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John Hill:
The last time I went begging for bits I carried along with me a plastic bag filled with freshly baked chocolate chip biscuits ('cookies' to the colonial cuzzies).

The first guy I came across gave me his best 'And what do you want?' glare so I showed him the bag and let him get a sniff and said I hoped that if I let him have some of those he would give me a good price on some offcut bits.

I got a nice haul of small steel and alloy bits and of course it didnt cost me more than the biscuits.

75Plus:

--- Quote from: John Hill on March 05, 2010, 02:04:10 AM ---The last time I went begging for bits I carried along with me a plastic bag filled with freshly baked chocolate chip biscuits ('cookies' to the colonial cuzzies).


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John, Chocolate chip cookies/biscuits must go well with metals. There is a local metals merchant that advertises on the radio and his promotional gimmick is "Be sure to ask for your big chocolate chip cookie and know that our service is as good as that cookie". His service is good, you can buy a 6" piece of 3/8" cold rolled or enough steel to build a bridge and the treatment is the same.

Joe

DMIOM:
Joe - Scrapyards are inherently (metal) recycling at its best - but I wonder if you've just highlighted a new aspect.  Next time you get some metal there, have a look at the cookies and see if they say "made in NZ?"

So ..... is there an as-yet-unpublicised madmodder to madmodder global recycling chain? (though I'm not sure about the carbon footprint of the shipping) - or has John started off a new international currency?  :headbang:


..... on reflection, I think we already have the name for the currency:  :nrocks: (might have to change from cookies to rock-cakes though?)

Dave

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