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"I was privileged to have had a childhood in the age of ubiquitous junk availability."

Garage sales are still a thing and so are flea markets! There is still treasure around if one looks hard enough.



The world was a different place before Ebay, Craigslist and TV shows about flipping junk.


Advent of pricey copper and more consumer goods having salvageable precious metals. There's an incentive to destroy functional goods instead of giving away.




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