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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 7468195, member: 8033&quot;]Dumpster diving.</p><p><br /></p><p>No really. It started off last fall.</p><p>I go to a local park and read often. I noticed some of the local power company workers working on a substation.</p><p>I got curious and when they left checked out the dumpster. I pulled $150 in copper out of that dumpster.</p><p>Finally the power company gave ME something.</p><p><br /></p><p>At first I felt like &quot;really, I&#039;m dumpster diving?&quot; but the more people I talk to the more I find that dumpster dive to some degree.</p><p><br /></p><p>My next foray was a block from my house. I saw some wood in a dumpster and thought I could probably make a raised bed out of it for my garden.</p><p>Under that wood I found boxes of brand new dishes. Restaurant grade stuff and I&#039;ve already sold some.</p><p>Digging deeper I found more goodies most of which will be for sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>An 8 foot counter top which will be put up beside my shed as I cook outdoors a lot. Brand new handbags with price tags up to $60 and a great variety of brand new hair weaves as well as about 20 large print bibles.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next to the dumpster was a large filing cabinet which my neighbor helped me haul home. I&#039;ll show you what I did with that in my next post.</p><p><br /></p><p>When that dumpster was gone I spied more wood behind a car dealership in the same strip mall. Good stuff so I figured I better ask about it. I did and they said take it.</p><p>A few hundred bucks worth of wood. Just had to pound a few nails from some pieces and again I&#039;ll show you what I&#039;ve used it for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then this week sure enough more wood in the same strip mall. I went there yesterday and the guys dumping it were out there.</p><p>I began chatting with them and they&#039;re opening a pawn shop. I gave them my card to let them know I know a bit about coins. Told them I worked in a shop for 10 years so who knows.</p><p>Turns out we know a lot of the same people in the coin and pawn business.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, they were cutting the wood up and throwing it in a dumpster they keep locked because people use it as their own dumpster.</p><p>I told them I was interested in some of the wood and I&#039;ll be darned if they didn&#039;t load it up in their pickup and follow me home with it.</p><p>Nice guys as it would have taken me several trips as I tote it on the roof of the car.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yep. Dumpster diving has been quite fruitful for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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