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rob, Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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ScroungersI get called all sorts of names at work: "scrounger", "pikey", etc., due to my habit of not being able to throwq anything away without seriously considering its usefulness. For example, I am building a filing system out of cardboard boxes which just happen to be ideal for A4-sized paper, and the white plastic stick things from the coffee machine refills make perfect plant labels for my allotment. I also have the entire lounge carpet from my local pub to keep weeds down.
However, this habit has paid off. About three weeks ago they were having a clearout at work and nestling in the bin I found a fully-working HP Laserjet 2300d printer. For your information this is a 1200-dpi, full-duplex laser printer which cost around £470 plus VAT when new. It was being thrown away because it was the only one left (all the others are 1300n) and they wanted all the printers to be standard.
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Amos E Wolfe makes vinyl signs and things like that, Fri 26 Jan 2007, 13:24,
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