Uk vs US

**ragabone** · 08-17-2012, 04:06 PM

How do you guys go tatting in the us? Same as here? (uk) shouting RAG A BONE! ANY OLD IRROOON!?

Seems like a lot of e waste scrappers here.. Something that doesn't really happen here. The nearest e scrapper is 80 miles away and theres only a handful of yards in the uk.

So how do you go about it across the pond?

Tempting to hook this up to a megaphone. But the gypo's round here already give people a headache. So its shouting and walking in front of the van, high vis on, shouting ANY OLD IROON! RAG A BONE! SCRAP IRON!

**Filthy** · 08-17-2012, 04:34 PM

i do it. but i dont exactly shout anything. nice song

"hows ya father? all right!"

**Mick** · 08-17-2012, 04:36 PM

No, no yelling. Didn't know what "tatting" was, but finally figured it out. To me, "tatting" would the process of applying a tattoo. Personally, I contact business owners and contact people individually. Like today, I bought some aluminum and steel pots and pans at a yard sale. I used to do some advertising. I have a web site and a FaceBook page. But no yelling.

**ragabone** · 08-17-2012, 04:42 PM

seems like a british tradtition to make others "aware" your visting

**waredu** · 08-17-2012, 05:14 PM

I thought tatting was what little old ladies did in their rockers with yarn. That and knitting and keeping the 100 or so cats around.

**ragabone** · 08-18-2012, 06:11 AM

lol "tatting" is what we call it over here . tatting means going out looking for it and making use of the hands

**Mechanic688** · 08-18-2012, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by ragabone

lol "tatting" is what we call it over here . tatting means going out looking for it and making use of the hands

Over here I have business cards handy and anyone I manage to talk to always gets a card, that way they have something to remember me by. Even at yard sales or when I'm out and about.