On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:58:20 -0400, "wallster"
vaguely proposed a theory
.......and in reply I say!:

remove ns from my header address to reply via email

Actually my trap is auctions...the piles of stuff at the tail end,
where you get a 2 tonne (weight!) press frame (bent cross beam!) for
$10 etc etc.

Then I suddenly realise that I have about 5 tonnes of variously shaped
bits of steel to deal with. I have to get my 8mpg truck and drive all
the way down there, and the petrol costs a bloody fortune....however..

I'm here to admit my addiction. If i'm driving along and i see a discarded
lawnmower or mechanical something, i have to stop and will most likely take
it. I just cant seem to pass up something that can be made to work again in
one way or another. Most of my tool carts have old wheels on them that i
found thrown away. I have also sold a couple of dozen lawnmowers over the
years that needed a little tlc to get them running. How many other people in
this newsgroup stop and pick up discarded stuff?

walt
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To alcohol! The cause of - and solution to - all of life's problems.
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