On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:28:16 -0400, ads wrote:

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:57:00 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Monday, April 19, 2021 at 3:50:01 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:43:34 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:
On 4/19/2021 2:13 AM, Puckdropper wrote:
pyotr filipivich wrote in
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Came across a lovely word describing all the materials you find
along the way, aka "salvage", thinggummies, doohickeys, junk, 'parts',
yard sale score, "it was just sitting there with a 'Free' sign", I
could use that for something some day - "Obtainium".

Now I'm wondering if there is an antonym, for when you have too
much obtainium and are downsizing. It's still good for something, but
you have no room for it, anymore.

We're going to be moving, it will be smaller, some of it can find
new homes, other is just too "specialized" as to be easily "rehomed".

I've started "decluttering" or "refilling my wallet." I'm finding new
homes for things by posting them on Facebook Marketplace or eBay, sometimes
getting more than I expected out of them and sometimes less.

You never know. I pulled out some old wire from the house and sold it
after a few months. The lady might have just sold it for scrap, but I
didn't have to strip it, clean it, and find a recyler, I just put it in a
box....

Puckdropper


The opposite is
Unobtainium.

The fuel on that far and distant planet in the movie Avatar.
Unobtanium is something you can't get. We're looking for the word for
something that you can't get rid of. ;-)

It's actually a multi-word phrase:

https://[your-city-name-here].cr...uff/search/zip

They tell me that Facebook Marketplace has a free stuff section too.

I've given away lots of stuff on CL, stuff not worth "selling". The emails
come in almost immediately after posting. Within minutes sometimes.

Some folks post "curb-alerts" when they put stuff out for the waste
haulers. '"Come look before Thursday!"

I've heard that putting it out on the curb with a $10, whatever price,
is a good strategy. Some won't take free stuff. "If it's free it
can't be any good." ...then hope they steal it.

Some of the free stuff on Craig's List is worth getting if it's close
enough. Most of the "bad" UPS units just need batteries. The last
two UPS units that died here (true death, not batteries) were replaced
with Craig's List freebies.

I've also gotten the occasional battery powered tool - guess some
people can't find batteries at anything other than "List" price - on
the other hand, I've also rebuilt some battery packs. There was this
hand vacuum that used a 10.8 volt stack of Ni-MH cells and a 12.6 volt
charger and I had a new laptop battery (3s3p lithium) arrive DOA.
Seller replaced the bad laptop battery and I salvaged 6 cells from it
for a 3s2p pack for the hand vacuum. A $2 BMS (20 Amps for the
startup current to the motor) took care of the lithium battery voltage
limits during charge and discharge and the new pack is twice the AH of
the old one. The lithium pack is 11.1 volts nominal and the charge
voltage is 12.6 so everything was close enough to work like new.

I just threw away a bunch. I don't like NiMH batteries. I've had
horrible luck with them. The rebuilt units have been the worst. The
self-discharge is so bad that they're dead when I want to use them. A
few recharges from there, and they're dead.