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  1. National - Absolutely! You nailed it alloy. Just dumb...

    Absolutely! You nailed it alloy.

    Just dumb luck when i was starting out as a young man. I bought in when the price was a bit lower and sold just before the crash. Right place / right time was all.
  2. National - Ummm ... thinking back ... it's been over 40...

    Ummm ... thinking back ... it's been over 40 years since i bought & sold silver as an investment / hedge against inflation. The concern back in the late 70's & early 80's was that the U.S. economy...
  3. National - I don't know about timing, but inflation is bound...

    I don't know about timing, but inflation is bound to exert upward pressure all commodities. PM's have traditionally been used to hedge against inflation so that would result in higher demand. That...
  4. Thread: ID Help

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    This thead is a question - I'm not an ewaste buyer but i ran across some...

    I'm not an ewaste buyer but i ran across some industrial special application stuff back in the early 80's. It can be kind of a hard sell because nobody knows what to make of it. Each alloy of gold...
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    Now Jim ... everybody knows that zombies cant...

    Now Jim ... everybody knows that zombies cant swim.

    I live on an island off the coast of Maine. :cool:
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    So your main concern seems to be fraud. Not...

    So your main concern seems to be fraud.

    Not quite sure what to say. I've bought and sold over the last 50 years and have never known it to be a problem when doing business transactions with...
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    I wouldn't call it a craze or a fad CD. People...

    I wouldn't call it a craze or a fad CD. People routinely buy and sell PM's every day. They are commodities. This has been going on for centuries. This isn't anything new.

    The PM's are also what...
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    It's timing Sara. The time to buy PM's was back...

    It's timing Sara. The time to buy PM's was back before the pandemic when prices were relatively stable. They would have been purchased as a long term investment with the added benefit of insurance...
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    It's not a bad idea to keep a few thousand rounds...

    It's not a bad idea to keep a few thousand rounds of the most common calibers on hand for barter & trade. .22 for small game. 12 ga. for just about everything. Maybe 30-30 or 30-06 for deer & larger...
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    It's pretty much the same here in regard to...

    It's pretty much the same here in regard to prices going up. Electricity has just about doubled over the last few years. Prices at the grocery store are crazy. A dozen eggs are up over $ 4.00 again....
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    Military Surplus Stories

    I ran across a few good stories about buying military surplus trucks & generators and putting them back into service lately. It's something to watch if you're into that kind of thing and have a...
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    I wired all the bedrooms,kitchen,and living room...

    I wired all the bedrooms,kitchen,and living room with phone jacks back 25 years ago. We even had two phone lines coming into the house. It probably seems excessive but it made sense when we had four...
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    http://www.remnantresource.org/wp-content/uploads/...

    http://www.remnantresource.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Denial_riverinegypt.jpg
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    It just seems like scrappers can be kind of...

    It just seems like scrappers can be kind of superstitious sometimes. When it comes right down to it .... a thing is only worth what someone will pay for it. It's not worth anything till it's been put...
  15. Ignorance is bliss ! :cool:

    Ignorance is bliss ! :cool:
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    This thead is a question - This is a hard post to respond to Sara. The...

    This is a hard post to respond to Sara. The e-waste thing is a steep learning curve. Certain understandings only come along after you've done it for awhile.

    The standing policy here has...
  17. Ohh hell no. I've been known to eat crow on...

    Ohh hell no. I've been known to eat crow on occasion. A few bugs ain't nuthin'.;)
  18. Gentle laughter. Which of us lives in the...

    Gentle laughter. Which of us lives in the junkyard and is always grumping about the state of the world ?
  19. https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/1...

    https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/130103497_4761402153901423_5725103062497408243_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=c2f564&_nc_ohc=8ePfQQQ0TnIAX9ikbwC&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&oh=00_AfA...
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    I tend to run across hand tools from barn and...

    I tend to run across hand tools from barn and workshop cleanouts. There's usually some level of dirt and rust. There are different things for cleaning metal. Sometimes it's a wire wheel and steel...
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    It's all good man. Just different strokes for...

    It's all good man. Just different strokes for different folks.

    I've got my regular full time day job.The scrapping is just a part time gig to keep my hands busy when i have the time and energy....
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    It's legal here in Maine but i would never get...

    It's legal here in Maine but i would never get anything done if i smoked while i was working.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ydo0AKbJs
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    I suppose it's not like a chlorine gas or nuclear...

    I suppose it's not like a chlorine gas or nuclear radiation leak that could kill people in a ten mile radius of the place. All the same .... there's probably some politics involved. It's not like the...
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    Another lithium battery fire in progress. This...

    Another lithium battery fire in progress. This time at a French recycling facility housing 900 tons of them.

    ...
  25. Thread: Tucker

    by hills
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    I know ... i'm just being a doofus. It's funny....

    I know ... i'm just being a doofus. It's funny. Maine shares it's northern border with Canada. It's all pretty laid back with Americans and Canadians crossing back and forth for work, shopping, and...
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