Scavenging, LONG! (received by e-mail)
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Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:31:47 -0700, Arri London >
> fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
> >While I won't climb into a dumpster to get something, have found
> >perfectly usable stuff on trash days. Mostly for home use, but we have
> >cleaned up the occasional item to sell.
>
> I've only been dumpster diving once and that was to retrieve a final,
> printed version of an appellate brief we had to file with the 9th
> Circuit the next day. Somehow I managed to overwrite the finished
> brief on my computer and the boss and I spent some time in the office
> dumpster with a flashlight trying to find all the pages. He's a
> native Hebrew speaker and I don't think he was calling me anything
> complimentary as he rummaged around in that dumpster.
>
> Yet another reason why we keep scotch whisky in one of the filing
> cabinets.
Ok, that was funny. Thanks for the chuckle. ;-)
>
> OB: I have a big pot of spaghetti sauce in the crockpot, which I will
> turn into lasagna for the DH's birthday dinner next Sunday. Spaghetti
> sauce is just one of those things that needs to age a bit to really
> hit the "high notes."
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
I'm still on my one meal per day kick, and I've already eaten.
Not hungry at the moment, but that sounds good!
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Peace! Om
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.
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