Trashpicking: Theft or Not?

[Jzero]

I just gotta know after reading some of the opinions in the Neil Armstrong/Barbershop thread:

You bought a new refrigerator.
You leave your old fridge by the curb for the trash man to collect.
The fridge is collected by someone else before the trash man can come.

Would you consider the fridge to have been stolen?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

lol

NO, its not theft. Its called recycling.

 

[DainBramaged]

If I was famous I would. Somebody would take my refridgerator and then sell it as "DAINBRAMAGED'S REFRIDGERATOR!!!! TAKEN FROM HIS CURB!!! NO RESERVE!!"

 

[scorpmatt]

Does this bear the question of, is your fridge running?

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Does this bear the question of, is your fridge running?

NO!

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: Jzero
I just gotta know after reading some of the opinions in the Neil Armstrong/Barbershop thread:

You bought a new refrigerator.
You leave your old fridge by the curb for the trash man to collect.
The fridge is collected by someone else before the trash man can come.

Would you consider the fridge to have been stolen?

of course not. Better to have somebody take it and make it work than for it to take up space in a landfill.

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
If I was famous I would.

 

[meltdown75]

nah. someone took our old BBQ from the curb on large item pickup day last fall. i was glad someone could still get some use out of it.

giver

 

[40Hands]

Neil is just pissed that he never heard of the guy who would buy his hair.

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: Jzero
I just gotta know after reading some of the opinions in the Neil Armstrong/Barbershop thread:

You bought a new refrigerator.
You leave your old fridge by the curb for the trash man to collect.
The fridge is collected by someone else before the trash man can come.

Would you consider the fridge to have been stolen?

because you already left it outside meaning you were going to throw it out anyway. If it was in your home and then someone took it, I would say theft

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Does this bear the question of, is your fridge running?

NO!

Then how, may i ask, are you keeping you food cold?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude

NO, its not theft. Its called recycling.

that is the only type of recycling i DO support :thumbsup: for free stuff

 

[PanzerIV]

Hell no. I expect it, actually. I've tossed some stuff that had no use for me and I didn't feel like carting to Goodwill and I know somebody got it before the garbage men did.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Does this bear the question of, is your fridge running?

NO!

Then how, may i ask, are you keeping you food cold?

Liquid Nitrogen

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Really the answer depends on whether or not there are any children inside, because then it would be kidnapping, not theft.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
Really the answer depends on whether or not there are any children inside, because then it would be kidnapping, not theft.

What if there are dead children inside?

 

[kranky]

Trash at the curb = abandoned property. If someone wants it, more power to them.

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Does this bear the question of, is your fridge running?

NO!

Then how, may i ask, are you keeping you food cold?

Liquid Nitrogen

so if you keep the food in a container with said liquid nitrogen, isn't that techinally your fridge?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
Really the answer depends on whether or not there are any children inside, because then it would be kidnapping, not theft.

What if there are dead children inside?

Well, then I suppose its okay.

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
Really the answer depends on whether or not there are any children inside, because then it would be kidnapping, not theft.

What if there are dead children inside?

Well, then I suppose its okay.

Smelly proposition if you ask me.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Does this bear the question of, is your fridge running?

NO!

Then how, may i ask, are you keeping you food cold?

Liquid Nitrogen

so if you keep the food in a container with said liquid nitrogen, isn't that techinally your fridge?

No, it's my liquid nitrogen food cooling unit.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
Really the answer depends on whether or not there are any children inside, because then it would be kidnapping, not theft.

Warn your children: Don't stand by the curb - you might get picked up by a trashpicker!

 

[huesmann]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
Really the answer depends on whether or not there are any children inside, because then it would be kidnapping, not theft.

What if there are dead children inside?

Then it would be illegal disposal of human remains and you would be hauled before a magistrate for not recycling.

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Does this bear the question of, is your fridge running?

NO!

Then how, may i ask, are you keeping you food cold?

Liquid Nitrogen

so if you keep the food in a container with said liquid nitrogen, isn't that techinally your fridge?

No, it's my liquid nitrogen food cooling unit.

is it running?

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: scorpmatt
Does this bear the question of, is your fridge running?

NO!

Then how, may i ask, are you keeping you food cold?

Liquid Nitrogen

so if you keep the food in a container with said liquid nitrogen, isn't that techinally your fridge?

No, it's my liquid nitrogen food cooling unit.

is it running?

No, it just kind of sits there all day long.