So there used to be a silk screen T-shirt shop across the street from the gallery. You know the type. It's literally a sweat shop because the owners are too cheap to pay for air conditioning and about all they make are T-shirts for the local little league teams. It closed about 9 months ago so all the equipment has been sitting in there until the owner found a new tenant to rent the building to. Well it seems he has found another person to open...wait for it....another T-shirt shop. So of course he promptly hires somebody to bag up all of the supplies and trash in the store and leave it on the side of the street for the city garbage men to clean up. Naturally, Wyatt Waters and I are watching him the entire time to see if he's throwing out anything good and waiting for him to leave.
Once he's gone, Wyatt and I venture across the street to see the goods. Mostly trash, cardboard boxes, and other various useless crap. But I was able to find a lot of leftover silk screen ink that I will hopefully be able to make good use of. I also found a stamp the old T-shirt shop used to put their logo, phone, and address on envelopes.
Now remember before you go dumpster diving that the rules are much the same as they apply to 4th Amendment searches and seizures. If the garbage is under the curtilage of the house (basically the roof, front porch, immediately around the house) you have no rights to it. However, if the garbage is beyond the curtilage of the house, say in the street or near the street, then it is most likely fair game.
Well, until next time, happy dumpster diving!!!!!! (I am in no way responsible for anything bad that happens to you in the process of dumpster diving ranging from tetanus from that rusty nail to the guy with the shotgun who changes his mind about throwing out those old TV guides. However, if you come across some primo goods like some golf clubs or hip retro furniture, I expect my fair share!)
Richard
PS- Hopefully some photos from our honeymoon show up (Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Studios Orlando)
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If someone had told you a year ago that you would be dumpster diving with Wyatt Waters, I'm pretty sure you would've accused them of smoking the chronic.
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