UK Freecycle moderators break away from US network | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Hmm, as a long(ish) time supporter and ex-mod of my local group it all seems a bit messy. At least the Guardian article seems to think that.

Actually it seems OK, What do you need for this kind of thing? An email list, a set of workable rules, some volunteer mods lots of members - there is little need for a management structure (and no need for power crazed Americans, not that I’m saying they are!).

Freecycle is dead, long live the freecycle?

A while back I asked about the weirdest things ever seen advertised on freecycle (the excellent scheme for passing on unwanted items and avoiding landfill http://uk.freecycle.org). I think the funniest was from a moderator who stopped a post offering “ex-girlfriend’s rabbit” as the group didn’t accept pets and then realised it wasn’t a pet being offered…

 Anyway we had some good ones through today - in the same post we had

2 tins tennis balls (8 in total)
Wicker funeral Urn with thick cotton inner loose sleeve
Small stainless steel bowl and domed lid
Packet curtain glides for Solid Glide
Nose trimmer
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I assume the nose trimmer trims nose hair not actual noses - but do I want something up my nose that has (potentially) been up someone else’s? And why is the funeral urn no longer needed? I guess there are reasons, I had originally pictured a cremation urn…