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Cristóbal
The wife and I go to our local recycler maybe three or four times a year and drop off what we've accumulated. Bottles, cans, glass, cardboard, etc. Depending on how much we pile into the SUV, we may get anywhere from $25 to $40 each time. Not going to be buying Jaws or a Braille display with that.
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We don't do it necessarily because of the money, but to try to be responsible citizens per say. We'll usually go out and grab lunch or whatever after with our reimbursed wealth. That said, this past year has been even less since we got a Soda Stream last year and have really cut back on buying things like mineral and regular bottled water. There's a guy and his wife who come around the neighborhood Sunday nights and goes through the trash bins. Generally, people don't mind as long as they don't make a mess of things. We'll sometimes leave out odd ball stuff like things that can be turned in for scrap or e-waste or just stuff that we're not going to deal with and they'll take it. We certainly don't think it's steeling. I mean, everyone's just trying to make their way in life and it's not like "dumpster diving" is going to be anyone's first choice. But to suggest that a blind person pursue this as an avenue for some sort of revenue stream is ridiculous on its face. Seriously, come on. Get real. Cristóbal -----Original Message-----
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Angel Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2018 10:02 AM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Don't Make Assumptions! Heavens, my sighted daughter saves her cans and such. Giving them to her sighted friend for recycling. For which her sighted friend receives monetary compensation. Why condemn a thing which goes on all the time, I ask? When last I moved, my son got our boxes from stores which threw the ones they had no need for away. From wherever was their trash containers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David & his pack of dogs " <myguidedogis@...> To: <main@jfw.groups.io> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2018 11:05 AM Subject: Re: Don't Make Assumptions! I found the message James was referring too. When my brother lived with us before I got married, I would get reports of him going into people's recycling box that they had put out on the curb to be picked up by the municipality and taking out the empty pop cans or beer cans . Then he would take them to a store and cash them in for money. This is how he would supplement his income. To me this is steeling. Now, having said this, we run dogs on a trail and frequently find the same things, empties. We cash them in, however, to us it is just cleaning up the environment. Especially when the amount we cashed in could not even pay for a 32 G, SD card. There was someone that would go to beaches on weekends and clean them up. She made enough money doing this each year that she could go to Hawaii every year. -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of James Lockwood Sent: November 3, 2018 8:30 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Don't Make Assumptions! Dumpster diving? I find that offensive. If you recommend blind people go dumpster diving then you are an idiot. And I don’t care if your offended by that. Deal with it. On Nov 3, 2018, at 10:02 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <sieghard@...> wrote: Dumster diving? Is this your sense of humour or are you actually serious? -----Original Message----- From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Peter Donahue Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2018 6:29 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Don't Make Assumptions! Hello again everyone, Truthfully we've suggested a number of different ideas to different blind individuals for generating needed income to cover the cost of technologhy. Some of these included dumpster diving,becoming certified Braille transcribers and proofreaders along with other ideas. Before writing this note I sent a message to an old schoolfriend of mine who has written a number of books one of which is in audio format. He said that his audio version sold out and he no longer had copies on CD but could provide them in MP3 format. I suggested making his book available through Audible allowing many others to buy it in an audio format and adding an additional source of passive income to his portfolio. That has as much to do with network marketing as this list! All the best. Peter Donahue |
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