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From: "Antti Kurenniemi"
I have an acoustic guitar (Landola) that a friend "dived" - it's
only a bit scratched here and there, but plays very nice. It's not even an
el cheapo model.
Antti Kurenniemi
"Tony Ingenoso" wrote in
message news:3ff8beb5{at}w3.nls.net...
> Its more a hobby than necessity.
>
> Dumpsters are kinda like a great unknown - until you take a look you never
know what you'll find.
>
> Electronics/computers are common...
> One day about 15 years ago I got a big load of unused mahogany boards and
made a bunch of furniture out of it. One of the mahogany
> tables has a nice ceramic tile inlay top (the high dollar tiles were dived
too). One of my office desks was a castaway, in fine
> condition, and the center drawer keys were even taped inside. Drywall
scraps big enough to patch holes, grout, usable plywood and
> lumber pieces, etc all kind of construction materiels can be scavenged.
>
> For anyone selling stuff on eBay, the dumpster behind the dollar stores is
a treasure trove of nice clean boxes and packing. Why
> buy boxes and packing when there's good stuff for free? Free is always
the right price
>
> "Bruce Biermann" wrote in message
news:3ff76e0e{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Tony Ingenoso wrote:
> > > I'll admit to having dumpster dived some pretty good stuff from in
back of
> > > supermarkets a while ago.
> >
> > I didn't realize the IBM pension plan was that crappy.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> >
>
>
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