qrysdonnell
qrysdonnell t1_jd8oykr wrote
Reply to comment by Daydreaming_Bitch in Trees Being Removed by Daydreaming_Bitch
The tree was probably likely diseased. I'm in South Orange and about 2 years ago 3 trees on our sidewalk area (we're on a corner) were removed because of some sort of disease.
We do have plenty of oak trees in our yard that are huge and might be diseased that we'll have to someday remove.
From what I've seen based on local discussions in Facebook towns are generally only removing trees for good reason, but they're never properly communicating that reason.
qrysdonnell t1_ix9ufkw wrote
Reply to How is Newark Airport these days? by gonerlover
I've only done domestic flights recently but of all three trips I've done this year have been problem free. I always show up 2 hours before my flight (well, I schedule the ride service 2:30 before my flight as it's about 20 minutes away).
I'm always flying for vacation and tend to end up with early morning flights as a result, but we've always had time to eat a sit-down breakfast and have a little time to get any snacks or whatever for our flights.
qrysdonnell t1_jeajw2b wrote
Reply to Question about Thrift Shops by Chemical_Gur7314
We recently had to clear out my mother-in-law's apartment. Things went a few different places...
Electronics - I have video game collection, so I'm constantly selling old electronics on eBay to fund that hobby. So electronics went to me to resell.
Furniture - We have a pretty active Buy Nothing Facebook group in our area and we were able to get rid of everything of hers except for a couch and her bed in a weekend. It can be a little hard to get people to show up promptly, but it wasn't really too much trouble and a lot of people were clearly happy with what they got.
Housewares & Clothes - We ended up just dropping this stuff in some bins in a nearby church parking lot. If anything was 'great' then I probably would have added it to the Buy Nothing stuff, but most of the stuff was pretty old. Not 100% sure what happens to this stuff after it goes into the bin. Either gets donated places or ends up at a thrift store that generates money. Either way it's better than going in a landfill.
If we had more time and more need to get money for the stuff I probably would have had a garage sale first and then donate whatever didn't sell. Not sure it would have been worth the time. It's enough work just giving away a bunch of old crap!