Went to a party...

[fiatboy]

I finally realized how metals obsessed I've become when I went to a party and the first thing I thought was, "Wow! Look at all those aluminum cans!"

The party was great, and now I've learned that living amongst college students can really pay off come the morning---well, it won't pay off a lot, but I can't let hundreds of cans go unscrapped. A lot of times, they simply toss their empty (or half empty) cans into the front yard. If I wake up early enough, they're mine for the taking.

 

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[Urban Prospector]

Went to a festival concert at the fair grounds and had the same feeling.Got up early and went back to collect cans, it took three trips in a minitruck.In addition I found all kinds of stuff drunks forget and misplace.Well worth the effort.

 

[whitesid]

Went to a festival concert at the fair grounds and had the same feeling.Got up early and went back to collect cans, it took three trips in a minitruck.In addition I found all kinds of stuff drunks forget and misplace.Well worth the effort.

how much $$ did you make in cans?

 

[Urban Prospector]

$ 238 but that was 1986 in Harrisville Utah. My rent was $220 to give an idea as to the value of that money to me at the time.I made other money off found items I sold at a yard sale.

 

[fiatboy]

In all of this, the lesson that's constantly being reinforced is: "it all adds up!"

(And that one should keep an eye on the ol' fuel gauge to make sure one isn't inadvertently losing money.)