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Old 10 April 2011, 06:39 PM
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just been reading that there is save your beer cans up and you can make 450 pounds a year im not a pikey btw
Old 10 April 2011, 06:49 PM
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I take all my old panels in my workshop to be weighed in,i love it when a alloy paneld car comes in and needs replacing as its worth alot more than steel!
Old 10 April 2011, 06:59 PM
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I know of a business park that has had the steel drain covers nicked 2 times,and a few houses have had the lead nicked from roofs etc..

As for beer cans bet you got to save a few to get that £450.00
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I do this it goes in my collection of scrap i gather from my work, althought i dont drink enought to make a lot of money from the tins i collect but every penny helps i also throw my dogs an cat tins in with general metal scrap, if you have house partys tell ur mates to only bring tins then in the morning your left with a bin full of aluminium thats what one of my mates does, but the moneys in copper, lead , s/steel, alu, brass if a magnet doesnt stick to it its worth more

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Old 10 April 2011, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by DYK
I know of a business park that has had the steel drain covers nicked 2 times,and a few houses have had the lead nicked from roofs etc..

As for beer cans bet you got to save a few to get that £450.00


A mere afternoon's work for you!
Old 10 April 2011, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by oldsplice
A mere afternoon's work for you!
You Cheeky Bugger,i'll smack your *** for that..
Old 10 April 2011, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by DYK
You Cheeky Bugger,i'll smack your *** for that..

You wish!

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Old 10 April 2011, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DYK
You Cheeky Bugger,i'll smack your *** for that..
Keep your hands to yourself she's mine tonight!
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So what's a scrap alloy bonnet worth then
Old 10 April 2011, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by oldsplice
You wish!


Old 10 April 2011, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
Keep your hands to yourself she's mine tonight!
Lets have a gangbang
Old 10 April 2011, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by JonMc
So what's a scrap alloy bonnet worth then
Depends the weight, i cant remember how much aluminium was a kg. Last time i cashed in i mind copper was £5 a kg an aluminium was less, depends were you go shop about the local scrappy offered me £3 a kg but 20 miles away i got £5 a kg, i had 100kgs so was worth traveling
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Originally Posted by Jeem
Depends the weight, i cant remember how much aluminium was a kg. Last time i cashed in i mind copper was £5 a kg an aluminium was less, depends were you go shop about the local scrappy offered me £3 a kg but 20 miles away i got £5 a kg, i had 100kgs so was worth traveling
Just had a flyer offering 50p/kilo for old clothes too
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Originally Posted by DYK
Lets have a gangbang

Oi, you two.......don't I get a say in this?


Oh, and..........

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Originally Posted by DYK
Lets have a gangbang
I feel the need to go on record as saying i have nothing to do with this comment and would like to dissasociate (spelling) myself from this.
















unless of course she's up for it then it would be rude not to
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
I feel the need to go on record as saying i have nothing to do with this comment and would like to dissasociate (spelling) myself from this.
















unless of course she's up for it then it would be rude not to




You wouldn't say that if you saw me!

Disassociate.
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Originally Posted by JonMc
Just had a flyer offering 50p/kilo for old clothes too
Make money on anything, i get called steptoe by a boy at work with coz i take metal off anything getting thrown out - door handles to aluminium from old pvc windows, old sinks, boilers etc an i bought a 6 speed conversion from what ive salvaged in 6 months so its worth finding out what you throw out is worth
Old 10 April 2011, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
I feel the need to go on record as saying i have nothing to do with this comment and would like to dissasociate (spelling) myself from this.









unless of course she's up for it then it would be rude not to
With you at the party it would turn into a saugefest poor olddplice would be left watching at the sidelines.
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As well as new Lift installations i also carry out the "rip outs" of old Lifts from time to time. We make some bloody good money from the scap( a nice cash injection on top of the rip out price)....... nice clean stainless, Copper windings from the lift motors and a nice phosphorous bronze crown wheel hiding inside the gearbox...all the other metal is weighed in as shearing.

Its safe to say i love rip outs!
Old 10 April 2011, 10:44 PM
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i ve got a customer with 2 scrap yards. he swaps his 'going to work' merc with me at least twice a year for a change, has an SLS, a 458 and a few other nice bits. he works his bollox off but enjoys his cars and tends to buy them outright...............but is he happy? with his car collection and his fit wife, probably!!
Old 10 April 2011, 10:47 PM
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Yes!

Especially if you go around half inching peoples full exhaust system off their drive on a Saturday morning!
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Originally Posted by ditchmyster
I feel the need to go on record as saying i have nothing to do with this comment and would like to dissasociate (spelling) myself from this.


















unless of course she's up for it then it would be rude not to
I am amazed that no one has told you how to spell it yet!

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We get tatters driving round this entire area on a daily basis.

They are taking the p**s now as they now have a PA system playing a tape/CD with a infinte loop of continuous shouting of "Aye-Urrrrn, Anyeee scrap aye-urrrrn, or what you think is steeeel or aluminiuuuuuuuum".

So if someone can afford to drive a LDV/Transit pickup at 5mph all day everyday, there has to be some money in it. Bearing in mind doing 5mph all day equates to about 8mpg with these things (unless they are running on red diesel or veggy oil)

They are breaking noise laws as well because IIRC ice cream vans aren't allowed to continuously play music. If I knew which caravan they lived in, I'd torch it
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We used to have a Rag and Bone man who used to come down the road once a week on his horse and cart. At least he used to call by himself rather than a loudspeaker. I still remember the "Rahh-Bo" call, it was part of life then.

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Where does the bone in rag and bone come from?
Old 11 April 2011, 06:08 PM
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Historically the phrase referred to an individual who would travel the streets of a city with a horsedrawn cart, and would collect old rags (for converting into fabric and paper), bones for making glue, scrap iron and other items, often trading them for other items of limited value.
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Originally Posted by ALi-B
We get tatters driving round this entire area on a daily basis.

They are taking the p**s now as they now have a PA system playing a tape/CD with a infinte loop of continuous shouting of "Aye-Urrrrn, Anyeee scrap aye-urrrrn, or what you think is steeeel or aluminiuuuuuuuum".

So if someone can afford to drive a LDV/Transit pickup at 5mph all day everyday, there has to be some money in it. Bearing in mind doing 5mph all day equates to about 8mpg with these things (unless they are running on red diesel or veggy oil)

They are breaking noise laws as well because IIRC ice cream vans aren't allowed to continuously play music. If I knew which caravan they lived in, I'd torch it
Now now, everyone's got to make a living somehow. Aren't you glad it's not the vengaboys up full blast instead? It could be worse.
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Originally Posted by prodriverules
I take all my old panels in my workshop to be weighed in,i love it when a alloy paneld car comes in and needs replacing as its worth alot more than steel!
What you put steel back on, you cheeky barsteward

TX.
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