Free movie

Loyal reader and all around inspiration Sarane O'C. sends in this blog's first ever free movie!  Extra points for brevity earns Sarane 2, count 'em 2 cases of Cheval Blanc St. Emilion from the fab Y2K.  A very good year indeed.  Hope you got the bike too.  Thanks SO'C.

Free weights. Hilarious.

Above: as reader Wyatt S. pointed out previously, these machines should come with a clothes hanger adapter.

The garage of a yard sale in Rhinebeck.  We bought a great collander.

Below: A gorgeous old Singer sewing machine near home in Lake Hill.

My boy loves to bike.  We got a softball outta the empty looking box.

Below: A casket?  A casket with legs?

And last but not least.  Free weights.  Sent in by someone and I can't find their email anymore.  If it was you, please come by and get your prize: a case of Vitalabs Muscle Maker 3.  Andro-free.  Ta.

Rocktober freebies East and West.

On the way to school in Rhinebeck.

On the way to Hudson's house in Woodstock.

On the Turnpike in Woodstock.

3 fresh Rhinebeck frees

Sign of the times.

As the Occupy Wall Street movement spreads across America, loyal reader and part-time garden gnome Dr. P. Jom D. sends in this curious sign.  We could have sworn that we'd already posted it, but a lengthy perusal of all previously posted free signs comes up empty-handed.

A case of Ben Marco Malbec goes out to P. Jom as our little way of saying "gracias."

Jesse Ventura sat here.

Maybe.  Maybe not.  But I'm pretty sure he taped "free" on this fine specimen sent in by reader Claire M. from Minneapolis, MN.

A banner day. Or at least a sign day.

OK, maybe it's actually been a few days and maybe they haven't all even been collected by me, but nonetheless, we've gotten a whole bunch of free signs recently.  Here they are:

From fabulous Olive, NY. and, below, from Woodstock:

Below: I forget where this was from but the sign looks as ragged as the stuff.

Above: in front of the massage therapist's office.  Below, in front of "the leprechaun house" in Rhinebeck, so named because of its tiny arch, seen in the background here.

From in front of our new house in Rhinebeck.  I think I recognize the handwriting on that sign.

Above, on the way to school in Rhinebeck.

A class act in West Hurley.

In front of the Christian Science church.  The implications are curious.

Above, superstar contributor Kimmie C. sent in this pic from who knows where and below, a shout out from Brooklyn from rising star contributor Jenny K.  A year's subscription to eHarmony goes out to both of these fine dames as our little way of saying "thanks."  xoxoxoxo

Foreshadowing?

Used envelopes from the US Post Office.  The free box before the big yard sale.  A case of personalized note cards goes out to lovely SRO as our little way of saying "thanks."

Post Irene

The hurricane hit the Catskills really really hard.  Lots of people lost their homes and businesses and are still without electricity or fresh drinkable water.  It's really weird.  Anyway, here are some free signs spotted around Woodstock two weeks post Irene.

A miraculously dry couch.

Mattress and box spring.  Someone up the road could certainly use this.

Free vegetable oil.  Really?  WTF?  In front of someone's house.  Used vegetable oil, too, from the looks of it.  Maybe someone should call those Greasy Rider dudes.

Labor day weekend

Why work when there's so much good free stuff?

Around town in August

Right on the bottom of Wittenberg road.

Tinker Street.

I forget where.

Down in the Bearsville Flats.

What about Starsky?

A coupla free signs from the front wall of the Pioneer Market in Fire Island. Kismet indeed.

On golden pond. Road.

A carton of Marlboro lights and a case of pomegranate Schnapps goes out to previously insulting, but loyal nonetheless, reader Sarane O'C, who snapped this shot on Pond Rd. in Woodstock, NY, USA. It's just our little way of saying "thanks". Sorry about the chintzy gifts. Chintz!!! Get it!! Hardee-har-har-har.

More French!

First it's the title of the last post, sent in from Ontario, Canada, eh, and now this, from the mean streets of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where a former Crip gang member has apparently decided to trade in his blue bandana for a life filled with lovingly bi-lingual typography. Bravo! A wise move, son. A wise move.

A lifetime supply of sensible shoes goes out to Professor nurse Sarah W.M. as our little way of saying "thanks" for sending in this poignant pic. Here's her note on it:

Here's one for your collection. This one is interesting. On the curb outside this house almost daily a new batch of give aways shows up. Often they are laid out in a tableau and the bush next to the box is decorated with a variety of flip flops

An ex-gang banger with an artistic flair. Warms the heart.

Trucs gratuits

From the chiquita who put the lust in wanderlust come these 3 images from the land of the great white flag with a red leaf in it.

Above is a rag tag assortment of objets snapped by the beloved banana in Sand Lake, Ontario.

Below are two fine photos from Dwight, Ontario. (My grandpa's name was Dwight.)

A carton of Export 'A' goes out to our smokin' awesome friend Claire M. as our little way of saying "thanks, hoser." Okay, eh? Super.

Down under ware

Ha! I said "underwear"!! (Sorry. I've got a 7 year old boy.)

Anyway, props to Aussie reader Brad J. for sending in this really excellent photo of clean (presumably) clothes hanging in a tree to dry. And a gas griddle. With a free sign in front of it all. A case of VB goes out to him all the way down there in Maitland, NSW, as our little way of saying "thanks."

Sit on it and rotate

From beautiful Rensselaer, NY, the town that's impossible to spell, comes this stroller. Fine condition, lightly used.

And from Josh G. of NYC and Woodstock, this couch. Less fine and more used. A free fill-up at the gas pump goes out to Josh G. as our little way of saying "thanks" for sending this in.

Correction

The shot above was somehow left out of the Rhinebeck/Red Hook post, and the shot below was somehow left out of the Daisy M. post. So sorry for any confusion or inconvenience this might have caused.

Daisy

One of our favorite photogs of all time snapped this swell shot of a computer desk top which is supposedly very heavy. Now, as it turns out, we actually have no reason whatsoever to believe that the sign writer is lying to us, so please accept our apologies for our earlier use of the word "supposedly." We certainly didn't mean to cast aspersions on the unknown scribe.

A carton of Metamucil goes out to Daisy M. as our little way of saying thanks for the shot.