Given away on Freecycle: 
Somebody on the Mumbai Freecycle group wants an aquarium for his house (Goregaon East). If anybody has one to spare, let him know :)
Spring brings to mind spring-cleaning. While my usually spotless house doesn't require much of it (hah!), we did have a few odds and ends that just needed to be disposed of.
One such pile was of those flat packed cardboard boxes that you need when you move house. When we moved home in 2005, our movers provided us with these 2 dozen or so boxes. They've been lying in the garage, cluttering up space.
I finally put them up on freecycle. If you haven't heard of it, read about it here.
Anyway, within minutes of sending my email into cyberspace, I got six replies (why aren't people at work?!). I offered the boxes to the first respondent and he's just carted them away.
That's my good deed for the day done. Boxes recycled, environment protected, somebody helped. All at no cost to us.
Well done, MW (pat on the back here).
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If you are in the mood for spring cleaning, visit www.realsimple.com. They've got some great tips and ideas for every corner of the house.
Can you help?
From the Mumbai freecycle group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mumbaifreecycle/) :
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan School's library at Nadiad has been destroyed by the floods. To rebuild its library, we require children's books like story books, essay books, quiz & puzzle books, encyclopedias etc. Anybody wishing to donate the same may pl. contact our Mumbai office :
Hitesh Joshi
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Gora Gandhi Compound
505, Sane Guruji Marg
Tardeo
Mumbai - 400 034
Tel.9969 113 441 / 2494 6025
Any MW's out there want to do a good deed, take a look at the latest posts on the Mumbai Freecycle group and see if you can contribute :
mah cet books
IMS CAT Notes
school text books
Bose Speakers - taken
Bags for grabs
need project pictures for icse students
If you've got stuff that you haven't used for ages, don't let it rust in a corner of the house, freecycle it!
Freecycling is a great concept where you give away your stuff to someone who needs it. Yes, for free.
Mr R and I joined our local freecycle group online and offered Mr R's old sports bike, in good condition. In a couple of hours, we had several emails asking for the bike. Gave it away (same day!) to a man whose son's bike was stolen from the station recently.
The cycle's gone to a good home. Send your stuff away and look at other people's offerings for things in really good condition. You might find a gem!
Look at www.freecycle.org and find your local group on the left hand menu.
The Mumbai group currently offers mostly study books but I'm sure that will change soon. Have fun!
