Pay Day

[37chief]

Made a trip to my local scrap yard today. I had 76 pounds of red brass @ 4.30, 62 pounds yellow brass @ 3.25 Don't think I did very good on my aluminum cans. I had three trash cans full. My receipt only shows I had 13 pounds. Need to watch my cans better next time. I am not collecting plastic bottles any more. To much work for so little. I had feed bags full of plastic bottles, trying to keep them dry and clean. for $11.00 not worth the trouble. Stan

 

[Fawteen]

Maine has a 5¢ returnable on most containers (except milk) and 15¢ on liquor. Mawteen and I used to walk a couple of miles every day, pick up the cans and bottles and redeem them when we had a batch. Not a fortune, but something to do when walking for exercise and a few bucks that usually went in the Christmas for the Great Grandkids fund.

Unfortunately, Maw's health has declined to the point where walking is no longer an option.