Gary Brady wrote:




It amazes me how many people send perfectly good stuff to the dump
because they don't have a set of sockets and few screwdrivers. It also
amazes how that so many "people in need" in this country never take
advantage of this sort of thing.

That (and lazyness) is one of the reasons why I'm willing to dismiss my
parsimony and pay a hauler to take our weekly household trash to the
town's "refuse collection center".

They have a shipping container there set up as a "goodie dropoff" and
the wealthy non-techies who love to turn their Mercedes and Caddy SUVs
into garbage trucks leave appliances and computer stuff there because
it's cheaper to buy new ones than have them repaired.

If I took my own trash there regularly our home would gain mass faster
than a black hole.

If anybody in Red Sox country area needs an electric broom, just 'cmon
over. I must have 5 more of them than I need. All snatched from sidewalk
trash placements, and each needing but a few moments of easy work to
resuscitate.

Jeff

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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."