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I've cut up the odd wreck, piled the sheet metal up next to the building a=
nd put an add on Criag's list: "Free scrap metal."=C2=A0 A few days later i=
t magically disappeared.
Problem solved.
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-----Original Message-----
From: PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com>
To: Shop-talk@autox.team.net <Shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Feb 13, 2023 9:58 am
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Leaf springs replaced - what to do with them?
#yiv1092162320 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}The "junkyard" on the side =
of my garage got a bit overwhelming so I dropped off an 8' bed of junk rece=
ntly for $120.=C2=A0 A V8 crankshaft, a car door, years of old nuts/bolts, =
control arms, mufflers, etc. It makes sense to wait until you have too much=
=F0=9F=98=89.=C2=A0 =C2=A0
In hindsight, it also makes sense to weigh the cost (pun intended) of a pos=
sible flat tire in the scrap yard, injury from the guy next to you blindly =
throwing junk into the pile, a rusty cut on your hand, and the lung damage =
from the terrible air quality.
Then the machine that cashed me out gave me 3 crispy $2 bills.=C2=A0 Are th=
ey work anything?=C2=A0 lol.
From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Jeff Scarbr=
ough <fishplate@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2023 10:40 AM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net <Shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Leaf springs replaced - what to do with them?=C2=
=A0On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 8:46 AM old dirtbeard <dirtbeard@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>
> I had not thought about a scrap yard.
>
> I just checked and scrap steel looks like it is about $0.04/pound. I did =
not weigh them yet, but it could be two or three dollars, as you say, beer =
money.
I took a bunch of scrap metal to the yard a few months ago.=C2=A0 50 or 60
pounds traded for $7.00, in the form of a check.=C2=A0 Wait to get spotted,
wait to unload, wait for the ID check, wait for the receipt, walk
around to the cashier's window to get the check, use the bank app to
deposit it online... I don't think I'd go through all that again for
one beer.=C2=A0 If my time is worth money, then I came out in the red.
Meanwhile, there was a guy there who either has a bar or is a
prodigious drinker.=C2=A0 He had a pickup truck full of bags of aluminum
beer cans.=C2=A0 That was enough to pay for the time and the gas.
>
>=C2=A0 But then at least I could say I turned gas into beer...=C2=A0 :-)
I turn beer into gas.=C2=A0 So there's that...
-- Jeff
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<div> <font size=3D"3">I've cut up the odd wreck, piled the sheet metal up =
next to the building and put an add on Criag's list: "Free scrap metal."&nb=
sp; A few days later it magically disappeared.</font></div>
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<div><font size=3D"3">Problem solved.<br>
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size=3D"2">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: PJ McGarvey <pj_mcgarvey@hotmail.com><br>
To: Shop-talk@autox.team.net <Shop-talk@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Mon, Feb 13, 2023 9:58 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Leaf springs replaced - what to do with them?<br>
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or:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=3D"yiv109216232=
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The "junkyard" on the side of my garage got a bit overwhelming so I dropped=
off an 8' bed of junk recently for $120. A V8 crankshaft, a car door=
, years of old nuts/bolts, control arms, mufflers, etc. It makes sense to w=
ait until you have too much =F0=9F=98=89. </div>
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0elementToProof">
In hindsight, it also makes sense to weigh the cost (pun intended) of a pos=
sible flat tire in the scrap yard, injury from the guy next to you blindly =
throwing junk into the pile, a rusty cut on your hand, and the lung damage =
from the terrible air quality.</div>
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Then the machine that cashed me out gave me 3 crispy $2 bills. Are th=
ey work anything? lol.</div>
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I took a bunch of scrap metal to the yard a few months ago. 50 or 60<=
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pounds traded for $7.00, in the form of a check. Wait to get spotted,=
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wait to unload, wait for the ID check, wait for the receipt, walk<br clear=
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deposit it online... I don't think I'd go through all that again for<br cle=
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one beer. If my time is worth money, then I came out in the red.<br c=
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prodigious drinker. He had a pickup truck full of bags of aluminum<br=
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> But then at least I could say I turned gas into beer... :-=
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