[amydalayna]

so, my husband and i clean out an office once a week for spare change. hate doing it, but don't hate the extra money.

this past week while throwing out the trash we found this:

a totally working ibook (including power cord and software). the office above the one we clean has an accounting office and one of the assistants was getting investigated for embezzling money. only guess is she threw it out because of that.

total score.

 

[Secret Squirrel]

so, my husband and i clean out an office once a week for spare change. hate doing it, but don't hate the extra money.

this past week while throwing out the trash we found this:

a totally working ibook (including power cord and software). the office above the one we clean has an accounting office and one of the assistants was getting investigated for embezzling money. only guess is she threw it out because of that.

total score.

Cool find!!


So...you just walk around ....looking for change???

 

[Transcend]

Wow, if that doesn't scream: "Look at me, I'm guilty!" I'm not sure what does.

 

[amydalayna]

her loss is my gain. free stuff is the best stuff.

once we found a kickin stereo receiver at the dump which we still use.

 

[I Are Baboon]

the office above the one we clean has an accounting office and one of the assistants was getting investigated for embezzling money. only guess is she threw it out because of that.

LMAO! SCORE, indeed!

"Ma'am, we're going to need to see your laptop computer."

"Sorry, I seem to have misplaced it."

 

[DaveW]

Nice one.... much in the way of computer files left on it?

 

[amydalayna]

No obvious files I could find yet. That thing has been really cleaned out.

It makes me wonder what fabulous things get thrown out all the time.

 

[Jeronimo]

A 1961 Hercules step-through framed three speed. It's in the process of being converted into a lightweight beach cruiser for my daughter. It'll be a two speed, thanks to a Bendix Red Band kick-back hub that was scored on eBay for cheap.

 

[Transcend]

Just be careful. Apple has serial numbers of all of their machines and their corresponding owners. If a federal investigation is underway for embezzling, they may want to figure out where that thing went. Just be careful you don't get bitten in the ass for alledged "evidence trampering" or something of the sort.

"officer, the cleaning lady stole it and wiped it clean, boohoo"

 

[binary visions]

Find some good undelete utilities with Google and start looking at the hard drive, see if you can dig up the good stuff

 

[Graphics]

her loss is my gain. free stuff is the best stuff.

once we found a kickin stereo receiver at the dump which we still use.

I once found an iPod in a cubicle I was taking over. Now the "ex" has it.

 

[hooples3]

great find.. I once found an old Schiwin Stingray in the garbage in a fancy area of Long Island.. It had a little rust on the rims but thats it

 

[amydalayna]

Just be careful. Apple has serial numbers of all of their machines and their corresponding owners. If a federal investigation is underway for embezzling, they may want to figure out where that thing went. Just be careful you don't get bitten in the ass for alledged "evidence trampering" or something of the sort.

"officer, the cleaning lady stole it and wiped it clean, boohoo"

that would suck, but she's not even aware that anyone dug it out of the dumpster the night before the trashman came. and.... i was cleaning another office, not hers so i think i'm ok.

 

[DaveW]

No obvious files I could find yet. That thing has been really cleaned out.

It makes me wonder what fabulous things get thrown out all the time.

One of the most fun things I've ever done was throwing something into the dumpster at work years ago......

We had this Crossfeild scanner workstation that was obsolete (5 years old and it cost over $1,000,000 ) so we parked a large dumpster below the balcony (3rd floor) and 5 of us pushed this huge behemoth over the edge.... Man the noise when it hit!!

The boss was almost in tears though - It cost him over a mil 5 years earlier and it was what had made the company and turned it into one of the biggest players in the pre press industry down here.
Man it was huge though! With all the ancillary gear that it needed, it took up an entire 35ft by 15ft room!

 

[bluebug32]

I wouldn't even use that as a paperweight. Wipe it and sell it on eBay!

 

[sanjuro]

I think it is pathetic that Mr. Amydalayna has forced you to clean offices and go looking in dumpsters. I thought he promised you a better life than your threadbare existence in the slums of Manchester.

 

[bluebug32]

I think it is pathetic that Mr. Amydalayna has forced you to clean offices and go looking in dumpsters. I thought he promised you a better life than your threadbare existence in the slums of Manchester.

Nothing says I love you like wading through other people's trash

There's a great book about dumpster diving....forgot the name though

 

[Total Heckler]

Bell Helmets / Giro is located right near me. They normally have good stuff. Also right next door is Plantronics. I have grabbed stuff from there and returned it to Fry's.

I think my best score was a working 24 inch flat panel monitor or some of the Sun workstations I have found and sold on eBay.

 

[DaveW]

I think it is pathetic that Mr. Amydalayna has forced you to clean offices and go looking in dumpsters. I thought he promised you a better life than your threadbare existence in the slums of Manchester.

That is better than living in manchester, trust me I've been there!

 

[eaterofdog]

If you put OS X on it and it has a wireless card and 512 ram it would be a good knockabout laptop for web surfing/email. You don't need a case, the ring at the top is a handle.

 

[amydalayna]

That is better than living in manchester, trust me I've been there!

i was a fan of dumpster diving even when i lived in manchester

 

[DRB]

Ever find a body?

 

[amydalayna]

I think it is pathetic that Mr. Amydalayna has forced you to clean offices and go looking in dumpsters. I thought he promised you a better life than your threadbare existence in the slums of Manchester.

you don't think cleaning office toilets is glamourous? you're hard to please.

 

[amydalayna]

Ever find a body?

not yet... i guess i'm not looking hard enough

 

[H8R]

Nice score. Too bad it's a Mac.



I was looking for moving boxes outside of an office building and found a full copy of MS Office in the retail box. Unopened.

 

[DaveW]

not yet... i guess i'm not looking hard enough

Try hanging around on beaches, one will wash up eventually (and you get a nice tan while waiting), although they can tend to be a bit smelly I found if they are a few weeks old.

 

[skinny mike]

i wonder if the cops would hook you up with a reward if you turned it in?

 

[sanjuro]

i wonder if the cops would hook you up with a reward if you turned it in?

Hook you up with what, a subpoena?

 

[w00dy]

I just found some nerds on the floor, mmmmm.

 

[DRB]

not yet... i guess i'm not looking hard enough

That would be bad ass.

 

[sanjuro]

you don't think cleaning office toilets is glamourous? you're hard to please.

To be honest, I am sure cleaning toliets is a big promotion when you are from Andover. Isn't some hick town in Eastern Connecticut?

 

[Secret Squirrel]

That would be bad ass.

Yeah....unless you hit rigor just right...

 

[amydalayna]

To be honest, I am sure cleaning toliets is a big promotion when you are from Andover. Isn't some hick town in Eastern Connecticut?

Not hick... just boring town. Andover is just a quiet bedroom community.

Actually, that's where the stereo is from.... their transfer station.

 

[amydalayna]

Try hanging around on beaches, one will wash up eventually (and you get a nice tan while waiting), although they can tend to be a bit smelly I found if they are a few weeks old.

i go to the beach alot. still no body.
was snorkeling last week and all we found are some golf balls. very boring.

 

[lovebunny]

i found a mag light in the middle of the street a couple weeks ago. i was stoked

 

[DRB]

i go to the beach alot. still no body.
was snorkeling last week and all we found are some golf balls. very boring.

If you found a body snorkeling that would be completely insane. It could be like that scene in Jaws(?) when the body popped out of the boat underwater. I bet you'd swallow some water during that one. Ewww you would have dead body water in your mouth, that wouldn't be bad ass.

 

[ktmsx]

I think it is pathetic that Mr. Amydalayna has forced you to clean offices and go looking in dumpsters. I thought he promised you a better life than your threadbare existence in the slums of Manchester.

seeing some of her ride reports ..looks like she is doing pretty dammm good.....having fun is what it is all about...

 

[eaterofdog]

dead body water

An awesome band name.

 

[The Toninator]

Just be careful. Apple has serial numbers of all of their machines and their corresponding owners. If a federal investigation is underway for embezzling, they may want to figure out where that thing went. Just be careful you don't get bitten in the ass for alledged "evidence trampering" or something of the sort.

"officer, the cleaning lady stole it and wiped it clean, boohoo"

the obvious solution to that is to scrape off all the serial numbers. God you swear you guys have never stolen anything

 

[The Toninator]

oh wait, there's probably an electronic one.

glad i never got into criminalization.