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Feb 2, 2023 - 8:19pm
So I got 25â of 14-2 Romex for $20.21 at Wally World. The App said $20.21 but the shelf said $27.98 and they had to mark it to that price at checkout. Only wish they had 50â of that stuff.
Years ago I worked in a scrap yard and I often 'worked the scales', bought whatever people would bring in. (You wouldn't believe the weird stuff we got: Stainless steel from cremated bodies, trombones, cymbals, etc. Every week or so some drunks would haul out a few boxes of stinking filthy burnt copper wire with most of the insulation still on it. They were too lazy to strip the plastic off it so they tried to burn it off and I'd send them packing. (if they had cleaned it properly, they would have gotten top dollar. It was a really great job, super toxic though, and I wish I had put more ambition into it. I've never had so much fun operating giant toys in my life and I learned a lot about metals but I never worked my way up to magnet crane operator or car shredder.
"but I never worked my way up to magnet crane operator or car shredder."
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?
The electricians I know around here tend to keep their wire spools in the cabs of their trucks instead of the beds if they have open pick-ups instead of closed trucks. Apparently a lot of wire gets stolen to salvage the copper.
Years ago I worked in a scrap yard and I often 'worked the scales', bought whatever people would bring in. (You wouldn't believe the weird stuff we got: Stainless steel from cremated bodies, trombones, cymbals, etc. Every week or so some drunks would haul out a few boxes of stinking filthy burnt copper wire with most of the insulation still on it. They were too lazy to strip the plastic off it so they tried to burn it off and I'd send them packing. (if they had cleaned it properly, they would have gotten top dollar. It was a really great job, super toxic though, and I wish I had put more ambition into it. I've never had so much fun operating giant toys in my life and I learned a lot about metals but I never worked my way up to magnet crane operator or car shredder.
The electricians I know around here tend to keep their wire spools in the cabs of their trucks instead of the beds if they have open pick-ups instead of closed trucks. Apparently a lot of wire gets stolen to salvage the copper.
Pro tip: as many of us have at least a partial spool of romex in our garages, these often wind up in estate sales. (currently $30 for 100' of 12/2)
The electricians I know around here tend to keep their wire spools in the cabs of their trucks instead of the beds if they have open pick-ups instead of closed trucks. Apparently a lot of wire gets stolen to salvage the copper.
