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    When I first started out, I knew all about what ozzy is talking about in regards to if its on the curb I was protected by the same laws that protect the police when searching for evidence. However, I don't know how many weed wackers, kids bicycles, scooters, etc, that I left sitting where they were because things just didn't look right. kids are always leaving their stuff where it don't belong, maybe the weedwacker just ran out of fuel. If I could find someone I would ask if it was trash and if I could have it. If it was in the middle of the night when I usually did my picking I considered most things fair game if it was on the street side of the curb, if it was on the house side of the curb and didn't look right it stayed, kids bicycle 5 ft away from garbage cans stayed where it was at, kids bicycle with flat tires laid against the trash pile went in the truck. I could have made a lot more money if my morals were lowered a bit but I like my freedom that I have fought for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brandon View Post
    When I first started out, I knew all about what ozzy is talking about in regards to if its on the curb I was protected by the same laws that protect the police when searching for evidence. However, I don't know how many weed wackers, kids bicycles, scooters, etc, that I left sitting where they were because things just didn't look right. kids are always leaving their stuff where it don't belong, maybe the weedwacker just ran out of fuel. If I could find someone I would ask if it was trash and if I could have it. If it was in the middle of the night when I usually did my picking I considered most things fair game if it was on the street side of the curb, if it was on the house side of the curb and didn't look right it stayed, kids bicycle 5 ft away from garbage cans stayed where it was at, kids bicycle with flat tires laid against the trash pile went in the truck. I could have made a lot more money if my morals were lowered a bit but I like my freedom that I have fought for.
    +1! (minus the "fought for" part I am not a veteran)
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