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wolvesstar97 · 2012-02-09 17:46:50

So, it all started while on a walk...

I was walking down to the mailbox, a car passed by, and something rolled from under the tire. I picked it up, and it was a PRISMACOLOR PEN! Those things are like $20! So, I picked it up, and it WORKED! Its really cool!

So, now I look for things all the time! I found a couple of things, and then I either fix them or make something out of them! I found a broken tape measure, one of the heavy-duty ones ($32.00 at home depot) and I fixed it! Just because its broken dosent mean it cant be used! I live in a construction site so there always is things that are breaking and workers are dropping.

Anyone else like doing this?

GLaDOS2 · 2012-02-09 18:02:58

Sometimes.
I do it with lost androids.
Then I have them solve some tests and let them free.
Kind of like fish.

cheddargirl · 2012-02-09 22:05:26

I do . So do my parents. It's often a lot cheaper to fix something than it is to buy something new. smile

If an object is broken but it looks like it can be fixed, I usually take it home and try to fix it (or, if it's something electronic, I had it over to my dad to fix). Some of the things I've found dumped that I took home to be fixed include video game consoles, radios, clocks, sculptures, Christmas ornaments, handbags, jewelry, jewelry boxes.... the list goes on. ^^;

With jewelry, though, even if it's beyond any sort of repair, I'll take it home anyway. I like to upcycle broken jewelry into new pieces. smile

CatPerson · 2012-02-09 22:07:37

OMG! When bored at the pool my friends and I find random stuff around and we make stuff out of it cool II did that alot besides that too. smile

undefeatedgames · 2012-02-09 22:39:07

cheddargirl wrote:
I do . So do my parents. It's often a lot cheaper to fix something than it is to buy something new.

If an object is broken but it looks like it can be fixed, I usually take it home and try to fix it (or, if it's something electronic, I had it over to my dad to fix). Some of the things I've found dumped that I took home to be fixed include video game consoles, radios, clocks, sculptures, Christmas ornaments, handbags, jewelry, jewelry boxes.... the list goes on. ^^;

With jewelry, though, even if it's beyond any sort of repair, I'll take it home anyway. I like to upcycle broken jewelry into new pieces.

Upcycle? I've never heard of that word before

wolvesstar97 · 2012-02-09 23:07:18

cheddargirl wrote:
I do . So do my parents. It's often a lot cheaper to fix something than it is to buy something new.

If an object is broken but it looks like it can be fixed, I usually take it home and try to fix it (or, if it's something electronic, I had it over to my dad to fix). Some of the things I've found dumped that I took home to be fixed include video game consoles, radios, clocks, sculptures, Christmas ornaments, handbags, jewelry, jewelry boxes.... the list goes on. ^^;

With jewelry, though, even if it's beyond any sort of repair, I'll take it home anyway. I like to upcycle broken jewelry into new pieces.

Cool!

By the way, what does upcycle mean? I'm assuming its something like rennovate?

Laternenpfahl · 2012-02-09 23:09:02

Remake into something epic

Garr8 · 2012-02-09 23:17:46

i like taking apart mechanical pencils and putting them back together

cheddargirl · 2012-02-10 00:21:11

undefeatedgames wrote:
Upcycle? I've never heard of that word before

wolvesstar97 wrote:
By the way, what does upcycle mean? I'm assuming its something like rennovate?

Huh, I thought that word was more commonplace. I guess not. So now it's definition tiem. big_smile

When you recycle something, you break it down in order to reuse it. For example, when you recycle an aluminum can, you destroy the can back into aluminum to make a new can, you destroy a newspaper back into paper to make another newspaper.

To upcycle something means you build upon it (or don't really break the object down completely). For example, you can take a shirt and upcycle it into another shirt, but you're not really destroying the shirt back into thread to make another t-shirt.

Although, it's not really wrong when you say you're recycling an object when you're actually upcycling it. smile

Agentpieface · 2012-02-10 03:33:51

cheddargirl wrote:
I do . So do my parents. It's often a lot cheaper to fix something than it is to buy something new.

If an object is broken but it looks like it can be fixed, I usually take it home and try to fix it (or, if it's something electronic, I had it over to my dad to fix). Some of the things I've found dumped that I took home to be fixed include video game consoles, radios, clocks, sculptures, Christmas ornaments, handbags, jewelry, jewelry boxes.... the list goes on. ^^;

With jewelry, though, even if it's beyond any sort of repair, I'll take it home anyway. I like to upcycle broken jewelry into new pieces.

What video game consoles?

cheddargirl · 2012-02-10 21:15:12

Agentpieface wrote:
cheddargirl wrote:
I do . So do my parents. It's often a lot cheaper to fix something than it is to buy something new.

If an object is broken but it looks like it can be fixed, I usually take it home and try to fix it (or, if it's something electronic, I had it over to my dad to fix). Some of the things I've found dumped that I took home to be fixed include video game consoles, radios, clocks, sculptures, Christmas ornaments, handbags, jewelry, jewelry boxes.... the list goes on. ^^;

With jewelry, though, even if it's beyond any sort of repair, I'll take it home anyway. I like to upcycle broken jewelry into new pieces.
What video game consoles?

Mostly Gameboy-based ones, since those get dumped a lot.

fungirl123 · 2012-02-10 21:42:13

I've never done it before, but it sounds like fun. smile
Unless you mean finding lost items and using them. My brother once found a DS in a field.
It's mine now.

bananaman99 · 2012-02-10 21:47:39

I like to take apart things and put them back together, maybe I should try doing that to things that are ALREADY broken....

ImagineIt · 2012-02-10 22:46:06

Cool idea!

Wickimen · 2012-02-10 22:49:16

Lucky
The best stuff I ever find are coat buttons and old receipts and cheap snapped pencils

Magmawulf · 2012-02-10 22:55:06

curbside cleanup is so useful! smile

wolvesstar97 · 2012-02-11 18:39:36

The'res construction dumpsters, if you set up a camera-and-recover system (pretty easy, all you need are one of those claw things and two phones with bluetooth) you can fish stuff out of the dumpsters. Theres not food or anthing, just construction junk. You cant dive in these because theres a lot of razors and stuff.

cheddargirl · 2012-02-11 23:36:46

wolvesstar97 wrote:
The'res construction dumpsters, if you set up a camera-and-recover system (pretty easy, all you need are one of those claw things and two phones with bluetooth) you can fish stuff out of the dumpsters. Theres not food or anthing, just construction junk. You cant dive in these because theres a lot of razors and stuff.

There's also swap meets, too, where people come in and trade their unwanted stuff for things they want. You can often find a lot of interesting things there. smile

Medic · 2012-02-12 07:00:52

I make little Portal turrets from erasers (like the ones built into pencils) and staples.

They're smaller than this grid:

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scimonster · 2012-02-12 07:57:37

We get new stuff almost every time there's a bulk pick-up day. We got a play kitchen, play crib, some chairs, cabinets, and a whole lot more! Some of the stuff is a bit broken, but still usable (think a wheel missing from a movable cabinet...)

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