Free!!! Good Cabinet For Files

One of the interesting things we've noticed about Cameron Park is that residents occasionally put junk out marked with a "Free" sign in the hopes that someone will take it off their hands. Usually the stuff is crap - like a well-used cat post. Actually that cat post people wanted money but most of the stuff features the "Free" sign. While too much of this can make a neighborhood look a little trashy we had the opportunity to try and take advantage of this trend over the week-end.

As we enter what I hope is the last phase of cleaning and organizing it become clear we no longer had room for my nice black file cabinet that once resided in the office. We cleaned it out and I made the required "free signs" and put it out on the street at 11am on Sunday morning.




As we ran errands throughout the day we anticipated returning and the cabinet being gone. At one point a truck stopped, looked at it closely and then drove off sans cabinet. A walking couple commented on the good quality of the cabinet and mentioned it would go nicely in their garage. Come nightfall, however, the cabinet remained. I walked down and moved it off the street so it was not inadvertently hit by a car.

On Monday we figured we'd try one more day. I moved the cabinet out of the ditch back to its perch on the street and we carpooled to work....

Arriving home from work there was a bit of a delayed reaction - but Steph and I noticed at the same time that the cabinet had been taken.

Mission Accomplished!