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hobo finds
Penny Hoarding Member
838 Posts |
 Posted - 05/07/2009 : 22:45:38
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What have you brought home from scrappin that your wife or sig other were not to happy to have in the yard?
Today it was a 16' plastic and aluminum canoe. I live in the desert who would think I would find one!
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RyanAKL
Penny Pincher Member
USA
224 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2009 : 07:44:27
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| well i havnt really brought anything that size home, but i would have to say that my wife isnt to crazy about the mountain of bags of cans in the barn. but what do i care she never really goes out there anyway. |
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bruce hylton
Penny Pincher Member
USA
102 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2009 : 10:56:22
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| Put up a sail for the kids or grandkids as the need arises and if all else fails, invite her aboard your yacht for dinner and drinks. Maybe even get her to sunbathe on deck. |
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simplicitycounts
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2009 : 14:16:26
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| I like what Bruce said! |
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ter
New Member
8 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2009 : 14:34:11
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| I have picked up many neighborhood washers, dryers, stoves, etc. that never fail to get "How soon are you going get rid of that?" |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2533 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2009 : 15:53:51
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sometimes it pays to be a single man. :-)
the recycling center is less than 1 mile from my house. but the only thing I collect are the empty cans from what we drink. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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Flbandit
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
851 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2009 : 18:32:48
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| Until the other day I had an old Motorcycle and a busted riding mower. I finally gave them to a fellow scrapper. |
Are you throwing that out? |
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Kurr
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Ant
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
894 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2009 : 22:07:53
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quote:
Originally posted by Kurr
Roadkill count? I got recycle center AND furbuyer within 5 miles of me!
 Ew! *That* is where I draw the line, mister.  |
Lovely dimes, the liveliest coin, the one that really jingles. --Truman Capote
Coins are the metallic footprints of the history of nations. --William H. Woodin |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 05/13/2009 : 22:13:13
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Originally posted by Kurr
Roadkill count? I got recycle center AND furbuyer within 5 miles of me!
Do you skin it yourself and take in the fur? How do you get rid of the stench and nastiness? |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
-Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484 |
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psi
Penny Collector Member
Canada
399 Posts |
Posted - 05/17/2009 : 07:37:56
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| I guess you don't have that problem as much if you know it's a fresh kill. I tried this once with a fox I knew had been killed the same day but I didn't really have the time to take care of it and it spoiled. A native guy I was working with had said to stretch out the skin and smoke it over a poplar fire but I was too busy and didn't get around to it. Eventually the skin got brittle and the fur started falling out. |
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cleminwbpa
Penny Sorter Member
USA
70 Posts |
Posted - 05/18/2009 : 20:01:49
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| Way back when the Peanut Farmer was President fur was paying big bucks. I ran a trapline but also picked up fresh roadkill during my travels. Red fox were worth $85, grey fox $65 and raccoons $45. The road kill was pretty torn up at times but an experienced fur handler can hide the damage from the buyers. Finding a red fox along the road then was like finding a couple free rolls of 40% kennedys laying along the road. |
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Kurr
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