Me versus the Toys

Did a house clean out two weeks back. Got lots of junk and broke electronic toys in a box....remote control cars, broken remote controls etc. I've been away from scraping for a while so I figured a nice re-entry with some stupid electronics... WTH!!?? These things had more screws than... well... they had a ton of screws! Made in China nothing. Things toys were built well! Lots of small green boards and silly wires, nothing worth anything but I had to be true to my word with my daughter... Metal = Money. I keep all the tiny screws and metal parts. It passed the time and my daughter helped. It was nice to hear a 7 year old know the difference between ferrous and non-ferrous metals. My wife made a good point to her... She said "Baby if you can learn how to scrap you'll always be able to survive and make money." My daughter is only 7 but she knows and I'm glad for that.

Well that was the day in the Life of this Scrapper. Have a good weekend ya'll.

Cool thing about kid toys that don't work anymore, there's almost always a small copper motor that's pretty easy to get to with no effort

the wife made a good point to her... She said "Baby if you can learn how to scrap you'll always be able to survive and make money."

Your daughter is lucky to learn this at such a young age. I did not learn it until I retired from my first career. Congratulations.