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Posted by John Blakeley on June 15, 2008, 1:21 pm
Please log in for more thread options John Blakeley wrote:
> Adrian Godwin wrote:
>> I was at the council dump at Exmouth on Friday. This is one of those
>> places that accept junk and turn it into gold, then sell it. They had
>> a pair of Stuart magneto engines, both slightly disassembled. I think
>> there was one magneto missing and maybe a few other parts.
>>
>> If they'd been cheap enough to throw away, I'd have had them .. but
>> not knowing much about them, it didn't seem worth the risk. However,
>> if anyone wants them for 25 quid each (maybe a bit less if you haggle)
>> they're probably still there.
>>
>> -adrian
>>
> What kind of dump is that? Our council tip is staffed by jobs-worth
> trained numpties who pick over everything themselves but won't let us,
> the ratepayers, take anything out. Not a thing - "that's theft from the
> council that is"
>
> And off topic her indoors keeps moaning about the councils that have
> garden compost schemes; not our lot.
>
> Name and shame - Leeds.
>
>
> Grumpy old man mode off...
>
> John
...and I should have added - none of it's for sale either.
J
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> places that accept junk and turn it into gold, then sell it. They had
> a pair of Stuart magneto engines, both slightly disassembled. I think
> there was one magneto missing and maybe a few other parts.
>
> If they'd been cheap enough to throw away, I'd have had them .. but
> not knowing much about them, it didn't seem worth the risk. However,
> if anyone wants them for 25 quid each (maybe a bit less if you haggle)
> they're probably still there.
>
> -adrian
>