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Free: Atomy Toothpaste (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted 7.05 oz. Atomy toothpaste. Features green tea extract and propolis extract (from bees.) This has been opened and sampled/used once, but didn't care for the taste (it's a strong minty-ish flavor.) So it's basically full. Again, NOTE: this has been used once (applied to a toothbrush.) An extra amount was squeezed out before cap was closed to prepare for gifting. For more info:

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Request: Source for food-safe spot welding (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Anyone know of an outlet/storefront/individual that/who does minor spot welding work? We have two kitchen tools that need quick spot welds. (Food safe.) They're pretty durable otherwise, which is why we'd love to hang onto them. Ideally within 5 miles of us. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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Free: One Eureka Vacuum Bag - F&G style (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) For Eureka upright vacuum cleaners: models # 600, 1400, 1900, 2000, 2100, 4000, and 5000 series. Only One (1) bag left out of an original package of three (3).

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Free: Golf Balls Galore & More (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Need a lot of Golf Balls? (Bad slice? Art project? Golf Ball Connoisseur?) 104 golf balls - most rescued from Cog Hill (we had a family member who was a marshall/ranger there.) Plus one telescoping ball retriever/grabber. And misc. ball markers and cleat cleaners. Plus an older/used pair of Etonic golf shoes. Would love to hear the compelling reason you'd like 104 golf balls 😊 Take some or all. Note: we try to follow the "Fair Offer" policy so please let us know pickup times over the next 2-3 days (vs. today.) 🙏🏼 Thanks for reading.

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Free: Pleasant Smells (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Pleasant Smells (just a bit strong for us) • 1.) Sonoma Cherry Blossom Fragranced Reed Diffuser - Unopened and a few years old, but still smells good. Some evaporation has seemed to occur (even though unopened? ), but there is about 2/3 liquid remaining. • 2.) Two (2) new/unused handmade, small batch goat’s milk soap. Two different "flavors": “Healing Gifts (Frankincense and Myrrh)” and “Cranberry with Honey.” Please indicate #1 or #2 - or both! Thanks for reading. :)

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Free: Sweets anyone? (Pantry clean out) (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Sweets for the sweet tooth. Leftovers from campfire activities last summer: •Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa mix: - 9 Milk chocolate flavor - 2 Marshmallow • 24 Hershey’s Milk Chocolate bars - 1.55 oz. each bar (leftover from S’more making.) Chocolate is still good - I checked ;) Thanks for reading.

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Free: HJC brand Motorcycle Helmet Shield (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) New, unused, still in package. HJC brand (Made in Korea.) Could not tell you which helmets this fits, but the package sticker has a bar code with the following letters and numbers beneath: “LPN RR 50401 7852”. It covers another sticker that I THINK reads: HJC Helmets, unisex, (Dark Smoke), one size. Thanks for reading!

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Free: Got a Project? Wood stain + gloss (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Rust-oleum/Varathane brand wood treatment products - partially used as indicated below: * Pre-stain wood conditioner- approximately 1/2 to 2/3 cans full * Classic Penetrating Wood Stain Expresso color - approximately 1/3 can full * Ultimate Polyurethane Oil Based Clear Gloss (interior) - approximately 1/2 can full Stored in a garage. Thanks for reading!

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Free: Unused Cabinet Transformations kit (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Unused Rust-oleum Cabinet Transformations Complete Coating Kit. (To "Transform the Look of Outdated Cabinets") With a Dark Tint base (must be tinted at store; e.g. Home Depot, Menards, Ace, etc.) Covers 100 square feet or 40 linear feet. Also, extras/leftover components from a second/additional boxes: 3- Step #3 Decorative Glaze cans, 1- Step #1 Deglosser, extra roll of glazing cloths.

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Free: Sturdy floor shelf unit (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) ~ 4 ft. 2 in. tall x ~ 16" wide x ~ 8 1/2" deep (lowest shelf). Solid construction (heavy!) Stored in garage so dusty and could use a cleaning, but has potential as a beautiful indoor piece. (Anyone need a summer project?) Not sure the wood, but for sure not pine.

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Free: Golf bag with travel cover (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Miller brand (made in the USA?) Good condition/appropriate wear (has not been thrown in the water hazard.) Solid handles and straps, and all the zippers still work! Comes with good golf karma along with the travel hood/cover.

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Free: Wrapped disposable utensils (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Hello, We have wrapped take-out utensils to offer: Chopsticks ~ 19 Wrapped Knife+fork+ napkin sets ~ 50 Wrapped Knives only ~ 28 Wrapped Spoons only ~ 14 Wrapped Forks only ~ 33 Wrapped straws ~ 22 Porch pickup available. Please respond with suggested pick up day and time BEFORE Monday, 17. We are following the "Fair Offer" posting guidelines so will let this offer sit a couple of days before responding - so all interested parties can read and respond. Thanks for your patience and please remember to check back in a couple of days for a possible response to your inquiry. Thanks for reading and Freecycling!

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Request: 250 v., .5 amp glass fuses w/ leads (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Expired In need of a couple (1 to 3 quantity) 250 volt, .5 amp glass fuses with leads. We're attempting to fix a Bose Acoustic Wave unit circuit board - while also trying not to end up with 98 fuses left over (Amazon sells them in bulk quantities of 100.) Thanks for reading!

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Free: Guitar Hero Axes re: meraashik (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Expired Apologies to the Trash Nothing audience. Trying to gift an item, but having trouble connecting. Trying to reach the respondent this way... Hello, Meraashik, not sure if you're receiving my messages re: the Guitar Hero guitars. I'm getting yours. Please check your Trash Nothing Inbox, or other email spam folder perhaps? If we don't hear back from you, we will work our way through the interested parties. Thanks. Happy New Year everyone!

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Free: Ear Candles, anyone? (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Clean ears for the New Year? Ear candles. New in package, but purchased an unknown number of years ago. Still appear to be good. We are following the "Fair Offer" posting guidelines so thanks for your patience with our possible response to you. Thanks for reading and Freecycling.

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Free: Updated: Coffee Mugs (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted These are larger mugs; a little larger than the standard size. The "Quoteable" mug was never used. Please note: We are following the "Fair Offer" posting guidelines so thanks for your patience as we give all interested Freecyclers the time to check their messages and daily digests. We aim to respond within a few days. Thanks for reading and Freecycling.

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Free: Beer glasses- old and new (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted A variety of beer beverage glasses - two are at least 40 years old and carried home from a trip to Europe. The rest from USA craft brewers Miskatonic and Great Lakes. Please note: We are following the "Fair Offer" posting guidelines so thanks for your patience as we give all interested Freecyclers the time to check their messages and daily digests. We aim to respond within a few days. Thanks for reading and Freecycling.

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Free: Old, classic Golf Clubs (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted If you collect vintage sports equipment this post may be for you! 4 older golf clubs -- all Persimmon wood, circa 1960s, good shape. - Two (2) Powerbuilt Citation Drivers (one steel shaft and one graphite shaft) - one (1) Powerbuilt Citation 3 wood (steel shaft), - one (1) Haig Ultra 2 wood, steel shaft, 1966. We are following the "Fair Offer" posting guidelines so thanks for your patience with our possible response to you. Thanks for reading and Freecycling.

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Free: PS2 Guitar Hero Axes (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Can we call these "vintage"? They are circa approximately 2005. Two corded guitars for the PS2 game "Guitar Hero". NOTE: THE GAME DVD AND GAME SYSTEM IS NOT INCLUDED. Both in cosmetically good condition. Not sure if they work, but I'm guessing we would've gotten rid of them before now if they didn't. Also note: the battery compartment cover for the blue guitar is missing. Not sure compatibility with latest/last game versions, so these might just become wall art for your game room. Thanks for reading and for Freecycling!

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Free: Box for small guitar (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Expired 30" long x 13" wide (at its widest/base) x 4" high. Was for a child-sized guitar. Good shape. Cardboar is not a sturdy "mailing" box cardboard, but rather built for storage.

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Free: Giant clean cardboard (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Expired This was a box for a flatscreen TV. If anyone's looking for large pieces of clean, unmarred cardboard, you could carve this box up for it and use the inside part. There is a bottom section as well to "complete/close" the box. Measures 68" long by 36.75" tall by 8" wide. Otherwise it's a great play box for tall, skinny cats. If no interest it'll be in our recycling bin this coming Tuesday night. Thanks for reading!

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Free: Trek 2000 Recumbent Exercise Bike (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted This is an indoor, stationary exercise bike. Still works well despite its age (20+) It's heavy so will take 2 people to carry up the basement stairs (or out the walkout basement and up a slight hill.) We can lend you one of those movers (resident husband) to help move it out of our basement and into your vehicle. If interested please respond with day and time. Weather's warning up for tomorrow (Sat., Dec 7) - anyone want to get a jump on their winter exercise routine? Thanks for reading.

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Free: Sturdy Guitar shaped box (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Thick & sturdy guitar box. Could be good for under bed storage of miscellaneous items - including a guitar 😉 Porch pick-up available. You're welcome to check it out first to see if it'll fit your guitar - and just leave it if there's a mismatch. I'll just cardboard recycle it. Thought I'd offer it here first though. Thanks for reading.

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Free: USB corded computer keyboard (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted Hello, We have an old school/non- blue tooth enabled keyboard, originally for a Dell computer. A little dusty, but otherwise should work. (Not used in a while .) Will go to electronics recycle if no one has a need for this. Thanks for reading!

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Request: Ping Pong net stand/post+ paddles (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Expired May be a long shot but if anyone has a stand\post for a ping pong net, we seem to have lost our second one. Or... If anyone has a hack they can share that would be great. Also, if you've got a couple of paddles in good condition that would be appreciated as well. Thanks for reading!

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Free: Liftmaster Garage Door parts (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted 2 Liftmaster garage door remotes 1 exterior keypad All items worked when we replaced them with replacements that came with our new garage door opener. Maybe you'd like to replace your set? Thank you for freecycling!

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Free: 2 Invoice books (Carbonless-2 part) (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Gifted 2 invoice, carbonless, 2-part (one for seller, one for customer) books with lots of invoices left. Good ol' fashioned paper for that personal touch. No electricity, printer or cell service required 😉 If interested pls respond with suggested pick up day+time. Thanks for your interest.

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Free: Sturdy Lrge Styrofoam Box (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Expired Like new, serious PolarTech(R) styrofoam box. This sturdy box has 1.5" of insulating styrofoam all around. Approximate exterior measurements: 22" long, 15" wide, 15" tall. Approximate interior measurements: 19" long, 12" wide, 12" tall. Preference to someone who knows how to recycle it once it's useful life is done. (Pro tip: there's a monthly styrofoam collection in Western Springs: ) If interested, please respond with a couple of pickup day/time options. Porch pickup available. Thanks for Freecycle-ing -- and recycling!

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Request: Magic Bullet Blender or similar (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Received Hello, Does anyone have a Bullet blender (or similar type single-serving blender) they are no longer using and would like to pass on? We would put it to good use! We can quickly pick-up in the vicinity of Darien/Woodridge/Downers Grove. Thanks for reading!

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Request: Coffee Grinder (Darien - near 75th x Cass Ave.) Received Would anyone have a coffee grinder - still sharp and effective - they are looking to give away? We received a large amount of coffee beans recently (vs. ground coffee), and are looking to use them. We would be interested in any offers near our vicinity of Darien/Woodridge/Willowbrook/Hinsdale/South Downers Grove. Thanks for reading!

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