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    Yesterdays picks

    Had a day off work yesterday so I caught up on a few pick ups. 2 tv's,2 fans,2 washing machines,3 car batteries,7 air cons and 15 alloy wheels.Pity every day wasnt like that or I could retire.

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    Gotta like those alloy wheels. 73, Mike
    "Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}

    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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    Well that's all great finds. I hope those TV's are a lot easier to recycle down there in South Australia, and I hope you are handling that Freon properly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sig View Post
    Had a day off work yesterday so I caught up on a few pick ups. 2 tv's,2 fans,2 washing machines,3 car batteries,7 air cons and 15 alloy wheels.Pity every day wasnt like that or I could retire.
    I had to retire to have enough time to scrap.
    Give back more to this world than we take.

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    I dont usually bother with tv's just cut the cord off and dump them.The gas is all done legit.

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    The TV's are a 30 second to one minute pull for me with a power drill. I just open them up, take the guts, and put the top back on. If they are tiny tv's ill just throw them in and deal with them when I get home. Otherwise, I never pick up CRT's, I just gut them out on the spot and separate later.


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    Quote Originally Posted by dyepes View Post
    The TV's are a 30 second to one minute pull for me with a power drill. I just open them up, take the guts, and put the top back on. If they are tiny tv's ill just throw them in and deal with them when I get home. Otherwise, I never pick up CRT's, I just gut them out on the spot and separate later.
    I'm going to save my breath on this one. I'm sure someone else will say what I'm thinking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mthomasdev View Post
    I'm going to save my breath on this one. I'm sure someone else will say what I'm thinking.
    Nope... he's probably that same guy around here that cuts the cord, bashes off the yoke & leaves me the degaussing cable. I don't want to tell him he's leaving the easiest part.
    Out of clutter, find simplicity. --Albert Einstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by mthomasdev View Post
    I'm going to save my breath on this one. I'm sure someone else will say what I'm thinking.
    But Mthomasdev, it has "Experienced Scrapper" under his name so he must be doing it the correct way.......right?

    I questioned a coworker once about how he was doing something. He proceeded to tell me how he had 25 years experience in what he was doing.

    I told him that that just meant he had been doing it wrong for 25 effing years.

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