Finches need a home

I have about 25 zebra finches in a large outdoor aviary. I cannot keep them any longer. They need a home in another large outdoor aviary.

The thing you need to realize about the incredible wealth here in the Valley is that the hangup on this deal will not be the requirement of a "large outdoor aviary"; the hangup will be that the birds are used.

dipping contraption?

Not sure what this is called. I believe it is used
to dip stuff into whatever is in the little bowl. Comes
with two jars (never opened), one little dipping bowl,
one dispenser bottle (for oil or vinegar) and a metal
carrying thing.

So if you want this nameless, useless thing gimme a call on, you know, that other thing that makes that sound and then I say what's up into it.

Need a Female Model for Friday(2/8/08) - $100 An Hour!!

We are looking for a man to sit in a vehicle while our engineers take photos and measurements. We will pay the qualified male a $100 an hour. We would like to do this inspection this in our office Friday(2/8/08)at 10:00am. Here are the specifications we are looking for:

FEMALE:

5'6"and a half to 5'7"and a half (without shoes)
160 - 180lbs. (without shoes)

We reqiure a preliminary height and weight check before the actual photo shoot date.

This one sure is a mystery wrapped up inside an enigma isn't it? Is it porn? Why call it an "inspection"? And why the gender flip? File under creepy!

Do you raise chickens or goats?

I'm looking for a local source of free range/pastured eggs and/or fresh goat milk that I can buy weekly for my family, either right now or as Spring approaches. If you raise animals and have some dairy and/or eggs to share, I would love to set up an arrangement with you and can probably gather additional people together, if you're interested.

If you've never been here, then you don't know a secret that California is hiding: Eggs cost a fortune! A dozen eggs--regular, old-fashioned, factory farmed eggs--will cost up upwards of $4 here. If you want something fancy--free range, organic, what have you--expect to pay close to $6. It's the only place I've ever been where half-dozen boxes of eggs are sold standard in every store because it's the only way they're even remotely affordable. So it's refreshing to see this ad--a real self starter! You go and find a chicken in this state, and you wrench those eggs out from under her! Revolution! Revolution! Revolution!

broken ipod!! for sale i duno whats wrong with it =[ - $20

pleas buy my ipod, it is the very 1st one and i don't know what's wrong with it. so if u want to buy it for 30 o.b.o then thats fine .. pleas e-mail me. tnks for looking

The thing about this ad isn't the horrendous number of typos (wood it kill u to proofreed?), but instead the fact that it obscures the fact that he jacked the price of a broken ipod by $10 from the title to the ad itself. That's some savvy salesmanship!

Free *broken* Apple 65W Portable Power Adapter

Technically, it may still work -- I stopped using it because one day I plugged it in and quickly noticed a faint smell of burning electronics.

... so I decided that someone else may want to set their house on fire, so I'm giving this away!

MAGAZINES WANTED

I WANT A FEW RECENT (SINCE 2000) ISSUES OF HUSTLER AND PENTHOUSE MAGAZINES. MORE RECENT THE BETTER. BUT I'M NOT PAYING COLLECTOR PRICES - JUST OLD - DO NOT NEED TO BE IN MINT CONDITION.

It is truly staggering to me how much porn changes hands on Craigslist. But this ad, with its ALL CAPS immediacy and its insistence that the magazines DO NOT NEED TO BE IN MINT CONDITION may be the creepiest I've seen. I really can't imagine anything I'd definitely want in mint condition more than used porn. I mean, think about it. But not this guy--he'll take it dripping in fluids, as long as its old.

Old Fence Wood, Perfect for burning Man

Help your self 350' of fencing free

Check the calendar: It's January. Having driven through a scorching Nevada a week before Burning Man last year, I can tell you without hesitation that it's not for nine more months. Moving out here right before that godforsaken event, Craigslist was full of garbage for sale for Burning Man (broken bikes, broken tents, stained carpet, ripped tarps--you name it, they had it!). But who knew the ads would start this far in advance!

Graphic Designer / Web Producer / Web 2.0

Opportunity to leverage your design skills and create your own niche in an exciting media mashup widget platform company.

All those buzzwords crammed in at the end! "Widget Platform Company" rolls off the tongue so easily, doesn't it? It's like a game of Silicon Valley telephone. You almost expect to find "purple monkey dinosaur" stuck in there somewhere. They couldn't have crammed "social network" or "viral" in as well?

We are currently in the process of redefining our online tools which provide our partners and name brand clients an easy and viral way to reach their customers throughout the social networking space.

Oh.

chicago grl needs ride from SF to LA

i know its way early, and ill probably have to post this like 3 more times before something reliable. but, im going on a vacation from chicago to sf. and then i need to get to la to meet my best friend in the whole world up. i could put in 35 dollars for gas and possibly some greens?

Do you think she means Chard? Maybe Kale? Because who doesn't like a nice plate of steamed Kale when they're driving 600 miles.

free white icicle Christmas lights

We have three strands of white icicle lights where one side of the string is not turning on. I think it is probably due to one light not being tight or working. I think if you took the time, you could make them work.

This has to be the same ad, right? There's can't be more than one person trying to give away a broken string of lights? You have to respect the temerity though... Just keep asking, someone will come and get it eventually!

Christmas icicle lights

There are 4 strings of white icicle lights where only one side of the string is on. i am sure there is that one bulb out that makes the rest of the string not work, but I don't want to try to fix it.

Ho-ho-ho! I've got some broken lights that probably just need a single bulb replaced, but I'd rather just post an ad on Craigslist and buy new lights instead. Welcome to Christmas in California, where the snow is all artificial and the cheer comes with a hefty price tag--except if you want some broken Christmas lights. Good will to each and every one!

Are you into cows? Or someone you know LOVES cows?

Growing up on a farm, I had a pet cow. So for a few years I collected cow stuff... Stuff animals, cow banks (piggybanks), nick nacks and some kitchen stuff. I would probley say maybe a box or two of stuff. They are in great shape and just need to be dusted and given love. It took me a long time to decide to get rid of them.. that will make my hubby happy. But they are only collecting dust and now I am collecting dolls.

Whoa, out of the frying pan and into the fire with this one. I would rather live in a house filled to the ceiling with cow chotchkies than to have to live out the rest of my days with a doll collector. Those things come alive at night you know.

FREE BEE HIVES - Come & Get It

FREE BEE HIVES in between walls of home.
Come & get it at your own risk of bee sting.

OH MY GOD.

Will Trade Dental Service for a hot tub/spa

I am looking for a hot tub that would seat 4+ people. If not new it must be as close to new as possible. you will take care of delivery also. Please send a picture. I offer high end dental services in all phases of dentistry, including implants, but except braces.

Not to start off by saying "Only in California..." but really, only in california would you see an ad like this. Hot tubs are everywhere here, from the most modest house to the most palatial, they may as well become currency. But even in their ubiquitousness, they never quite lose the creepy swinger vibe they picked up in the 70s and, as a result, I think the last person I would want working on my teeth would be the dude that would trade it for a hot tub.

IF YOU SAY YOUR COMING TO PICK UP AN ITEM !!!!!!!!!!!!

OK IF YOU CALL AND SAY YOU WANT THE ITEM AND SAY YOUR COMING AT A CERTAIN TIME. PLEASE SHOW UP AND DON'T FLAKE OUT. MY TIME IS VERY PRECIOUS AND I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR FLAKES. IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT THEM DON'T CALL AND ASK FOR IT OR CALL AND LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU CAN NOT MAKE IT.JUST PLEASE DON'T FLAKE.

Well said--and in all caps!

Aquarium - not good for fish

There's actually a perfectly good reason why this aquarium isn't good for fish, but it's just such a patently absurd way of marketing it that I'm leaving it as-is.

Free Adult Magazines

Penthouse, Playboy, Leg Show, Club, and more. Vintage, up to 20 years old

There's really no part of this transaction that's not creepy. Let me again remind you, dear reader, that Craigslist follows a person-to-person model, meaning that you've got to go to this guy's house and pick up his pile of 20-year-old stroke mags. And he has to meet you, the person that wants them. Sweatpants all around folks!

Animal Facility Manager

OK, so let's say you're job hunting out here. An Animal Facility Manager--sounds great! Who doesn't love animals, right?

Well...

We have an immediate opening within our Biology & Pharmacology Department for an Animal Facility Manager with the talents and interests listed below.

Both talents and interests, huh? Let's see whatcha got!

1. Oversees the activities of the animal care facility.

Great, no problem there!

2. Performs various technical procedures, e.g., bleeding, surgery, autopsies and inoculations biopsies.

Oh, it's that kind of animal facility. Let's skip ahead, shall we?

7. Is prepared to go beyond the usual work schedule to accomplish critical tasks.

Does that mean you've gotta bleed 'em on overtime?

8. The Animal Facility will use controlled substances (anesthesia and euthanasia) under DEA registration to the manager. It is expected that the manager have no state or federal criminal convictions in connection with controlled substances and has not had a federal controlled substance registration revoked, suspended, restricted or denied.

Yikes! They're not kidding around here! Bleeding, autopsies, controlled substances... Must be a pretty hard-core place, right?

We also have great people, ample resources and a serious, but fun working environment.

And how!

OLD "LITTLE BLACK SAMBO" BOOK - $45

This wonderful little book is "Little Black Sambo," published by the Whitman Company in MCML (that's 1950, I think). Illustrations are by Suzanne. The book is in pretty good shape; the inside is really nice, not colored in or written in, but the spine is a little frowzy and there's a little bit of paper loss on the back cover. The best part is the insides; the pages are bright and really nice.

Let's reiterate something about Craigslist: People e-mail you or call you, they come to your house to pick the stuff up. It's very, very public and very, very private all at the same time. And, knowing this, you willingly decide to sell your copy of, ahem, "Little Black Sambo"?