introduction

Sat : 26 Jan 07
I'm a nearly 60 year old retired / disabled , Vet , moved from the city rat race to the mountains of West Virginia . It took 6 months of trashpicking in the suburbs to complete preperation of all I would need in my new ( 1906 ) home in the mountains .
Everything In this house was found on the curbs on trash day . All tools and hardware I needed for maintenance of this house and truck were found ; as well as a chainsaw , two weed wackers ,grinder , axes and maul , Most of the kitchenware ( high end SS pans and knifes , bread machine , and a food processer ) were from a lady who was cleaning out her Uncles house ( on trash night ) .
I've been recycling discards since a child when I rebuilt a found bike and a Radio Flyer red wagon .
Our country discards over 9,000,000 tons of solid waste each year . A verry great amount of that trash can ( and often is ) be Recycled , Reused , Sold , or Traded to help a person get by . Resourcefullness is all it takes to find and use some of this resourse often in your own neighborhood . More later . Timothy T