I helped the cardboard guy fix his truck last night ----

the guy sleeps in his truck in the gym parking lot and collects pallets and cardboard to make ends meet - he says he's been broken down for a week and that his truck wouldn't start - i just got rid of the same truck 92 f150 and my pick up coil inside of the distributer went out and my truck died on the freeway -------- i ask him if he has any starter fluid to see if the engine is getting gas and he says he doesn't have any money --- i tell him hop in and we go to auto zone to get some starter fluid and a distrubuter (with my autozone rewards ) --- 2 hours later his truck fired up --- not sure if he would do it for me but oh well ---

Good stuff man.
Helping a fellow down on his luck, without as much as being asked shows your real character.
My hat off to you sir.

Good job! You did it all the right way. I never understood the cardboard scrapers, until now! With light steel or "shred" just pennies in price from cardboard I think I get it.

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Good job! You did it all the right way. I never understood the cardboard scrapers, until now! With light steel or "shred" just pennies in price from cardboard I think I get it.

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I usually sit and talk with him for about an hour before i go into the gym . Very knowledgeable human being . He has told me some very usable information about some of the recycling centers and whats going on behind the scenes . I used to sleep in my car years ago and its NO fun what so ever . Not sure how he even sleeps in there with all the stuff scattered everywhere in the cab .

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Originally Posted by bigburtchino

Good job! You did it all the right way. I never understood the cardboard scrapers, until now! With light steel or "shred" just pennies in price from cardboard I think I get it.

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I think the regulars get a better price than the public --- he says they pay him what they sell it for - plus cardboard is everywhere - very few people go around picking it up

Good job paying it forward. If only more people would start doing this,,,,,

Awww..what a wonderful story! thank you for sharing!

Cool, good job!! Interesting that in big metros and/or states (I'm assuming) there are places that will actually buy cardboard. My metro is about 200k in pop and I don't think there is anything like that. We are tasked to recycle our cardboard but we pay our trash guys to do it (our company picks up recyclables: cardboard, paper, 1 &2 plastics, glass, steel cans; I keep my Al cans twice a month). The big guys in town (like the hospital I used to work at many moons ago) I'm sure probably get some coin with all their cardboard. On the other hand, they would be overrun with it fairly quick so they have to move it somehow. It would be interesting to know...

Here's a side note. The facility I work at should follow GSA rules about getting rid of stuff and for bigger items, I'm sure they do. But when it comes to scrap, there doesn't seem to be a plan (don't know if GSA has guidance on how to dispose of scrap or not). I've watched them throw many pounds of blue telecom insulated wire and other stuff away. With the number of people involved, I just estimated a very conservative amount of $500 of Alum pop cans are produced a year (perhaps double that number or more). The "employee association" used to take the Al cans and do stuff with them, like an off-site Christmas party, but "fraternization" among the staff was slapped down a number of years ago and the association no longer exits. Now, maybe the brain trust of facilities has worked out a discount from the trash company in lieu of giving them the steady stream of Alum cans but I think its doubtful. I think its just a freebie for the trash company. I now bring my empty Al cans home in my lunch bag...

I was in that position once, you'd be surprised how comfy Ford made those bench seats. You probably just made his day, gj.

and how uncomfortable the seats in the ranger are
on a related note i slept in a bed in the bed of my truck last night, very comfortable