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Free: Pinewood Derby Axle Shaper tool (Burlingame, CA) Expired 166d - I got this when our kids started cub scouts but never used it. If you are at that phase of child rearing and are passionate about making Pinewood derby cars go fast, this tool may help.

Free: Yale needlepoint canvas + yarn (Burlingame, CA) Expired 166d - My wife decided she doesn't want to do this one. It has the canvas and what looks like all the thread/yarn you need to fill it in. Any takers?

Free: Random legos in a nice plastic box (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 198d - This box is about half full of random Lego parts. We also have a bunch of old instruction manuals for lots of sets. Happy to give these to whoever wants them.

Free: 2 kinds of envelopes, by the dozen (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 212d - The yellow ones are about 10X14 and are stiff cardboard. I have about 50 of these. The white ones are 9X12 and are strong white paper. I have about 80 of these. Both used to seal up without tape but I suspect you'd need to tape many of these to make sure they're secure.

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Free: 4 photo albums (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 212d - These are old but in excellent condition. Two are in the original packaging (bundled as a pair). The other two are loose but still look pretty good. If you need a few photo albums these should serve nicely.

Free: Some halogen/LED bulbs (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 212d - There are 4 Philips LEDs of the 12V variety, with 2 pins. 5W, 2200K to 2700K color temperature, 380 lumens. There is one Sylvania Capsylite PAR30 75W floodlight (halogen). There is one Philips 35 W covered halogen with two pins.

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Free: Old style automotive compass (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 219d - This is something pretty old, but it's in the original packaging. No idea when I got it, but I never installed it. I remember my grandfather having one decades ago. Nowadays it's kind of superfluous because of GPS but it's fun retro thing to have. Let me know if you want it.

Free: Star wars crochet set (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 247d - Strange, but true: The Star Wars craze has reached even to the the crochet community. If you want to try your hand at making a Jawa and BB-8, this is your chance. Plastic wrap opened but never used. All components are in the box.

Free: Two very large stuffed animals (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 247d - These are only a few years old, one of our kids got them with tickets at Dave and Busters. If your kid would like a giant rainbow bear or a cuddly sloth, these are for you. They are 2-3 feet long from butt to top of head. Soft and cuddly.

Free: Davinci clock model (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 247d - Our kids got this at some point but never used it. I think they may have opened a bag or two but all the parts seem to be there. It's yours if you want to try your hand at clock making!

Free: Be Bottle, insulated, makes tea (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 247d - My wife got this from a work event. It seems to have a place to put tea leaves for steeping and is very well insulated.Could just use it for water if you want also.

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Free: Hitaway baseball practice gadget (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 251d - My brother got this for our kids years ago but the kids never took to baseball and we never used it. You attach two ends with velcro to a strong pole, then you can wack the baseball over and over again and it comes back to you. If you have a budding Willie Mays or Hank Aaron, this one's for you.

Free: Old apple cinema display 23" (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 254d - This apple cinema display still works and it's packed in its original box. It's 20-25 years old at this point, not sure. Compared to modern monitors its resolution is nothing special and it's got a vertical line running through the middle of the screen, but if you can look past those flaws, it works, and might be useful for someone. You'll need to get a converter to HDMI from the old apple video cable (see photos), but these aren't too expensive. We were using it with such a converter with a relatively recent Apple Mac Mini so we know it works fine. And if the only thing preventing you from grabbing the monitor is the lack of a converter to HDMI, I'll throw that in also.

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Free: Adjustable furnace filter (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 341d - 14X20X1inch expandable to 20X25X1 inch. What can I say, it's a filter! We just switched out our furnaces for heat pumps and they use a different filter so this one is now superfluous.

Free: Rug pad, 24" wide, about 8 ft long (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 341d - I was cleaning the garage and found this. It's a good quality rug pad, but is something we trimmed off of a much larger pad. 2 ft wide X about 8 feet long (length is estimated, let me know if you need me to measure it exactly). Good for a runner.

Free: Two bike panniers (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 345d - Cleaning out the garage and I found these panniers. One even has original tags, so never used. The other one is a little dirty from being in the garage but if it's been used, it was only used a few times (I used its twin almost exclusively for many years on my old bike). They fit on standard racks. They are NOT the fancy ones that click in, but they do the job with a little hook and elastic cord

Free: Casio piano bench, lightly used (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 345d - This is a fine piano bench but we got one that had more of a cushion for one of our kids. We used it for a few months. It folds up nicely and stores in the original box.

Free: Orange lighted spider webs (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 345d - We have only used these once but don't need them anymore. Spiders! Webs! Orange lights! I just plugged it in and the lights work fine. Add to your Halloween displays!

Free: Two Honeywell thermostats (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 1y - We just converted our gas furnaces to heat pumps (electrify everything, baby!). The installers took out two Honeywell thermostats and replaced them with the correct ones for the new equipment. if you can use these, they're all yours. They worked well for 11 years. If you replace the batteries and figure out how to extend the leads (which the guys cut) they could work well for another 11 years.

Free: Dyson vacuum, doesn't work well (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 1y - This Dyson vacuum is about 10 years old and it recently stopped being as effective so we got a new vacuum. If you're handy and think you can fix it, it's yours! Or if you want it for parts, it's yours!

Free: Tuft & Needle foam mattress topper (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 1y - Queen sized Tuft & Needle foam mattress topper. It's in a nice cover and is only lightly used (we had it in our vacation house for a few months and my wife decided it was too soft). If you have a super hard mattress that needs softening, this one's for you! Tuft and Needle products are always well made, in my experience (we've had several of their mattresses over the years).

Free: Xerox Phaser 6360/DN laser printer (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 1y - I've had this fast color laser printer for 15 years and it still works very well. It's old but someone with more space than we have can probably make good use of it. I bought it for about $1600 back in the day. I think it's 20-30 pages per minute of high resolution color laser printing. Also does double sided prints. Would be good for a school or a non-profit org. I even have an extra set of printer cartridges (the ones in the machine are running low but still have some pages left in them). It's heavy (80 lbs?) and it measures 17" wide by 23" long by 18" high, so it's not small. I can help you get it in your hatchback. Amazon page with details here: If you could use a color laser printer to churn out thousands of pages of printing rapidly, then it's yours! We need to clean out our garage.

Free: flashing for attic ventilation (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 1y - We have these left over from when we added better flashing under our eaves to improve attic ventilation. We have one 4 ft piece and two 10 foot pieces (might be an inch under 10 feet). They are roughly 3-4" wide, I can measure if it matters to you. They appear to be galvanized steel. They are yours if you want them.

Free: Two oven mitts, used but functional (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 1y - These two mitts have served us well but we're moving on. They are nice ones with good cushioning and stripes of silicone for grip and heat resistance. Good for grill and general kitchen use. If you want them, they're yours!

Free: Three wardrobe boxes (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 1y - I've got three used tall wardrobe boxes that are up for grabs. I only have two of the metal bars, though. They are yours if you can come and get them soon. Just add packing tape and you'll be ready to transport hangers of clothes!

Free: Sharp Aquos 32" TV (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 1y - This TV works fine but we don't need it anymore. We have the remote and the original box. We are cleaning out our attic/garage and trying to get rid of a lot of stuff, so this has to go. It's an old TV (probably 20 years old at this point) but it's still a good one and it might still have a use for someone.

Free: BullWorker exercise device (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 1y - This one works very well for isometric resistance even though it's very old. If you want it, you can have it! You pull on the cables and push the handles.

Free: Purple lighted cobwebs (Burlingame, CA) Gifted 1y - My wife wasn't crazy about this one. Lights are purple even though the box shows orange lights. If you have a slightly weird halloween setup and you'd like some purple lights on a spider web with plastic spiders, this is for you.

Free: Vision fitness elliptical trainer (Oakville, Chartwell@Macdonald) Expired 1y - I had this vision fitness elliptical trainer for about 20 years and it served me well. It still works fine but it needs a little TLC (adding new pads on the handles). It should will serve for many years more, but we're moving back to the US and my wife says we need to leave it here. You'll need a couple of beefy guys and a pickup truck or panel van to move it. The rails fold up to lock it in place and it has some rollers on the front for maneuvering it once you get it to where you want it. The movers put it out on at the curb at 361 Chartwell Road in Oakville (@ MacDonald). Come and get it!