>Don't know if I would call my area (Eastern NC) affluent.  We have pretty low
>wages here.  Yesterday I was taking my friends trash out and beside the
>dumpster in her condo complex were sitting two 12" 3 way Pioneer
>loudspeakers.  I thought "they must be blown", but they were in fact perfect.

It is a well established Maine tradition to return from the dump with
more goods than you deposited.  I have utilized this tradition to score
books, chairs, jeans, sneakers, bicycles, board games, sweaters, soccer
cleats, etc., etc., etc.  Recycling at its finest.  No Vanagon parts
unfortunately...............

In a recent townwide referendum, voters approved retaining the town
transfer station (AKA: "the dump") over curbside garbage pickup by a
margain of three to one!

Tony

Anthony L. Mourkas
Hampden, Maine, USA
1984 Vanagon Westfalia
1987 Vanagon GL Syncro
1991 Jetta Eco Diesel