A school right next to my house is moving to a different location. To reduce what they have to pack up/move, and to generally just clean up, they threw out TONS of interesting things.
First, I got 15 unopened copies of Windows 2000 Pro (which are up for sale)
Some random electronics junk (fuse holders, bulb holder, wire nuts, some kind of brackets)
Just regular junk, which was a bunch of "attendance correction slips" which I duct taped together to make a giant notepad, some wire, and something called a Key-Bak (a retractable keyring)
22 clean baby food jars and 11 lids
Now, here comes the good stuff. I got an old Smith Corona electronic typewriter (can't find a date for it, guessing it's an early 90's model) with a FULL SPOOL of ink tape. The typewriter itself is also in excellent condition.
I found a giant USA atlas. Although the information is over 40 years old, it's a neat thing to have, and it's fun to look at the info in it. There was a page of TV broadcasting stations around the country; there were about 100 total.
It's enormous!
And now, my personal favorite. A medium-sized golden-rectangular electronics poster! ^_^
The funny thing is, the theme of the year was Conservation. Discuss how schools can be so wasteful, even though they claim of budget cuts and such.
(It's basically become the "hey guys look what I got cheap/free!" thread, anyway.)
...if I can ever work up the energy, I'll be broadcasting random things an VHF channel 7 someday 
