Friday, April 13, 2012

Look what we found on the side of the road while we were taking the dog for a walk


I took over "walkie"  duties while Anth (in a Hurculean effort) carried this industrial (and extremely heavy) beauty home (we did try pushing it, but it was early on a Sunday morning and the noise it made was horrendous)

We took a punt it would work and

to our delight and relief it did.

So, thank goodness (it really is bloody heavy, it practically killed Anthony getting it home!) all that hard yakka was worth it. Good looking and useful too* (it's a fantastic light to paint walls by)
I can't believe someone ditched it and left it there for the taking, can you?

p.s. these things are all the rage you know...read this if you think I'm fibbing... 

* just like Anth
(ha-ha! never know when I'll need something heavy carried home again, got to stay on his good side)

x



23 comments:

  1. oh my this is amazing and it works!!! I cant believe someone would throw it out, great find :o) Scarlett x

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  2. Great find Kylie! And well done the mighty Anth! They do have their uses eh? I am honestly in awe of the cool stuff you find on the side of the road.
    xx

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  3. Thats amazing!!! I once made my hubby carry home a piece of driftwood off the beach, the size of a tree :-) it keeps them on their toes x

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  4. Good looking and useful - good qualities in an object (very William Morris) and EXCELLENT qualities in a man!
    Fabulous find! xxx

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  5. Wow! That is fab! And, of course, when I clocked it was on wheels I wondered why you didn't push it along.... until I read what you put about the racket it made. You are good to be so considerate to those sleeping people!

    You'll have to carry on going out on dog-walking "dates" together now - you never know what else that same household might chuck out ;) xx

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  6. What a lucky find Kylie - waiting there just for you! How amazing that it was just abandoned like that - and still in working order!!

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  7. Wow what a find! (It does look rather heavy... *Eaaak*)
    I am so glad it works.
    =D

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  8. Wow what a score. Why oh why do be throw away things in perfect working order on hard rubbish collection days, I don't get it.

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  9. Fanbloomintastic Kylie!!!! SO pleased it fell into such good hands...

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  10. Wow! The find of the century..love the stand, its way cool. Yay for Anth, they do come in handy some times don't they..haha...enjoy the weekend, Tam x

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  11. Possibly the best street find ever! Absolutely LOVE it!!!

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  12. I can't believe you found that on the side of the road! It's like one of those curb side urban legends that you hear of but it doesn't seem possible! Xx

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  13. Now that is certainly one awesome find, bravo to Anth for dragging it home :)
    x

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  14. are you kidding me? you found this in the road? tssss....
    actually it's the best lamp to take photos next! ;)))
    n♥

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  15. What a fantastic find! I can imagine that it was a bear to get home.

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  16. So now are you up for a lot of night painting around the house? Hooray for strong hubbies and great finds. xx

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  17. Fabulous find - phew I bet you danced home whilst Anthony dragged the beast home. Well worth it.

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  18. How could someone not want this. It's lovely.x

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  19. I swore really loudly!! Envious.

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