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My Dad is into contruction. He started out with primarily electrical. This means that he ends up getting a lot of copper wire scrap. Wire from taking out old service boxes and bits and pieces left from running new wires. Growing up as a kid it was one way I made money. My brother and I weren't given any allowances. If we collected cans or found odd jobs around we made plenty of money that way. Our Dad also let us take all his wire scrap. If we stripped it he'd take it in and give us the money for it. If we waited to long to strip it then he'd do it and we'd loose out on the money. It taught us diligence and thriftiness. I'm not as careful with stuff nowadays but every now and then I find something with quite a bit of value that I either save or turn in for scrap. Just last month I saved a piece of carnival ware from my Mother-in-laws. My SIL hated that old green chicken bowl and I had seen them in antique stores. MIL offered it to me saying that she'd just throw it otherwise. I told her of it's value and she was surprised but gave it to me anyway. I love finding treasures and making money from trash. It's amazing what can be done.
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