I furnished my entire house
with second-hand stuff. When I moved to Japan, my company gave me a cash allowance for furniture and moving expenses, so I thought "fuck that, I'd rather have the money".

I ended up spending 1/16th of the total amount I'd been given, mostly on transport costs. I fucking love craigslist out here, it's always chock full of people moving home who need to give their things away for free, because you have to pay for large domestic rubbish disposal in Japan.
( chart cat has an itch, Wed 2 Sep 2009, 9:57, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

so,
what was the item that generated the most amount of smugness/glee?
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 2 Sep 2009, 10:04, Reply)

Auto-Colon 9000
Turbo-Jet Bidet.
( Cawl, Wed 2 Sep 2009, 10:07, Reply)

Probably my sofa
It was only 6 months old but the couple who bought it (for about a grand in pounds) needed to fly home in a hurry. It's sumptuous white leather, super comfy and I paid the frankly diabolical sum of ten quid for taking it off their hands and getting it from A to B.

I pretty much looted their apartment actually.
( chart cat has an itch, Wed 2 Sep 2009, 11:05, Reply)