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Old 01-10-2013, 10:33 AM
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REAL TVs have TUBES!
 
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Originally Posted by 6GH8cowboy View Post
In my neighborhood, anything with scrap metal however insignificant will be picked up by someone in a truck. Metal in general is .04 a pound and I fail to see how that pays for the gas and brakes. Its become kind of a game to see how long something stays at the street. 20 min is the average, 30 sec is the record.

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I put a coffee table frame (maybe 10 lbs of cheaply brass-plated steel) out for the bulky item pickup on Sunday night at 11:30, and it was already gone by sunrise on Monday. Scavengers got it; not the trash truck.

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