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Free: Beard trimmer (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn Remington MB-320C rechargeable beard trimmer, with 9 length settings. (I suppose it could trim the scalp, too.) Charger and instruction booklet included.

14h

Free: Glass jars (Marchmont EH9) 18 assorted glass jars with lids, mostly used nut-butter containers.

3d

Free: Small case (Marchmont EH9) This case was originally intended as storage for audio cassettes, but the internal separators have fallen apart, so it is now just a lightweight attache-style case. No lock. 37.5cm x 24.5cm x 8cm.

4d

Free: High wooden stool - needs some work (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A wooden high stool, height 75cm, top diameter 37cm. The wicker seat is badly damaged and needs to be replaced, but all the structure is in good shape. See photo.

4d

Free: Mincer (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Genuine old-fashioned hand-cranked food mincer, with choice of output grills. Create minced anything, in the style of bygone eras, even with no electricity!

9d

Free: Two miniature shelf units (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Wooden storage units, originally intended to hold CDs, with outer basketweave finish. 43cm x 15cm x 15cm

10d

Free: Misc fittings for DIY (Marchmont EH9) Gifted An assortment of odd hooks, door handles, and other bits and bobs (see photo).

10d

Free: Old tools (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A mixed collection of old tools, including a saw, a wooden mallet, a rubber-headed mallet, a lump/club hammer, some chisels, etc. -- see photo.

11d

Free: Extremely large plastic bag (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A large (75cm x 215cm), heavy-duty, bright orange, plastic bag. This was acquired many years ago as an emergency survival bag for winter hill-walking. Modern outdoor technology has more sophisticated solutions for that problem, but maybe such a huge bag could have other uses.

12d

Free: Socket set (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A serious set of spanners - see photo. About 50 years old.

16d

Free: Pillows (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Two pillows, feather-free (i.e. with completely synthetic fillings), washable. One is labelled as anti-allergy.

29d

Free: Water filter jug (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Brita plastic jug, 1.75 litres, for filtering water. One filter cartridge (still sealed in packet) included. It has been lying in a cupboard for many years, but this model of cartridge is still obtainable.

29d

Free: Floppy discs (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn About 100 3.5" floppy disks, generally about 20 - 25 years old, about 80 HD (1.44MB), 20 DD (700 KB). The disks are formatted for use with MS-DOS or Windows. On about half of them, all user data has been deleted, so they can be used as blank disks. The rest contain software for Windows 95, but this can easily be deleted to allow their use as blank disks.

31d

Free: Hot air gun (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Electric blower for stripping paint. 1.2Kw. About 40 years old.

34d

Free: Assorted nails (and some washers) (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A mixed collection of small nails, staples and panel pins, sorted into containers (not full). A bag of washers (all one size) is included as a bonus item.

38d

Free: Assorted screws (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A fairly random collection of screws. Some are neatly in boxes (not full), but most are in an unsorted heap, in which can be found a few washers, bolts and nuts. See photos.

38d

Free: Old towels (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Assorted cotton towels, off-white. 5 are hand-towels, 1 is more of a small bath towel.

40d

Free: Glass jars (Marchmont EH9) Withdrawn 15 assorted glass jars with lids, mostly used nut-butter containers.

50d

Free: Plastic food containers (Marchmont EH9) Gifted A dozen miscellaneous plastic food storage boxes, with lids, some microwaveable. Most of them take-away containers.

50d

Free: Wok, with wooden handle (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Wok, 31cm diameter, with wooden handle (inscribed "Ken Hom"). Inside surface may need some care.

50d

Free: Transparent plastic sheets (Marchmont EH9) Gifted About 30 A4-size clear plastic transparencies , formerly used as slides for an overhead projector. Might be of use in some art or craft work. NB: These will need to be cleaned, as they have all been written on with water-soluble ink; a rinse with plain water and a wipe over should be enough.

68d

Free: King-size duvet cover + pillowcases (Marchmont EH9) Expired King-size duvet cover with 2 matching pillowcases.

108d

Free: Old album/scrapbook, empty (Marchmont EH9) Expired A loose-leaf album with large (24cm x 32.5cm) pages and flexible but strong plastic covers, dating from the late 1950s. (See both photos) As it was originally for stamp collecting, almost all the pages have printed headings at the top, naming stamp-issuing countries, but no stamps are included, and these pages have never been used for stamps.

110d

Free: 3.5" floppy disks (used) (Marchmont EH9) Expired 3.5" floppy disks, generally about 20 - 25 years old. About 50 HD (1.44MB), 10 DD (720 KB). They contain software for Windows 95, but this can easily be deleted to allow their use as blank disks.

110d

Free: Wooden desk (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Large, heavy desk made of solid wood (not chipboard, MDF, etc), with castors. Available in 4 separate sections (plus 4 drawers), along with the necessary screws, bolts and nuts, and a set of instructions. Light brown varnished finish. Approximate size: W : 124cm D : 78cm H : 76cm Some warnings: - a couple of the sections are fairly heavy and might need two people to carry; - the collection is from a 3rd floor tenement flat with no lift; - to transport all the parts at once will need a van or an exceptionally roomy car; - this desk is 60 years old, and so its appearance shows signs of wear, with noticeable blemishes on the top surface (but it should be good for another 60 years).

132d

Free: Audio headset (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Logitech headphones with attached microphone. Volume control and mic on/off switch on cable. 3.5mm jack plugs for mic and for headphones. In working order. WARNING: The foam rubber pads on the ear-pieces are missing, so some padding would have to be constructed to make the headphones comfortable.

160d

Free: Virgin Media remote control (Marchmont EH9) Gifted Remote control for Virgin Media TV, obtained in 2016. (Requires 2 AAA batteries, not included.)

175d

Free: Virgin Media hardware (Marchmont EH9) Expired This is electronic hardware that Virgin Media left behind when we discontinued our account in 2016 (they said they didn't want it back, despite it being only a few months old). It comprises: - Virgin SuperHub (modem/router), with mains cable; - Virgin digibox (TV controller), with mains cable; - remote control for digibox (needs 2 AAA batteries); - a cable with some form of coaxial connection; - a pair of cables with a two-way splitter at one end, and a forward path attenuator and plain coaxial connection at the other. I don't know if this is any use to anyone in any way, but here it is.

1y

Free: Old Windows software disks (Marchmont EH9) Expired About 25 CDs/DVDs from about 20 years ago, packed with software, encyclopaedias, etc., designed for use on Microsoft Windows systems of a suitable vintage (roughly, Windows 95 to Windows XP). Some of them might well work on more recent Windows systems, but will still, of course, be rather elderly. They are not home made -- they were originally freebies that came with various PC magazines.

1y

Free: Cardboard boxes (Marchmont EH9) Expired About 30 cardboard boxes, from quite small ( c. 20cm x 15cm x 10cm) to medium-sized (c. 45cm x 30cm x 25cm). Currently in box form, not flattened.

1y