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Post by 𝔅𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔷𝔞𝔯 𝔅𝔲𝔵 on Feb 7, 2024 17:11:24 GMT
Monday night 11 p.m. I walked past a house in an adjoining suburb that had dumped 11 unopened boxes* of Fortisip on the nature strip (it’s a nutrient-rich milkshake drink) + a couple of tubs of loose ones. Banana, chocolate & strawberry flavoured! They were still before the “best before” date! Hundreds of them! I thought, I’ll take them!*1 box = 24 x 200 mL bottles (~5 kg)Unfortunately I couldn’t carry them (because I was already carrying 2 bags of DVDs they were chucking out, which is another story) so I walked 5 km home to return with some carry bags. Got home, gathered some robust bags, walked the entire 5 km back, loaded eight bags' worth of bottles (and that was only half of the stuff), starting walking and progressed about 100 metres before deciding it was just way too heavy (about 24 kg all up) — so I jettisoned 1 bag (I hid it in a dumped dishwasher in another street with the intention of coming back for it; was hoping it would still be there by at least the next night), trudged all the way back home with 7 bags. Made it home after 1 hour & 10 minutes (took longer because of the weight). Unpacked the bottles at home, changed my sweaty shirt, took a breather, walked back again another 5 km to get the rest. I managed to load the remainder - I wanna say around 34 kg. That meant I had to leave my hidden bag there again, as it was just too heavy. Stopped about 20 times for a breather on the walk back, but I made it home before sunrise. All up, 5.5 hours of walking - ~25 km. I was very sweaty, sore & pooped. Then the next night (which was last night), I went back to the old dishwasher to check if it’d been taken away - it hadn’t! Opened the lid and the bag of bottles was still there! Now I have about 300 bottles of milkshake here at home! Cost = $0
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Post by gwyn on Feb 7, 2024 17:23:27 GMT
😁 I knew this was you when I saw the title on the homepage! Dang, getting a workout and free stuff. Not sure you needed to tell us that you “pooped” when you got home. 😜 But really, nice haul. What’s the expiry date on all that?
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Post by 𝔅𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔷𝔞𝔯 𝔅𝔲𝔵 on Feb 7, 2024 18:50:30 GMT
😁 I knew this was you when I saw the title on the homepage! Dang, getting a workout and free stuff. Not sure you needed to tell us that you “pooped” when you got home. 😜 But really, nice haul. What’s the expiry date on all that? Nooo! Pooped just means worn out, exhausted. It may just be an Aussie expression (I dunno if Brits say it.) Some expire (best before, I should stress, which is less bad) on mid-February 2024, some in March, some in June. I’m having trouble storing them, so I left them in the bags. It’s gonna take ages to consume, and I don’t wanna drink too many per day - too many calories. 😬
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Post by uncreative on Feb 7, 2024 18:51:28 GMT
How many boys are in your yard right now?
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Feb 7, 2024 20:08:23 GMT
I bet an extreme couponer dumped them because they probably have more at home.
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Feb 7, 2024 20:09:16 GMT
😁 I knew this was you when I saw the title on the homepage! Dang, getting a workout and free stuff. Not sure you needed to tell us that you “pooped” when you got home. 😜 But really, nice haul. What’s the expiry date on all that? Nooo! Pooped just means worn out, exhausted. It may just be an Aussie expression (I dunno if Brits say it.) Some expire (best before, I should stress, which is less bad) on mid-February 2024, some in March, some in June. I’m having trouble storing them, so I left them in the bags. It’s gonna take ages to consume, and I don’t wanna drink too many per day - too many calories. 😬 We say pooped for tired in the US.
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Post by 𝔅𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔷𝔞𝔯 𝔅𝔲𝔵 on Feb 7, 2024 21:09:20 GMT
We say pooped for tired in the US. Oh, I see. Pretty much the same meaning, I guess. I suppose I could've avoided confusion by instead saying bushed. Although I don’t say it in real life.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 7, 2024 23:03:02 GMT
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Post by gwyn on Feb 7, 2024 23:40:52 GMT
😁 I knew this was you when I saw the title on the homepage! Dang, getting a workout and free stuff. Not sure you needed to tell us that you “pooped” when you got home. 😜 But really, nice haul. What’s the expiry date on all that? Nooo! Pooped just means worn out, exhausted. It may just be an Aussie expression (I dunno if Brits say it.) Some expire (best before, I should stress, which is less bad) on mid-February 2024, some in March, some in June. I’m having trouble storing them, so I left them in the bags. It’s gonna take ages to consume, and I don’t wanna drink too many per day - too many calories. 😬 PaulsLaugh speaks true that pooped means tired here, too; I was being silly hence the 😜 smiley. Well that seems like a decent range of dates so you get the chance to enjoy more than a few. Next you eat the DVDs!!!! Or…🤔
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Post by gwyn on Feb 7, 2024 23:44:30 GMT
I bet an extreme couponer dumped them because they probably have more at home. You are onto something. It’s like all the super cheap pudding he buys in Punch Drunk Love to get the free airline miles, then he has no place to put it all at home so he stashes it at his small business. That movie is good n weird. Recommend, thumbs up, subscribe. 👍
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Post by gwyn on Feb 7, 2024 23:45:58 GMT
How many boys are in your yard right now? Ohhhhhhh, Kelis. Dang that took me a minute. Lol 🤣
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Post by uncreative on Feb 7, 2024 23:54:23 GMT
How many boys are in your yard right now? Ohhhhhhh, Kelis. Dang that took me a minute. Lol 🤣
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Post by ShadowSouL Likes This on Feb 8, 2024 3:39:23 GMT
We say pooped for tired in the US. Oh, I see. Pretty much the same meaning, I guess. I suppose I could've avoided confusion by instead saying bushed. Although I don’t say it in real life. That could have quite a few alternative meanings as well.
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Post by ShadowSouL Likes This on Feb 8, 2024 3:40:00 GMT
At the very least, I'm very glad that this wasn't another case of porch piracy.
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Post by 𝔅𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔞𝔫 𝔅𝔞𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔷𝔞𝔯 𝔅𝔲𝔵 on Feb 8, 2024 8:59:13 GMT
At the very least, I'm very glad that this wasn't another case of porch piracy. I’m more of scavenger than a pirate, which is nobler.
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