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Free: not-coffee cans (Ballard) Expired - These big metal cans are a lot like coffee cans, except they're a bit shorter and wider. Also, they used to contain peanuts -- *allergy alert*! I'm offering three with lids and one without. No-contact porch pickup. Please give a pickup time frame in your reply. Thanks!
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Free: petite glass jars and more (Ballard) Expired - 2 cute glass jars that hold 1/2 cup (4 ounces), no lids. Also an assortment of other jars with lids, condiment size and smaller. Let me know if you're looking for a certain size or style of jars, and I may be able to help! No-contact porch pickup. Please give a pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: body fat scale needs repair (Ballard) Expired - Eat Smart brand digital scale that calibrates weight, body fat, other things too. Stopped working but may be repairable ... I suspect the problem is in the ground contact points, one of which came loose (and is now taped on the scale for you). Uses 4 AAA batteries. Not recommended for people with metal in their bodies. No-contact porch pickup. Please give a pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: unused cloth face mask (Ballard) Gifted - Light yellow-green color, white lining, nose wire and adjustable ear loops. Received as a bonus when I bought masks in another style that I prefer. Unused. No-contact porch pickup. Please give a pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: scale (Ballard) Expired - Body weight scale. Seems accurate. Dusty inside the number panel, but otherwise in fine shape. No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: packing paper (Ballard) Expired - Two brown bags stuffed with smoothed out, folded brown packing paper. Some is typical solid paper, some is crinkle-cut for extra padding. No-contact porch pickup. Please give a pickup time frame in your reply. Free: packing peanuts (Ballard) Gifted - Styrofoam packing peanuts. Perhaps two grocery-sacks' worth? You can have 'em in the box, or I can put 'em into bags ... just let me know your preference. No-contact porch pickup. Please give a pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: packing paper (Ballard) Expired - two bags full of clean, folded brown packing paper (one bag smooth paper, one bag crinkle-cut) ... no-contact porch pickup -- please give pickup time frame in your reply Free: 3 egg cartons (Ballard) Gifted - three empty paperboard egg cartons, each for a dozen eggs ... no-contact porch pickup -- please give pickup time frame in your reply Free: Air Fryer (Ballard) Gifted - HealthyFry XL, large capacity air fryer, including manual. About 7 years old and well used, but still works great. The drawer has a broken corner on the front (see photos), which doesn't affect its functionality, but it does seem possible to glue the piece back in. No-contact porch pickup. Please give a pickup time frame in your reply. Fair Offer Policy means that I won't choose a recipient until after 12 noon on Thursday, so pickup can't be any sooner than Thursday afternoon (and later is fine).
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Free: packing paper (Ballard) Expired - 2 grocery bags full of brown packing paper. Most of it is plain smooth paper, while some is crinkle-cut. Great for your packing needs! No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply. Free: bamboo poles (Ballard) Expired - About 8 bamboo poles ... harvested from homegrown bamboo (so they're not as perfectly straight as the store-bought kind) and used in the garden in past seasons. Range from 4 feet to over 8 feet long. No-contact yard pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply. Free: birdbath base (Ballard) Gifted - Purple pottery base for a birdbath, about 18 inches high. No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: lemon juice NOT FOOD SAFE (Ballard) Expired - NOT SAFE TO EAT! 12 ounce jar lemon juice that came from the store leaking and with its lid no longer sealed. If you'd like to use this for cleaning or crafting (not cooking), it's yours! No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: USPS regional rate boxes (Ballard) Expired - 10 USPS Regional Rate B boxes, 1 Regional Rate A. USPS is no longer offering special rates for these boxes; they're now charged by "rate and weight." They're labeled Priority Mail, and they're a little smaller than the medium and large flat rate boxes. No-contact porch pickup. Please give a pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: Sojourners magazine (Ballard) Expired - 35 issues of Sojourners: Faith in Action for Social Justice (religious magazine). Assorted issues from 2016 to 2019. Good condition. No-contact porch pickup. Available starting this weekend. Let me know soon if you're interested, because I need to bring them from a relative's house. If no one has expressed interest by Wednesday, April 26, they'll be recycled. Free: plastic zipper bag (Ballard) Gifted - The sort of thing linens come in. Clear plastic, about 18 inches square by 4 inches high, white zipper around 3 of the 18-inch sides. No-contact porch pickup. Please give a pickup time in your reply. Free: long-handled body scrub brush (Ballard) Gifted - Unused EcoTools bristle bath brush. For use before or during bathing. Fairly soft bristles. No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply.
Free: washing machine cleaner (Ballard) Gifted - 1 packet Tide Washing Machine Cleaner. Single use. Not laundry detergent! You run your empty clothes washer with the contents of this pouch to clean the machine itself. No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time in your reply. Request: Late July chips packaging (Ballard) Expired - I'm getting ready to send off a bunch of Late July chips bags to be recycled through TerraCycle. If you have clean, empty Late July bags, I can include them with my shipment. I'm willing to pick up in northwest Seattle or west Shoreline for quantities of a half-dozen or more. Others are welcome to drop off at my porch. Late July brand only! Please be in touch in the next two weeks if you have Late July bags to recycle. I plan to ship on April 1. Thanks! Free: exercise bands (Ballard) Gifted - Three rubber tubing exercise bands with attached handles, plus one door-insert band (to use as an anchor for a band). They're several years old, but they may still be good for some more exercise. As-is condition! No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: 15 letter dice (Ballard) Gifted - I think these are dice from a Boggle game. There are 15 dice, all six-sided, with a letter on each side. No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: Canadian pennies (Ballard) Expired - About 20 Canadian pennies. No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply. Free: Valerian capsules (Ballard) Gifted - Half-full jar of Pharmaca Valerian herbal supplement veggie caps. "Calms, Relaxes, & Supports Restful Sleep." Originally 90 count. Expires 10/25. Just doesn't do the job for me! No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply. Free: protective boxes for jars etc (Ballard) Expired - These cardboard boxes protect glassware in shipping or packing. They fit items up to 4 x 4 x 9.5 inches (an average size glass juice bottle). You could use them to pack drinking glasses or vases or whatever! About 2 dozen available; take how many you want. No-contact porch pickup. In your reply, please give pickup time frame and number of boxes you want.
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Free: hinged-lid tin (Ballard) Gifted - Empty! Approx 7 x 4 x 2 inches. New, no dents or rust. No contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: Renpure Cleansing Conditioner (Ballard) Gifted - Renpure Solutions Rosemary Mint Cleansing Conditioner. Skip shampooing and just use this stuff to cleanse and condition your hair. 16 ounces. Unused bottle with pump top. No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply. Free: citric acid (Ballard) Expired - 1-pound package of citric acid crystals, opened but not much used. I tried homemade dishwasher detergent, but it was disappointing, so the rest of this package can be used for your more satisfying project! No-contact porch pickup. Please give pickup time frame in your reply. Free: staples (Ballard) Expired - About 4 dozen strips of staples. I think they're for a staple gun. They're 7/16 inch wide and 5/16 inch deep. Each staple is pretty thick (1/16 inch), not tiny like office supply staples. There's no box, so I don't know the brand or other details. No rust. No-contact porch pickup. Please give possible pickup time frame in your reply.
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Free: fruit fly lures (Ballard) Gifted - 2 packets to dissolve in water and use in a fruit fly trap. No-contact porch pickup. Please give possible pickup time frame in your reply.
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