Some days ago, a neighbor invited me over because she was donating books that belonged to her husband, who died from covid during the pandemic. There were a lot of books, and even by choosing only the ones which caught my attention, I was able to get over 100 different books.
It was the first donation I have ever received and I got really happy about it. I am already halfway through The Shining, which was in the collection. So it got me thinking about donation itself.
What about your experiences with it? And I am asking about donation of things, not money.
Are you enjoying The Shining? So different from the movie, but so good.
I do. The first thing that caught my attention when she invited me over were the photos with Stephen King books on them, I got five of them. I have never read horror before, and I am loving it (It even made me read a published manual on the rules of Roque, just to know what the hell it really were).
Actually I never saw the movie either, by choosing not to until now. So I am going in completely clean and having no idea how the story actually ends. I will watch it only once I have finished the book.
I’ve always had trouble labeling King as horror just because most horror is gruesome, and King rarely is. I used to be critical of his work because of that before I’d ever read it, and then once I started reading him I realized that how he’s marketed is very different from what his work is in reality. King didn’t like the movie of the Shining because it’s not at all like the book. But it IS a fantastic movie in its own right. Just go into it knowing it’s a very different story from the book.
At a garage sale, I mentioned to the homeowner that I found an empty camera bag for sale, but was looking for photography stuff and she asked me about how far I’d gotten into 35mm film, etc. Then she gave me her old Canon Rebel X for free. Changed my life.
Actually reverse donation. If I want to get rid of anything that isn’t worth the effort to sell, I put it on the curb and it’s gone in a few hours. This works with scrap metal too.
I’ve also had trees and stumps removed for a case of beer.
/redneck life
My city has a curb culture too and I love it.
That reminds me, there was /r/curbfind on reddit. Niche, but does anyone want to make a Lemmy community (or kbin magazine)?
