[sdiy] packrats

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Wednesday 07 July 2004 06:53 pm, john mahoney wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "The Peasant" <ecircuit at telus.net>
>
> > Well, as a certified packrat and junk collector, I think that that is
> > actually a GOOD thing ;-)=  Nothing impresses me more than a great pile of
> > interesting hardware!

> Doug,
> I'll have you know that your salvage webpage inspired me to salvage the
> toaster oven that recently died on us (one spot on a heating element became
> white hot and started melting!). I salvaged a power cord, a solenoid, some
> ceramic insulators, 2 knobs, a wire shelf, and a few other bits. Should've
> saved some of the sheet metal too, oops. (Space is limited, though.)
>
> You should be proud of me! My wife on the other hand -- well, she already
> thought I was nuts. ;-)

I suspect that a number of us have that going on,  the issue being whether 
they'll put up with us or not!		:-)