Our neighbourhood has a great tradition of giving away unwanted stuff on the boulevard, that scrap of grass in between the street and the sidewalk. All kinds of stuff appears and disappears on the street – appliances that need slight repairs, old clothes, mismatched kids toys and dog eared paperbacks. I love the community and karma aspects of this, and it never ceases to amaze me what people will pick up and take home.

In the past week, we have given away:
- a half-broken toaster, missing a handle and with only half the elements working (complete with a post-it note explaining all these things)
- a coat with cat pee on it (the cat pee appeared once it was put out, but still)
- a box full of random crappy plastic toys
- half a dozen old handbags
- a bottle sterilizer
- a broken electrical composter

One item remains stubbornly abandoned beside the sidewalk:

- a copy of the Walrus magazine with a huge picture of Stephen Harper on the cover.

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