Whats the longest scrap run you have down without a shower/bath?

Mines two weeks.. Day in & day out.



I was doing the scrapping by myself & it was all wrecked cars in a remote area & I was only getting the wiring looms out. Just trying to get a good lump sum of $$$

Since it was so dirty & without anyone else around and I had to do a LOT of walking, I didn't have time to do 'other' things.
I also would have to use a friends shower as mine wasn't working...

I had to walk there, 1/2 hour, do the scrapping & amassing the looms in sacks, walk back home, 1/2 hour, sit & cut the plugs & coverings off. All dirty work, sitting in engine bays plucking the wire out.
Then take that single plastic coated wire 1/2 way back & hide it so I could burn it off later at night.

After a few days I started working at night & sleeping during the day.
So I decided to go for it & just changed clothes as I needed too. I started picking up the heater cores & any loose Ali as well.

The last night I burnt off the wire & took it home to clean it up. Got some sleep.

On the next/last day. I sold all the metal & went over to the friends place for a shower. Since he had only 'fire heated' hotwater (kitchen stove with a 'wetback' (all you Americans can have a larf at the wetback reference)) I also had to supply the wood & heat the water first.

So I get the fire going & he says "We have to go do some shopping at the Warehouse" (Kmart).
So I decide to go too while the waters heating up.

I'm in the que for the checkout & some Mother with 2 kids is behind me. I'm trying to stand still in the same spot & keep my elbows down to keep the stink contained....

And this kid starts whining, you know what its like. "Can I have this, then this then, why not this, if I can't have that then can I have this, why not, you are getting something, I want something too, yahhh yarrrhhh" snotty little ****.

So I take a big sideways step & the kid follows into where I was & he goes "Whaaat about this then, its only two doll .... clik clug"
as he chokes & suddenly forgets what he was saying, & why.........

So I get what I want & go to leave & as I leave I hear the mother say "Boy, he's got a phew hasn't he?"
& the Checkout operator says "Its not as bad as some of them...."

'Not as bad as some of them'... wow, now thats gotta be bad.

I picked up my dirty clothes after the shower & nearly dropped them. It smelt just like a pigsty.

It's the smell of money.

Nope/ I shower twice a day whether I need it or not!!!!!!

Originally Posted by auminer

Nope/ I shower twice a day whether I need it or not!!!!!!

Me too!

I have gone a few days But i don't like that as its to hard to clean the stink of metal off the skin. I also feel i have a unique issue as i live in the mountains and the water here are known for high IRON content. Well some times i hit the shower and it's like wow the IRON water hits the metal in my sweat and it's like some sorta metal celebration.So unless I use a body wash I stink of metal . Now another interesting thing is if I visit the Long Island family in laws that water cleans me and the metal smell is gone, go figure .I also have 30 years painting under my belt so I probably have other metallic toxins floating in my system.

I'll usually shower for holidays, special occasions or special requests. Otherwise, I'm just saving $$$ in a multitude of ways.

I sometimes think I am in some fashion, one of those extreme cheapskates, but in all reality I am just simple minded and try to live in a simplified enviroment.

I don't need or much want fancy commodities. (Unless they produce money)

But my current streak is 12 days.

I think people are too safe and cautious these days.

I only shower once a week at best during the winter. the summer on the other hand i keep a bar of soap in my truck and anytime i'm near the river i bring it along, which is quite often there is a lot of scrap down at the river and i fish to feed my family as well. im talking about mountain rivers not the ones by cities with their polluted waters that make fish sick.

Originally Posted by Re-cycler

What do I win?..........I ain't talkin about this til I know what the prize is.

One of these, I would guess... LOLOL

Disclaimer i normally shower at about 7pm every day

but the longest was a 10 day straight escapade where i worked in a remote part of pennsylvania scrapping out a farm my travel trailer (pop-up) didn't have an addequate weater hookup and i used my drinking water for drinking but i made about $6k over the 10 days