#1) Biggest one - I need to learn how to use a torch (my dad has acetylene torches) because I didn't know there was copper inside fridge/ac compressors (I don't know what I thought all the weight was from, the oil maybe) and so if I learn I can make more than 9 cents a pound turning them in as steel which is how my yard takes them. I'm sure using torches will come in handy for other things too.
#2) There is gold in computer boards. Not that I will do anything with that myself but now I'm going to start saving those parts and figure out what to do with them later on when I get enough saved up!
#3) Garage sales. Mechanic gave me a great idea about passing cards at yard sales - that never entered my mind before and its a great way to network! Thanks for that tip!
#4) You're gonna laugh at this one but after one of my yards told me NO microwaves and tried describing a ''tube thingy'' I actually thought the capacitor was the dangerous part - now I know its the part that has the magnets and alum fins on it. Maybe I have enough magnets stuck to my toolbox I'm thinking now
#5) Read some different takes on how to ''Make a deal'' and execute it and that gave me an idea for a friend of the family owned golf course I used to work at as a teen.
These all might not be 'biggie' things in the grand scheme of things but I do believe they will help me to maximize even farther than I have been so far.
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