Freecycle

Our house is silting up.
We've lived here for twenty-five years, acquiring stuff and using it, then squirrelling it all away in the attics or spare room when we're bored with it, or when it's been outgrown.

So the attic and spare room are bulging at the seams, and we need to throw much of the redundant stuff away.
There's no market in old stuff, and most is of little value, so we have started to use Freecycle. It's wonderful: a website upon which one can advertise unwanted goods and have willing squirrels take it away.

This week, we have gotten rid of a jar of glass beads and some old ironmongery. Today we hope to give away some old toys of Tom's. Last year, we disposed of a windsurfer form 1983, and a shed-full of plant-pots, amongst other dross.
We're still advertising some more toys and empty files. That's the only problem, people who tell you that they want articles, but then don't arrive to cart it away.

Last week, we also made our first collection, a slow-cooker to decide whether this method of cooking will be of use for us as a household. The cooker is fully functional, but is obviously from the 1980s, judging by its decoration. So far, so good.