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    Slow week, Decent finds

    Been kinda slow in my scrap world,Couple guys cleaning up some industrial stuff, let me cut the cords and pick out the electronics, got a few barcode readers, some circut boards from some sewing machines,couple of them were real heavy with heat sinks, scored a few pieces of aliminum, which we're real quick to clean,worked up several pieces last night while watching tv.Figure i have enough in the yard to make a decent load on Saturday,really got to get it moved before the grass starts growing again.



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    Better than me..been breakin down motors n strippin wire...too freakin cold here to do anything..-4 today..colder with wind chill...just drive to work n back in heat..sucks

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    Quote Originally Posted by scrappy888 View Post
    Better than me..been breakin down motors n strippin wire...too freakin cold here to do anything..-4 today..colder with wind chill...just drive to work n back in heat..sucks
    Yeah been seeing on the tv the temps up ya"lls way, Thats to cold for me.

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    Floirda just been going full bore well the rest of the US turns into Popsicle s.
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    My sand had frost this morning...Good thing I'm going to Florida for a vacation come end of Feb.

    Sirscrapalot - Thinks even his cooler caught the flu.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot View Post
    My sand had frost this morning...Good thing I'm going to Florida for a vacation come end of Feb.

    Sirscrapalot - Thinks even his cooler caught the flu.
    aint yall got sand warmers there? hahaha(sorry, couldn't help myself ; )

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    I think you have a few weeks before you need to worry about the grass.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BarrenRealms007 View Post
    I think you have a few weeks before you need to worry about the grass.
    I'd almost bet you can find green stuff out there right now if you started lookin ; )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    I'd almost bet you can find green stuff out there right now if you started lookin ; )
    Yea but I'm not lookig forward to mowing it. 30's here today but were supposed to be in the 50's & 60's next week with rain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BarrenRealms007 View Post
    Yea but I'm not lookig forward to mowing it. 30's here today but were supposed to be in the 50's & 60's next week with rain.
    I'm already thinking it's time to set up my little greenhouse and get some garden seeds startin

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    Been slow in my area too. I have found some aluminum this week and copper cords, Just nothing with great weight. For some reason this has been vacuum cleaner week for me, they are everywhere this week.

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    Bear..thanks for the laugh..you ever come to my sandbar I'm upping your hotel rate to twice the usual for those round of bad jokes. :P

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    Weird... same here with the vacuum cleaners. I have 8 out in the garage and one more out on the driveway behind my trashcans. It belonged to a smoker and it REEEEEEKS!
    Out of clutter, find simplicity. --Albert Einstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    I'm already thinking it's time to set up my little greenhouse and get some garden seeds startin
    Yea I'd say end of Feb for that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BarrenRealms007 View Post
    I think you have a few weeks before you need to worry about the grass.
    Already have daffodils blooming

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    Last night I looked at a photo I took out across the yard yesterday, it had green grass all over it that I hadn't really noticed before ; )

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    Wait you guys take your gardens down?

    And the cold sucks, good thing i spent a couple munutes looking at things i have saved yesterday and found $$

    Now my week has been productive!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
    I'm already thinking it's time to set up my little greenhouse and get some garden seeds startin
    Too early here, won't be able to transplant things for months.
    Success consists of going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm...... Churchill

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    Bulk pickup here last night and I did not get anything. But I didn't look either because I have so much to break down currently.
    But, I had a repair guy come to the house this morning to look at the fridge, it's toast. But I gave him my flyer and he said I would be hearing from him.
    Being pro-active.

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    Huh, that's funny, some of you mention finding a ton of sweepers lately, and just last night I was thinking to myself that I haven't seen but one or two in the past few weeks.
    Normally, I couldn't leave the house without finding 3 or 4 vacuums and a microwave oven, but they've been hiding, lately.


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