selmerfan
06-15-2008, 08:52 PM
I was down to my in-law's local mechanic shop getting some advice on my Pontiac Bonneville when I asked him what he did with wheelweights. He said that there's a guy that comes and pays him $20/5 gal bucket. He asked if I was interested in buying them and I said, "Certainly, I use them for casting boolits." He said that's what this guy does too, but the last couple of times that he has collected he apparently has been a jerk to him. The mechanic said that he would call my father-in-law whenever he had half a bucket or so and I could collect them there. I asked him how much, and he said, "20 bucks won't make a difference to me here or there, and I'd rather that a nice guy like you got them instead of the a__ole that was picking them up. I can't wait to tell him that I don't have any for him anymore! You can have them for nothing. I collect 3-4 buckets per year, so it's not that many." So I guess it's to my benefit, just remember, be nice to the guys that you get wheelweights from. This mechanic will be getting some deer sticks and cured, smoked venison roast in the near future...
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