Hey, Everybody,

There is a site, http://www.freecycle.org, that you can go to and get and or receive free items. The only stipulation is that the item be free, legal, and age appropriate. There are freecycle groups all over the US as well as overseas. They were formed in an effort to eliminate useful items from being put in landfills and thus saving our environments.

yeah, i am subscribe to freecyclejapan, it's a good way to get and give free items. The only cost you will incur is shipping cost. If you are living in Japan or gonna live there for awhile, you can join this group at freecyclejapan@yahoogroups.com

Freecycle is a hoot. Someone's always giving away something wacky, like two cinder blocks or a broken window shade.

LOL I'm not familiar with this -- I'll have to check it out, if for nothing else but entertaiment value. There is also something called (I think) Book Passage in which you release your books "to the universe" for someone else to enjoy. You are supposed to post what location you are in and where you placed the book and the title, etc. I was tempted to place one on a ench in the park across the street from me and watch to see if anyone picked it up. Never did, though. I always amass a pile and then donate them to charity book sales, etc.

The park-bench idea sounds like a neat idea for a little documentary or a fun website. Sorta like those people who kidnapped a neighbor's garden gnome statue and took photos of it on its travels across the country and mailed them back to the owners? (this was before the travelocity gnome)