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Advantage to my grandfather's minor hoarding since 1970...


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I found about 100 feet of 10 gauge electrical wire which I will use to run an outdoor outlet for my 35' travel trailer, from my folks' house.

Plus I have another 100 or so feet of 12 gauge wire he had laying around, which I can use to run electric to the garage on the property.

Here's to saving $200! PARTY!

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30 minutes ago, SwimModSponges said:

If your grandpa has been hoarding minors since 1970, I'm pretty sure most of them will have reached the age of majority by now.

Nope he wasn't weird or Zeni.

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11 minutes ago, CAC said:

keeping stuff pays off if you have the room for it.

Most of the good stuff was in the house basement.

 

The rest was in three storage garages he has been paying for since the 80's. Like $20,000 spent storing shit.

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2 hours ago, Rogue_Alphonse said:

I found about 100 feet of 10 gauge electrical wire which I will use to run an outdoor outlet for my 35' travel trailer, from my folks' house.

Plus I have another 100 or so feet of 12 gauge wire he had laying around, which I can use to run electric to the garage on the property.

Here's to saving $200! PARTY!

See...going through peoples shit...it’s like a treasure hunt

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55 minutes ago, Still Me said:

See...going through peoples shit...it’s like a treasure hunt

I mean, it was my grandfather's.... I'm part owner of the house... so it's mine...

1 hour ago, scoobdog said:

Uh...

How safe is it to wire a house with recycled copper?

Not recycled, just never used.

 

They're literally brand new rolls of wire that some had been cut off of.

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Just now, Rogue_Alphonse said:

I mean, it was my grandfather's.... I'm part owner of the house... so it's mine...

Not recycled, just never used.

 

They're literally brand new rolls of wire that some had been cut off of.

Technically, all houses are wired with recycled copper if you think about it.

Also, I'm not re-wiring a house. I'm adding a 30amp breaker to run an outside RV plug, and a 20amp breaker to power the garage on the property :P

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1 hour ago, Rogue_Alphonse said:

Not recycled, just never used.

 

They're literally brand new rolls of wire that some had been cut off of.

Well that's quite a find.

Posted
5 hours ago, Rogue_Alphonse said:

I found about 100 feet of 10 gauge electrical wire which I will use to run an outdoor outlet for my 35' travel trailer, from my folks' house.

Plus I have another 100 or so feet of 12 gauge wire he had laying around, which I can use to run electric to the garage on the property.

Here's to saving $200! PARTY!

You find a functioning Garand in one of those "storage facilities" and sell it to me for $150 and I'll call you a friend for life

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6 hours ago, Rogue_Alphonse said:

Most of the good stuff was in the house basement.

 

The rest was in three storage garages he has been paying for since the 80's. Like $20,000 spent storing shit.

Oh shit, that's a lot...

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13 hours ago, molarbear said:

You find a functioning Garand in one of those "storage facilities" and sell it to me for $150 and I'll call you a friend for life

If I found one I'd be keeping it.

 

However, i DID find a vintage Red Ryder BB gun! :o

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I got a Morgan silver dollar from one Grandpa, and a propensity for alcoholism and tobacco problems from my other Grandfather.  I suspect he was also guilty of passing along a little trouble-maker genetic information, for future release.

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46 minutes ago, AstroCreep said:

I got a Morgan silver dollar from one Grandpa, and a propensity for alcoholism and tobacco problems from my other Grandfather.  I suspect he was also guilty of passing along a little trouble-maker genetic information, for future release.

After seeing my dad and uncles have a a much less minor hoarding issue than my g-pop, I don't save shit for too long...

 

No idea where I got the incredible tolerance to drinking from, though...

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19 hours ago, Rogue_Alphonse said:

I found about 100 feet of 10 gauge electrical wire which I will use to run an outdoor outlet for my 35' travel trailer, from my folks' house.

Plus I have another 100 or so feet of 12 gauge wire he had laying around, which I can use to run electric to the garage on the property.

Here's to saving $200! PARTY!

yo its rare people post something you can have a bit of a conversation about.

i like estate sales or properties that the owner sold everything in the garage, with the garage.  old peoples stuff has gold in it.

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20 minutes ago, mumbo13 said:

yo its rare people post something you can have a bit of a conversation about.

i like estate sales or properties that the owner sold everything in the garage, with the garage.  old peoples stuff has gold in it.

I used to find all kinds of left behind stuff when I worked in apartment maintenance.

Posted
19 hours ago, Rogue_Alphonse said:

I found about 100 feet of 10 gauge electrical wire which I will use to run an outdoor outlet for my 35' travel trailer, from my folks' house.

Plus I have another 100 or so feet of 12 gauge wire he had laying around, which I can use to run electric to the garage on the property.

Here's to saving $200! PARTY!

You could even sell what's left, and make more cash. HUZZAH.

Posted
30 minutes ago, lupin_bebop said:

You could even sell what's left, and make more cash. HUZZAH.

My stepdad has a welder so the leftover might be used to run a circuit for that. We shall see......

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