality but has that trademark Graco ugliness. Still it should prove useful to somebody.
This Emmaljunga pushchair looks a little funny but seems to be in good order. It is really nice quality and pretty functional. It is the sort of thing you would need for the prolongued infantilization that some people seem to do with their kids, it is long and strong enough for a pretty large child.
Yet another Babytrend Douile jogging stroller. This one is entirely typical, needs air in the tyres and oil on latches and has some fading. Once cleaned up it is a fine and useful device that will prove useful to some nice family yet to introduce themselves to us via a connective service such as the list of craig.
This Quickie RX wheelchair is in fine shape and is overall a pretty nice device. It was discarded into the garbage by the local branch of the Red Cross. This surprises us a somewhat as we had always imagined that one of their core competencies was giving stuff to people who need it. No worries though, we were there to salvage it and we shall find a new owner for it, probably via the list of craig.
This mildy random Saint Tropez 3-speed bike was found at the side of the road with the red Schwinn Breeze. It is a little beat up but has great promise as hipster transport.
This Schwinn Breeze bike was one on two sitting by the side of the road. Our correspondent on the scene could not carry them on the vehicle he was using at the time. He put them behind a barn and went back five days later to retrieve them with a suitable vehicle. Now that is a friend with initiative.
It is slightly scruffy but it has great hipster bike appeal to certain demographics we have access to.
This Peg Perego Atlantico model pushchair has slightly faded fabric and is missing the little bar thingy across the front. Despite these issues somebody will probably want it as this is a handy dandy offspring transportation device.
This random Spalding Blade bike was in pretty sorry shape when we picked it up but not much has really changed! It has been restored along the "Mad Max" lines to give a pretty nice ridable machine. Though there is a reasonable chance that the hipster who buys it will never ride it.
What is with Spalding making bikes anyway (yes, yes, we know they probably did not actually make this)? Is it for riding round the golf course or something? The business-weasel phrase "focus on our core business" springs to mind....
This Raleigh Grand Prix road bike was found more or less stripped, but parts from various places and other junky bikes have resurrected it nicely. This was built to order for a weekend hipster friend of ours, though she may go for the Spalding when she sees it.
This handy dandy steering lock was found complete with key. It is not the most secure thing in the world but sometimes handy to brandish.
This Roadway QC-1 beach cruiser did not look like this when we picked it up. In fact it looked 50 years old and as if it had spent that time in a barn. The dust washed off and the chrome cleaned up to give this junky bike that will win some female hipster's heart by virtue of its colour.
Yet another Peg Perego Pliko pushchair, this time the more recent P3 model. Due to the combination of robust fabric, nice colour and good condition we may keep this one and sell all previous Plikos. We were flirting with the idea of keeping the brown one found last week but this is nicer.
Yet another double Peg Perego Aria pushchair. This is fortunate as we have just sold the last one we got. These are hot items it seems. Their prinicple virtue seems to be their super low weight but they seem a little junky and fragile, maybe just because of their weight?
This Kelty offspring portage device is in fine almost unused condition. We have been known to foist our offspring on their grandparents in one of these so this may get used. On the other hand it may just get sold via the list of craig.
A complete Inglesina Sofia pram, a current model. This is an excellent find and will be investigated further. A pic of the chassis for now, watch this space for the bassinet. You might consider this the Maserati of prams.
This Schwinn Suburban 5 speed bike has new tyres, is in beautiful condition and only needed air in the tyres to be ridden. It is the weird lime green colour that is pretty nice and seems hip and desirable in certain large cities of our acquantance. It will meet its new hipster owner soon.
This was actually a garbitrage trade. A gentleman whose retirement hobby is perusing the discards of other people saved it for us and traded it for a large BMW SUV alloy wheel which we picked up a while ago. Everyone is happy.
This Nishiki 5 speed cruiser seems in fine shape. The derailleur seems a but mis-configured but other than that it does not even need a clean. Hipster equipment to be.
This old-ish Emmaljunga pushchair is in pretty fine shape. It has barely been used and just needs a clean and some oil on the folding joints. Destined for the list of craig.
Within half an hour we found three double jogging strollers. Two of the recently ubiquitous purple Babytrend models and one red Baby Jogger. We may have to reduce our prices a little to get the inventory down, but then people value what they get less. It is a difficult tradeoff.
The Babytrend ones were pretty fine and just5 needed a quick wash but the red Baby Jogger need a fair bit of scrubbing with powerful cleaning agents. It is now fit for sale.
Along with the great selection of double joggers we got this single Baby Jogger jogging stroller today. The front tyre was bald, which is not really a big deal, but we replaced it anyway.
This GT Vertigo Freestyle BMX is in fine shape modulo the surface rust in some places. It has never really been used, more neglected. It will find a new, hopefully less neglectful, owner via the list of craig.
This random Huffy 3-speed bike is pretty spiffy looking after a spot of cleaning etc, but it is still junk. It was one of the batch of four and will join the others, it does look spiffy enough to attract hipster purchasers though.
This AMF 3-speed bike is a right catastrophe of design, but it does look pretty shiny after our lavish detailing attention. It will probably end up the fashion toy of a hipster, like the other two wheeled conveyances from the batch of four.
We actually think that the rear dropouts look somewhat like a hurley stick.
This Huffy Regal is anything but. It does however clean up in a nice superficially shiny way so it will find a home as a retro fashion accessory. For the detail minded among you this has a twist grip two cable 5 speed derailleur, that actually still works and needs no adjustment! What a load of junk. Part of the batch of four.
This AMF 3 speed is one of a batch of four found late one night by the side of the road. It is really ugly and unpleasantly executed but it has the same seventies coolness that a AMC Gremlin might have. It cleaned up pretty well and rides as well as it ever did during its neglected life so somebody will probably wish to exhibit their retro hipster cred by purchasing it from us.
These two Topeak bike seats were found within a short window of time. They will both be farmed out via the list of craig to happy new owners. We hope. The pics shows them in the raw, they will be cleaned first of course.
This small black rucksack is seemingly configured for a person with a lot of tech toys and their attendent chargers, dongles and whatnot. While this might not apply to us it might come in handy at some point.
These two Maclaren pushchairs were found within a short time. First one was almost unused and was complete with accessoriess bag and such. The second had a chocolate stain on it, possible reason for discard?
Yet another Graco Duo Glider stroller in nice condition. After a quick clean to remove the dust this will be fit to meet the nice people who will contact us about it via the list of craig. Though it may have to wait as we have a couple in stock now.
This offspring flotation device is all shiny and new and does not really seem to have been used much. That is not a problem, it was tested out the same day and proved satisfactory at preventing submersion of offspring.
Yet another Chicco Highchair, this one is in some ways super fancy but has damage to the cover. It will eventually find a new home.
This Schwinn Prelude road bike is in fine shape and just needed air in the tyres to be perfectly ridable. All well and good.
This Ross Pocono mountain bike is pretty junky but after some oil and new gear cables is somewhat useful. We will see who ends up on it, a craigslister or a summer intern.
This later model Peg Perego Pliko pushchair (not sure if it is a P3?) is in OK shape except for being missing a useless piece of plastic and being pretty grimy inside. We may use this in place of our older model Pliko so it will be detailed, we suspect, followed by deployment in the service of offspring transportation.
Within a short space of time we found double and single Peg Perego Aria strollers. They all seem in fine shape, mostly just in need of a wash and such. Both of these will be sent to tantalise idle readers of the list of craig.
Update: Both sold within 24 hours of their initial exposure on the list of craig, These must be hot items as many people wanted them, we shall keep an eye out for more.
Somebody had thrown out more or less all the clothes needed for offpring from age one to 7. We picked through the huge pile and the pic below shows about a third of what we picked up. A lot of these items are really good stuff and will be deployed in the pursuit of protecting our offspring from the ever present threat of charges of indecent exposure.
This Misfit Rhino BMX is a little rusted in places and beat up in others but should clean up well enough to make some misfit juvenile very happy at some stage. Intermediate steps might include oil, adjustment and indexing on the list of craig.
Update: Mouse over the picture to see it in slightly shinier condition.
This Instep Elite jogging stroller is in fine shape except for the tyres, weirdly one of them is worn down to the fibre under the rubber. It seems tricky to wear out a jogger tyre like that, onne would think. New tyres from stock and this should be sent off to the list of criag to seek its fortune.
We found two Britax car seats within a short space of time, both recent enough to use and all very handy. One is pretty dirty due to the previous occupant being given free reign over foodstuff beyond their capabilities but that is easily remedied.
This Babytrend Sit 'n Stand LX stroller (oooooh, the luxury model?) is in fine shape and seems to be all present and correct. We have no need for it so it will be disposed of via the list of craig.
We found this bottle of Windex on top of a pile of rubbish on the street. Now it may not be the most exciting or valuable garbage find we have ever had but we, like many people we know, have windows and they sometimes need cleaning. Just what you need, sometimes when you actually need it. Shown sitting on Egbert.
This fancy looking Alita AUP250 pump was in perfect condition except the screw holding the impeller on had fallen off at some stage. This was probably the reason for discard. We put in a new stainless metric screw and tested it in a bucket of water and it worked rather well. We will dispose of this unless anybody elucidates their need for it.
These two small stainless steel food service trays were slightly dirty but after a scrub and a cycle in the dishwasher they positively sparkle. As you can see one is already pressed into service, it did not come with the potatoes inside.
This dual DVI XFX Ge 6800 card is used but is repacked in the original box. It will be tested and deployed at some stage. Contact us if you want it, it is an AGP slot mount.
This Sony Vaio PCG F350 came with the power supply. As the pic shows it sort of tries to boot. The machine itself is pretty old but may find a buyer on ebay.
The presence of the power supply also allowed us to test this Sony PCG XG9 we found a while ago. This is newer and ostensibly more useful to the world in general though it seems to have arty and abstract graphics issues.
Investigation of the found data to occcur at some point and then they will be ebayed off as is.
In a cardboard box with the XFX video card were these two Dell laptop power supplies. They will be used for testing future Dell laptops that happen to be found without their power supplies. Spiffy.
This random Trek Mountain Lion kids bike had a broken brake cable, this of course was quickly remedied. The air inserted into the tyres rendered it perfectly functional. The brake cable was presumably the reason for discard. This will either go to a new owner via the list of craig or a bike shop.
This random Roadmaster Mt. Fury mountain bike is really total junk but it is in such nice shape that we figure somebody with little or no eye for quality will want it. We would not go anywhere near Mount Fury on this bike, but then we would not take it on any roads, master of them or not, except to deliver it to a new owner.
This Raleigh Mermaid child's bike seems pretty crappy but the fact that it has mudguards and a Raleigh badge means that a new owner may be found for it amongst those who consider bicycles fashion accessories.
This is Magna Look'n Good is actually pretty innaproriately named. That is not important though because we can find people who might actually agree with the name of this bike and wish to acquire it.
This Graco Mosaic stroller is of a slightly newer generation of Gracos than we are used to. It had been pretty well used by a messy offspring but has held up well and will have another lifetime with some nice people who will introduce themselves to us via the list of craig.
This Graco Duo Glider is is near perfect condition and just needed a squirt with the hose to remove the dust. They are fairly functional devices, if a little unwieldy to push, but it will meet its new owner on the list of craig and we will all be happy.
This copper fondue related device is probably intended for chocolate fondues. We will see if we end up using it, we really need extra regular fondue for when we have a crowd. Inside are 4 sterno pots ready for us to use, even if we do not use the device itself.
This is Babytrend Double Jogging stroller is a used but good condition. A quick wash and air in the tyres rendered it ready for service with whoever ends up taking custody of it.
Like the Topeak bike seats we seem to have a steady supply and healthy demand for this particular model. These tend to actually get used more than the bike seats thogh.
W already have one of these special radiator fitting removal tools but we are bound to have friends that do not. Monika?
A spiffy Centurion LeMans RS road bike that had lots of dust all over it and no pedals. One issue was dealt with by means of an advanced cleaning methodology (hosepipe) and the other by delving into the spare pedals bin. Rides fine now.
Yet another Topeak bike seat, this one complete with the rack system. This will follow the numerous others to the list of craig. Good thing we seem to have both a reliable supply and a reliable market for these. The only problem with this is that the class of CLers interested in purchasing one of these are, as a demographic, clueless and annoying.
This random Kettler Scooter is nothing special but has some level of quality due to being Kettler. We have no shortage of random 'orrible offsprings of our acquantaince that could use it.
These baby bouncer things are often crappy but there maybe be a critical transsition period in the life of an 'orrible offspring where they can use this effectively. It functions as an inadvertant imprisonment and amusement device.
This fan is the sort of thing one might use for drying out floors in basements or generally circulating air in spaces. It works fine and has been lodged in a friend's custody for now. He seems particularly keen that we mention that he now has it, maybe being mentioned like this is fame enough for him?
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