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Beat-up bedding, not for humans (Wallingford)
Beat-up queen-size comforter, suitable for use by dogs or cats. I've washed it, but it has a permanent smell of adolescent boy. Boy has grown up and moved on, but the odor lingers. Boy howdy, does it ever linger. Similarly stinky feather pillow also available, but I think it's a dead loss. No-contact porch pickup.
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Long red dress & grey cocoon shawl (Wallingford)
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Long red dress, medium, crinkle cotton. Dramatic grey cut velvet cocoon shawl. Alas, no pockets in either garment. I have successfully machine-washed and dried the velvet shawl, but you do need to be careful to take it out of the dryer as soon as it's dry. Contact-free porch pickup.
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Two crocheted table runners (Wallingford)
Two table runners, machine-made lace of 70% cotton / 30% polyester, in a floral pattern. Nominal 14" x 36" and 14" x 72" (they’ve been washed and have minor length shrinkage). There a few minor stains, as illustrated. No-contact porch pickup.
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Keep out signs (Wallingford)
What it says: two "Keep out" signs, never used. No-contact porch pickup.
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Tiny Bonne Maman jars with lids (Wallingford)
Expired
8 little Bonne Maman jars, great for storing seeds or dried herbs. No-contact porch pickup.
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Bunch of little glass jars, no lid (Wallingford)
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About 20 little glass jars without lids, perfect to use as tiny bud vases. These are the jars that Petit Pots desserts come in; we've accumulated them in about a year. No-contact porch pickup.
166d
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Two elderly globes (Wallingford)
Gifted
How old are these globes? The pale globe still shows the Soviet Union and Rhodesia! We think it's from 1970. The black globe has moved into the post-Soviet era. The former globe owner says the way Samoa is labeled as West Samoa means it can't be any later than mid-1997. I'm happy to give them away separately or as a pair. No-contact porch pickup.
189d
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Stack-o-plastic trays (Wallingford)
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Legal size plastic in and/or out trays, 4 levels high. Tired of having paper all over every horizontal surface? Use these babies to free up some of those surfaces so you can cover them up with yet more paperwork! No-contact porch pickup.
189d
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4-outlet power box (Wallingford)
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Grounded, switched, 4-outlet power box with surge protection. Cord is about 5 feet long. Works fine! No-contact porch pickup.
189d
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Large photograph of two horses (Wallingford)
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Large photo of two horse heads, 18" wide by 12" tall, mounted on cardboard. Horses of my friend's youth, no mine. I know the white one was called Snowy, 60 years ago; I don't think I was ever told the name of the black one.
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Calligraphed EInstein quotation (Wallingford)
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Lovely callligraphy of something Einstein wrote: "Two things are infinite - the universe and human stupidity, and I am not yet completely sure about the universe." Illustrated with a 15 cent stamp of Einstein's face.
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Photograph of a musk ox (Wallingford)
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Photograph of a musk ox on stiff cardboard. Photographer was Joe Manfredini, who lived in Alaska when he took the picture and may very well have gotten closer to the musk ox than I would have found comfortable.
247d
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Matted picture of unicorn lady (Wallingford)
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Matted but not framed watercolor picture of a fantasy lady's head with a unicorn horn coming out of her forehead. Is this cool or just deeply weird? You decide! It's well-done, but I have no need of the unicorn lady myself.
247d
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Framed print of some European city (Wallingford)
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Framed kinda old-looking print of some lovely European city, signed and numbered, but I can't read the signature. Hey, maybe it's an etching, and you can refer to it when you offer to show someone your etchings! Maybe it's by some amazing artist and I"ll be sorry when you sell it for umpty-oodle money! Maybe it would just look good on your wall.
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N95 masks (Wallingford)
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18 Gershon 1730 N95 masks. They're rigid, so they won't bunch up against the wearer's mouth. They fit medium-size kids or small adult faces. No-contact prch pickup.
247d
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Conversational Navajo Dictionary (Wallingford)
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Pocket-size (if your pocket's on the bigger size) Conversational Navajo Dictionary, complete with practice cassette tape. Pristine condition in shrink wrap. No-contact porch pickup.
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Crocosmia bulbs (Wallingford)
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Crocosmia lucifera bulbs, dug today. They'll bloom in June or July. Hummingbirds love them. Like the daylilies I posted a few minutes ago, they reproduce generously, so you'll want to be judicious about where you put them.
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Daylily roots (Wallingford)
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Daylily roots, just dug up today. As shown in the picture from June, they're an old-fashioned single flowering type. They flowered profusely this year, from mid-June to late July. They do reproduce generously, so it's best to be judicious about where you put them. I have enough to share with several people and may have more if I get around to thinning the rest of the flower bed.
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Long black dress & hip-long jacket (Wallingford)
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Long black dress, long sleeves, high neck, made of slinky knit. Hip-length grey cut velvet jacket. Both size XL, which in this case translates to anywhere from about a 16 to about a 20. The slinky fabric is extremely forgiving. No pockets in either garment. I have machine-washed and dried both garments without a problem, though it's best to take them out of the dryer as soon as they're dry. Contact-free porch pickup.
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Canopy frame - JUST the frame (Wallingford)
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This is just the metal frame for a formerly great 10' x 10' Coleman canopy. Enthusiastic fireworks fans in our neighborhood a few years ago doomed the top. It may be possible to buy a replacement top on the web: , or you could throw a tarp over it, or you could grow vines up the legs and have the foliage provide shade, but we chose not to do any of those things. Are you up for the challenge? Contact-free porch pickup in Wallingford.
1y
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Good Grips cheese slicer (Wallingford)
Gifted
Good Grips cheese slicer. We didn't like this, frankly, but maybe you will.
1y
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Vintage telescope parts (Wallingford)
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Almost all the parts you need to build your own telescope, purchased from Edmund Scientific some time back in the sixties and lovingly moved all over the USA ever since. Grind your own lens! Or make a cool art project from the parts. Includes shipping list for original teenage purchaser, who lived in Alaska at the time.
1y
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Hair jewelry (Wallingford)
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Rather a lot of pretty nice hair jewelry, clips, and other accessories. I had very long hair for a very long time, but cut it off a final time and donated it about 6 years ago, so none of this stuff has been in contact with a human head in at least that long. I'm taking the shaved head look into old age.
1y
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Obsolete media (Wallingford)
Expired
Obsolete promotional media for an obscure video game.
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6 ounce flexible plastic bottle (Wallingford)
Gifted
6 ounce flexible plastic bottle, never used.
1y
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Nebulizer (Wallingford)
Gifted
Nebulizer, used a bit about 10 years ago. It's been sitting in the box ever since.
1y
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Sun lamp (Wallingford)
Gifted
Sun lamp in perfect working order, 25" tall, 10" wide. There's plenty of light right now, but come winter, you'll be glad to have this puppy to combat seasonal affective disorder. Porch pickup in Wallingford, 11 steps from street to porch.
1y
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Eccentric cookie cutters (Wallingford)
Gifted
Okay, these cookie cutter are not all eccentric, but several of them are dinosaurs.
1y
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2 Aireox HEPA air cleaners (Wallingford)
Gifted
Two Aireox HEPA air cleaners, both functional but in need of replacement filters, which are expensive.
1y
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Semi-disassembled wooden chair (Wallingford)
Expired
This used to be a perfectly fine wooden chair, but it encountered a boisterous young person and now needs repair. One could give up and remove the back altogether and turn it into a stool. Your choice!
1y