On Jul 21, 11:35*am, Vic Smith
wrote:
A few years ago I had the local boneyard come tow a '90 Corsica away
from my doorstep. *They wanted the title and I gave it to them.
They didn't offer anything for the car, and I didn't expect anything.
Two years ago I called to have them tow away a '93 Beretta.
They refused to do it without the title, *which my daughter had lost.
I coaxed them into it with 50 bucks.
An couple hours ago I called the boneyard to have them tow away a '93
Corsica. *My son couldn't find the title. *They asked how much I
wanted, and I said just come get it. *Didn't mention the title.
Sounded like the same dispatcher, and it was certainly the same tow
truck driver. *Not too many guys with Amish style beards around here.
The car is already gone. *After he had it hooked the driver asked if
I had a title, I said nope, and he took off. *My kid will be happy I
don't have to sock him for 50 bucks, which I had warned him might
happen.
More junk collectors on garbage day too.
My wife leaned a broken aluminum lawn chair on the trash can in the
street, walked into the house to get a final bag from a waste basket,
and when she walked back out the chair was gone. *Maybe 30 seconds,
a new record. *Odd thing is the truck moving away down the street was
a U-Haul Rental truck. *Can't quite figure that one out. *Usually the
metal collectors have beat up pick-ups.

--Vic *

After getting back in my house after a recent catastrophic event, I
was in bed and not able to sleep. There was a lot of construction
lumber and stuff in the front of the house, and I heard a car pull up.
Opened up the windows and asked what's going on. A school aged
sounding girl said "we're looking for scrap in your garbage". That's
sad, I told them to take whatever. After I got back in bed, I thought
about it, and hope that they aren't so desperate that they have to
count on my garbage to get a meal.