On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:11:59 -0600, "SteveB"
wrote:

How many are hopeless scroungers who will stop on garbage day and grab
something someone's put to the curb?

I do it. Got a VERY NICE pair of graphite fishing rods that cost about $125
each one day. Mama musta been ****ed at Papa, or the old boyfriend moved
out. Coupla damn fine poles.

I could go on for about 3,000 words, and my wife sinks into her seat when I
do it, but she doesn't mind when I use the item around the house, or if it
saved a few bucks.

............. errrrrrr, that is if I EVER get around to using said item
..........

I actually love to go cruising on trash day, go to local dump spots, and
watch commercial and manufacturing dumpsters.

Steve


Some of my fondest memories are from trips my grandfather took us to
the dump. To get stuff. Cool stuff. Then we'd fix the stuff or make
other stuff out of it. He built me a go-cart out of dump stuff : )
After a suitable load of goodies he'd get out the .22's and we'd shoot
rats. That was back in the 50's & 60's. They don't let you do that
kind of stuff here anymore.

I still have some of that stuff. Wife claims I'm both untrainable and
a hopeless pack rat. She's right too. One of the reasons I married
her.

Boo... a bonafide hopeless scrounger