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Subject: Dumpster Diving
From: Brian Borgstede <borgstede@umsl.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 22:50:16 -0500
I made fair money in high school by picking up junk
mowers on big junk pickup days (2X per year).  I would
part out the bad ones and fix the others.  I got $25 - $50
for running mowers.  Spring was a good time to fix people's
mowers that they couldn't get started.  Little carb cleaner,
fresh gas, new oil and spark plug, and sharpen the blade.
That was worth $10 - $25.  The blade is easy on a bench
grinder, just balance it on a small screwdriver.  My parents
were not too happy about the fact that they couldn't get a car
in the garage...but I was "self employed".  Had my own
business cards printed!



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Brian Borgstede                               !
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University of Missouri - St. Louis  !  '68 Triumph TR-250
Phone: (314)516-6433                  !  (or two or more)
Fax: (314)516-6019                       !
Email: borgstede@umsl.edu      !

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