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Posted: 1/11/2006 4:33:11 PM EDT

Hey Arfcommer's! I've got a question for you all. Is there anyone else out there like me?! I must've been a vulture in my previous existence, because I'm always looking for usefullness in things discarded. Maybe you might call me a scavenger. ( I haven't resorted to dumpster diving..-yet). For instance; yesterday I was quizzing the supervisor in maintenance about a not-so-old, Honda powered, pressure-washer, in which the pump had expired. I had been persistent in my inquiries to the point, (pestered the hell out of him) that he gave me the pressure-washer. It has a nearly new 6.5 Honda OHV engine, so it's gotta be worth something, huh? About 2 years back there was a high frequency arc welder that was believed to be irrepairable. I got it for the asking and the repair cost me all of $10.00 for the parts. Free arc welder! Score!!! Anybody on Arfcom have similar experiences?

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:39:07 PM EDT

[#1]

I get free shit from here all the time. So far I've got a playstation with about 9 games, a titanium wedding band (on the promise I'd shoot it and post pics, I'll get around to it) and a shit load of 7.62 X 39 Stripper clips.

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:42:39 PM EDT

[#2]

Yes.

I am sitting at a decent 'computer' desk that I got for free Friday.

Outside, I have a 8'X24' box, that would sit on the frame of a delivery truck. makes for excellent storage.

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:42:46 PM EDT

[#3]

how about 250' of Andrews 1/2" Heliax (hardline) NEW.... as a Ham, I could not pass that up

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:43:03 PM EDT

[#4]

Yeah...various body fluids from other people and sometimes a bad attitude.

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:43:22 PM EDT

[#5]

Dayum! People just lining up to giveway their belongings!

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:47:57 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Yeah...various body fluids from other people and sometimes a bad attitude.

Hey....I get the same stuff, but more attitude than fluids. I also get some new and interesting oders to smell for stay at work.

I save scrap paper and cardboard boxes for cheep targets.

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:47:59 PM EDT

[#7]

Nope, can't afford the gas for the stuff we build.

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:48:04 PM EDT

[#8]

I got the clap does that count? just kidding, i work construction so always get left over shit, plywood, lumber, bags of conrete, etc. French benefits of a job are great.

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:51:29 PM EDT

[#9]

I just got two slightly dented equipment cases, great for pistols. I wish we sold long gun equipment cases.

My poor wife gets free clothes with her company name on it! (She hates them and gives them to Goodwill for the deduction.)

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:52:02 PM EDT

[#10]

im a bartender, i get free drinks at my leisure.

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:55:15 PM EDT

[#11]

Free PC's, CAT5 cable, and a really hard time.

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:55:36 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
I got the clap does that count? just kidding, i work construction so always get left over shit, plywood, lumber, bags of conrete, etc. French benefits of a job are great.

You work for the french?

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:56:27 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
I got the clap does that count? just kidding, i work construction so always get left over shit, plywood, lumber, bags of conrete, etc. French benefits of a job are great.

What you mean we don't get french benefits?

No, it's fringe jackass

I love that commercial.

Posted: 1/11/2006 4:56:56 PM EDT

[#14]

Steely Dan is not one person

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:01:16 PM EDT

[#15]

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:03:55 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
how about 250' of Andrews 1/2" Heliax (hardline) NEW.... as a Ham, I could not pass that up

Trade you a Ku-Band TWT sans power supply for some heliax

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:05:32 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Steely Dan is not one person

LMAO

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:07:07 PM EDT

[#18]

As a tech, we get to build our own PC's, just recently got 1gig thumb drives, and a 4gig Sony micro drive...

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:11:52 PM EDT

[#19]

Free electrons once in a while, though I'm probably not realizing it while it's happening.

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:13:47 PM EDT

[#20]

All the computer gear I want, got three large double closet sized gun safes last year which I use as tool stores in my garage.

ANdy

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:16:52 PM EDT

[#21]

Yeah , every now and then I get 130 volts DC . That shit hurts .

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:20:58 PM EDT

[#22]

When I was in the Navy I use to bring home 8" and 10" of deck steel. Welders have to cut holes to allow pipes to pass through all thickness' of steel. These things weigh in at 20-50 pounds depending on how thick the steel is. When I find a welder working a pipe I ask him if I can have his scraps ... "you're going to carry out 50 pounds of steel up five flights of stairs for me?".

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:22:30 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
When I was in the Navy I use to bring home 8" and 10" of deck steel. Welders have to cut holes to allow pipes to pass through all thickness' of steel. These things weigh in at 20-50 pounds depending on how thick the steel is. When I find a welder working a pipe I ask him if I can have his scraps ... "you're going to carry out 50 pounds of steel up five flights of stairs for me?".

I'd imagine after doing that for awhile you could be pretty loaded after selling it for scrap.

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:38:44 PM EDT

[#24]

i get a few handfulls of drywall nails and a couple of tubes of drywall glue here and there.

i should be able to build a brand new two story house out of said materials in 10 years if i play my cards right................

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:41:00 PM EDT

[#25]

free gas mask and tyvek suits, radioactive radioschmactive, they were just going to throw them away

Posted: 1/11/2006 5:41:59 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Yeah , every now and then I get 130 volts DC . That shit hurts .

I got 350vac (400Hz) one time..

I really didn't need that shit! lol

Posted: 1/11/2006 6:08:34 PM EDT

[#27]

Isn't it a damn satisfying feeling to take something that has been wrote off as trash and restore or find another use for it? Last week there was an Italian classical guitar which was given to my wife from her employment. The bridge had separated from the body and the string-nut had come loose. The local music shop estimated the repair would cost $100.00. I went to said music shop, ordered a replacement classical bridge, new string-nut, and strings. Cost me something just over $30.00. Fixed it and gave it to my oldest son. Plays like a new guitar!

Posted: 1/11/2006 6:13:21 PM EDT

[#28]

I scored a Jane's pen that the previous owner of my office left in the desk. That's about it.

Posted: 1/11/2006 6:14:33 PM EDT

[#29]

Big businesses are incredibly wasteful... though, you have to be a cheapass like me to realize it.

I scored about $100 in three-ring binders three months ago. I used to spend about $20-40 per school term on binders, it was quite the score. They throw out cool stuff sometimes, but I'm the only one weird enough to say, "Hey, wait a minute... don't throw that out!"

Posted: 1/11/2006 6:20:55 PM EDT

[#30]

I get free cable and high speed internet.

Beats 350 VAC anyday!

Posted: 1/11/2006 7:02:27 PM EDT

[#31]

This afternoon, I brought home a 2X2 pallet that was the base of the Fantasitc Four DVD display.

I told my boss that I wanted to use it to stack my ammo to relieve the weight on my closet floor. He asked,"How much ammo do you have?" I gave him a quick underestimate, "About 8,000 rounds." "Why do you need so much ammo?" I said with a completely straight face,"Zombies."

Posted: 1/11/2006 7:12:38 PM EDT

[#32]

I got a $350 band saw from work a few years ago. They used to use it for cutting plastic pails in half so they would take up less room in the trash compactors. It got knocked over and the frame cracked so they put it aside. During a deep clean it was slated to be trashed so one of the mechanics claimed it and welded it up so you could hardly see it was ever damaged. He decided he had no room for it and gave it to me. Only thing I had to do was replace the electric motor that was stolen from it after it was damaged. Can't say publicly where I got the replacement motor from.

Forgot to add that my dad got lots of use from it cutting both metal & wood as its pretty simple to change blades.