tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post1386474033301825357..comments2023-11-05T02:31:41.110-05:00Comments on Brent Dongell's Thoughts: Inorganics: A New Zealand Yard Sale?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-18697088789219033412008-11-05T01:25:00.000-05:002008-11-05T01:25:00.000-05:00hi brent - welcome back to NZ! we love reading you...hi brent - welcome back to NZ! we love reading your blog, you do such a good job of encompassing NZ culture, and you keeping your blog up to date! we suck at it, so we send people to yours. Anyway, hope to meet someday. It will most likely happen as the Christian community in NZ is very small (like everything else) and I already know a handful of people you know, and/or know you. so yes, welcome back and thanks again for your posts! - Sarah and Ken (Dan E's friends from Holland who live on the shore)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00394601139813115965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-80566127062350722652008-11-04T03:34:00.000-05:002008-11-04T03:34:00.000-05:00hahaha. i love that you mentioned the people dump...hahaha. i love that you mentioned the people dumping their junk out too late!<BR/><BR/>That is actually a good idea... it really would be good to have certain places or favorite small businesses that you visit whenever organics come around...<BR/><BR/>I was tempted multiple times to pick things up for cession from little plastic kids tables and chairs, plastic tables for yard furniture, etc.<BR/><BR/>Good times good times.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we should get a van and have an inorganics shopping day together sometime in the future!!! :)Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12823418552833751470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7236327.post-49296413540043656602008-11-03T03:05:00.000-05:002008-11-03T03:05:00.000-05:00I'm with you Brent! I love the whole recycle/reuse...I'm with you Brent! <BR/><BR/>I love the whole recycle/reuse principle. Many of my old student flats were stocked in couches due to past inorganic collections. Just today Melissa and I got a set of cool old inbetween size coffee cups - smaller than a mug, bigger than a demitasse (espresso shot cup) - from a local hospice store we stumbled upon.<BR/><BR/>I have a thing for stuff that has a story - which is why i often gravitate towards second hand items even if i have money for new versions.<BR/><BR/>Admittedly with inorganic collections the streets can end up looking a bit shabby though. The worst is when someone ignores the fact that the pickup has been and dumps all their crap on the street-side a week too late! But I think the benefits far outweigh the short-term eyesore.<BR/><BR/>PS: Nice find with your chair!Jacobunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416605883635897123noreply@blogger.com