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I may have done my last curb shopping this week. First my city switched to bigger trash cans that hide most of the value, then TVs will cost money to recycle, so driving farther and passing all the...

When I tried to lift it the plastic case shattered. I left some bits in a trash can and scooped up the rest for the fastest possible teardown.

I was the only scrapper in a yard today. The staff had some time to clean up the yard.

I passed a few Trinitrons because they were too heavy to lift and I couldn't tear down on site. I knew what I was passing, so maybe that was someone else's treasure with a team, winch, hydraulics,...

Previously said I pass them, but I like them more now. The height makes them easier to tilt and push instead of lifting them straight off the ground.

If prices had been this low when I started I would not be scrapping now. The dime a pound was enough to sustain my interest on the learning curve.

Fullsize pickups are too high and wide for me. I can't reach enough in the bed over the fenders from the ground. I can reach the middle of my Ranger's bed from the sides, which saves time of climbing...

Winter evenings are too dark to see scrap. I've woken up too late more than early enough, so that's a work in progress. Keeping an early bedtime instead of working until the work is done is a...

In some forums an introduction means that member will make that one post and never be seen again.

While I was too busy to scrap I gained 10 pounds in a year. In a week of curbco I dropped 5.

I pass large light stuff. That was the right decision yesterday when I needed the space for a big load of wire. I'll be busy for a while. :)

Coffee is a laxative. A coffee habit would keep me too busy to scrap.

Egg factories may give the hens hormones to double egg production, but with half the nutrition per egg and weaker shells.

I never knew the title. A cop is abducted and trained as a martial arts superhero. The old master can dodge bullets and run on water. The cop can run on wet cement. The villain chasing him sees...

I would call child services to have their kids removed, then deal with the parents.

Doctors work in the sickcare industry. For healthcare, go somewhere else.

I think of the years more than the money. I did some long rides that could have been more productive with a load of scrap, then working on scrap at home instead of just watching television and other...

Sweaty Old Man No. 5

Anything with one paint color and complete panels. Spot painting and rust gaps take it off the fancy list.

"Bosworth's defense said she made a mistake by listening to advice from her former attorney."
She doesn't seem competent to write laws.

Anything from Dr. Strangelove would fit, such as the yell of the guy sitting on a dropping bomb.

The quote I remember now is from the book We Have Always Lived in the Castle. One of the sisters...

Metro Detroit. I was mailed a voucher, not a check, so that was a longer trip back to the scrapyard instead of a local bank. The return trips will affect which yard I choose for copper. Starting a...

Barter

Leave it in the basement until you need an old reliable CRT, when the new fancy stuff becomes obsolete or broken and unrepairable. I've picked up 30 year old TVs that still work. My flatscreen...

For commonly commonly stolen items: catalytic converters, air conditioners and copper wiring. The delay doesn't change my spending plans, but taking the check to a bank is an extra trip, and the...