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[captain kirk]

Wow beautiful, scenic day in Canuckida. I was out with the camera using the bold, golden light and deep pale blue skies. Need to bring along the tripod next time. And, around a bunch of apartments, Korean style, was a set of four tubular steel chairs with leatherette padded butt and back. I selected the pick of the litter, a good sturdy one, and walked it home over my shoulder.

Which reminds me of the 13yrs in Korea, just about every year moving to a different city and opportunistically obtaining by your leave furniture, usually near the big appartment complexes, getting the ok nod, if he was around, from the half-dozing guard in his airport-control looking watch-booth. I once loaded a couple of shelves and some chairs onto my Yam Virago 750 with rubber cords, a Titanic about to happen but, with the balance of a bird on a wire, got it home. The newest one-room without any furniture to speak of yet, you know the drill.

One of the coolest acquisitions was doorpanels, inlaid with mother of pearl (which I still have) of 'scenes in moonlight' (white mother of pearl on a black lacquer backdrop); dragons, ponds, storks, mountains, phoenix, that kind of thing. That was in Ulsan and I cut the richly decorated panels out, around the edgle, of the wardrobe doors (the cabinets were knocked down and lay in the parking lot 'come and get it' castaway style).

[Troglodyte]

I think it might be seasonal. I seem to see more furniture getting tossed in the Spring time. Although today I was passing by a nice apartment complex and there was a lot of furniture out on the sidewalk.

[captain kirk]

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=178365&highlight=scavange+furniture

Same topic, 7mos ago (Feb 2010)

[zhanknight]

[captain kirk]

The thread's about picking up discarded furniture. A similar subject was covered 7 mos ago. I used the Dave's search function using the words 'scavenge furniture' and found the old thread (it took less than a minute) which folks can read and so learn about what prize bits of furniture and household goods were found and put to good use by transient foreigners in their skeletally outfitted one-rooms. This topic, because of the psychic unity of mankind, gets repeated regularly on Daves, probably about every year. 7 months after the last one is probably too soon for a re-run on the topic therefore nobody pitched in on the thread. But, if any newbs are interested, they can follow the link to the 7 month ago thread and enjoy it.

I'm sorry your apartment is too small. It happens, unfortunately. Gotta be strategic in positioning furniture which has more than one purpose, get rid of the bed and sleep on a yo (yo: Korean floor-sleeping quilt bedding). That's always been the first thing to go for me, the titanic bed. There's something odd about having an apartment where the bed takes up most of the living space. If it was a hospital room, ok. If it was a brothel, ok. If it was a hospice room wherein a person was settling their earthly affairs preparing to pass on, ok.

[Troglodyte]

Every time I see a set of furniture sitting on the curb side, it brings back memories of all the furniture that I had to buy for apartments in other countries.

I reckon I could make a killing if I could collect up all the furniture that people toss out and ship it abroad.

[PastorYoon]

[hagwonnewbie]

People throw old stuff away right before the holidays because they like to upgrade before they host their out of town relatives.

[captain kirk]

[Draz]

Even though only a few of the items in my apartment were picked up on the side of the road, everything LOOKS like I picked it up on the side of the road.

My current prizes are a big shoe shelf missing one divider and an antique TANK brand microwave.