My dad, the "recycler"
He's been a skip driver for umpteen years, and in addition to finding/recycling stuff to then sell via regular car boot sales, he's found more than his fair share of unusual and sometimes downright creepy stuff.

-Money, this one happens a lot when people are clearing out dead relatives houses, bags of money, normally fairly old and not worth as much, but always good.

-False limbs, an arm and a leg, seperate discoveries.

-Shit, not as in figurative "rubbish", actual faecal matter, peoples and animals, god knows what possesses people to hold onto their own rather than flush it.

-Porn, in all of it's various incarnations.

-A crash investigators report from Lockerbie, interesting read that one.

-Backup's, Hard-drives, etc. from various places, the contents ranging from police interviews to confidential accounts records.

-Electrical goods, dozen or so functional PC's, printers, monitors, microwaves, stereos.

-Fuel, diesel and petrol, normally secreted away in layby's by other prudent lorry drivers for later collection, but honour amongst thieves is thin on the ground, so my dad has it away himself.

-Military stuff, fatigues, guides, manuals, missile boxes, the odd few rounds of ammo, dubious documents (should probably sent that stuff onto the Daily Mail).

-Ebay material, so far he's managed to find a grand or so's worth of ebay auctions.

-Personal stuff, normally from dead relatives again, like photo's and letter's, always seem's unusual to see a part of someone's life set out this way.

In short people, be careful of what you throw out, because you never know who's going to be picking it back up again.
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