The post whore thread.

[HoneyBadger]

I tore down an old stair climber for scrap. It took me probably two hours. I got less than $3.00 for it and nearly lost an eye.

If that's your plan to get rich, you may want to reconsider....

[Great-Kazoo]

Ouch. I always wear eye protection when working. You only get 2.

Yeah 2 eyes that work are taken for granted till you can't see out of 1. Guy like irv needs both. Couldn't even imagine being up on a 12/2 with one eye not working. Forget a missing hub cap

[brutal]

What a week.

Flew out Sunday 0800 for the east coast, got back tonight at 2100.

Week was good, but slow going. Today started great then went downhill after an event knocked a very small part of a medical center system offline for a few minutes. Not a pretty situation to be in. Right down to the wire if I was going to make my flight or not.

Guess my contact didn't have the AOK from everyone for the work to be done. Doh!

[Irving]

For the record, the reason it took me two hours to take apart the stair climber, was because I separated every single thing that could possibly be separated, down to the screws on the circuit board. I kept all the hardware and was thinking that I'd get more for the steel sections and having removed all the plastic and stuff. I went to a new place and it turns out that they just weigh your vehicle when you arrive and when you leave. Had I known that, I could have been done in 10 minutes. However, I did get the opportunity to clean out pretty much all the metal I've been saving for the last 4 years or so. While I made under $20 over all, it was still nice to clean up my place a little.

Also, the Focus gets MUCH better mileage than the Amigo (around 20 mpg).

[HoneyBadger]

When I was in high school, I had a sweet job scrapping old signs. The best was when GM dealerships all changed to a slightly different style of sign and the old ones all had to be scrapped - They had 3/32 stainless steel sheets going all the way up and around the sides of the sign and sign post (see pic below). I had to disassemble them, remove all other metal from the stainless, and then haul it to the scrap yard. After about 2 weeks of working 4-5 hrs a day, I hauled a flatbed trailer to the scrap yard and came back with $2200 in cash. Most money I had ever held in my life when I was 17. I paid the sign company their share (40%) and was very happy. I wish I still had something like that available to me... We'd be swimming in money! (and metal)

http://www.kitfoster.com/images/2009...nWeb-Large.jpg

[Irving]

That's a pretty cool gig for a high school kid.

[HoneyBadger]

That's a pretty cool gig for a high school kid.

Yeah, one of my dad's friends from church owned the sign company and was always looking for manual labor. He definitely couldn't afford to pay one of his sign techs at $30+/hr to break down wooden crates and scrap old signs. Most of them were not so lucrative, but that was a fun example. He also paid me $10/hr to do custodial work around the lot: cleaning, sweeping, organizing, etc. Even did some remodeling for him. It was a great job that taught be the value of good, hard work.

[Great-Kazoo]

Avast ye scoundrels

[Irving]

If I'm going to be cooking more to save money and eat better, where are we purchasing spices in bulk? I'll be researching that while I wait for responses.

[HoneyBadger]

Costco.

Cooking and eating leftovers is a HUGE way to save money. Most of my co-workers eat out every day and probably spend close to $50/week just on lunch. I probably spend about $6-8 week on my lunches because I always bring leftovers and fresh fruits and veggies. Packing my lunch also forces me to make healthier dietary choices.