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    Greetings from IA

    My name is Billy and I'm from Clinton, IA.
    I have been scraping for all of my life or as long as i can rememberr. My dad always took stuff to the scrap yard and i always helped. Then when my parents got divorced when i was a kid, my mom married a guy who worked for a scrap yard and scrapped.



    So fast forward to 3 years ago .
    My Step dad and I acquiredired a semi load of computers and sold them. I didn't feel that we received the amount of money we could have.

    The last few years i have been doing a little research nothing to serious.
    Then a few months ago i got a job working for a coin-op vending company. The first time i saw all of the scrap laying around, my curiosity with scrap E-waste was relight.
    In my searching i found the gold refinning fourm which lead my to this forum and i have been reading ever since.

    So now I'm learning the E-waste business one day at a time. And trying to make a dollar along the way.


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    cant remember where clinton is, im origionaly from shelby.

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    Small world - grew up in Stanton.
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    Welcome Billy! I'm down in south central Iowa.

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    olddude - clinton, is north of the Quad Cities . Farthest point east in Iowa. other side of the state from shelby.

    mick - really small world when the internet is involved.

    iowatyler - where at down south?

    Ewasted - thanks

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    Near Shen here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by asandahl View Post
    Near Shen here.
    One of my OLD stomping grounds.

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    I'm in Chariton.

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    Mick. Are you originally from shen?

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    Quote Originally Posted by asandahl View Post
    Mick. Are you originally from shen?
    No. Stanton. But there wasn't anything there, so went to Red Oak, Clarinda and Shenandoah. There used to be (probably gone now. this was the mid to late 60s) a skating rink south of Shen that I'd go to a lot. Another one was in Clarinda. Always good for meeting girls. Then to the A&W.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick View Post
    No. Stanton. But there wasn't anything there, so went to Red Oak, Clarinda and Shenandoah. There used to be (probably gone now. this was the mid to late 60s) a skating rink south of Shen that I'd go to a lot. Another one was in Clarinda. Always good for meeting girls. Then to the A&W.
    The skating rink is still here, but no A&W.

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    Welcome, Billy/Garapeto. I'm not from Iowa, but I wish the best in your scrapping endeavors anyway !
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    Hey Scrapette, do you scrap any blown up stills down there?? Should be plenty of copper/ other there,,hehe



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